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DDC Update

DDC Update. Julianne Beall Assistant Editor, DDC Library of Congress Tuesday, 16 August 2005 Dewey Translators Meeting Oslo University College. Outline. DDC Electronic Resources : DDC Review Schedule, RSS Feeds, Dewey blog WebDewey Staff and EPC News

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DDC Update

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  1. DDC Update Julianne Beall Assistant Editor, DDC Library of Congress Tuesday, 16 August 2005 Dewey Translators Meeting Oslo University College

  2. Outline • DDC Electronic Resources : DDC Review Schedule, RSS Feeds, Dewey blog • WebDewey • Staff and EPC News • Segmentation • Graphic Novels

  3. DDC Review Schedulewww.oclc.org/dewey/discussion/reviewschedule.htm • Advance notice to Dewey users about upcoming studies and updates • Links to discussions and updates

  4. RSS Feeds • Dewey Mappings - DDC mappings to other vocabularies • Dewey News - Discussion papers and other news • Dewey Tips - Latest tips for classifying with Dewey and using WebDewey • Dewey Updates - Latest DDC mappings to other vocabularies, new and changed entries, and news about WebDewey enhancements • Dewey Journal - All Dewey RSS feeds listed above Subscribe at: www.oclc.org/dewey/syndicated/rss.htm

  5. WebDewey • June release included updated PPT mappings for computer science and law • August release will include • updated PPT mappings for religion • OPAC searching

  6. OPAC Searching from WebDewey • Phase 1: Send DDC from WebDewey to OPAC • User sends a number from WebDewey to target database • User defines databases in user preferences • www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/enhancements/default.htm • Phase 2: Send DDC to WebDewey from OPAC

  7. Dewey Staff News • Jonathan Furner joined Dewey editorial team in April 2005 • Edits 025.431: The Dewey blog • Previously assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles

  8. EPC News • ALA and OCLC approved revised EPC bylaws • Anne Robertson (Australian Committee on Cataloguing) elected vice-chair of EPC • Caroline Kent (British Library) succeeded Lucy Evans (British Library) as CILIP representative to EPC in November 2004 • Welna van Eeden joined EPC as first South African member in February 2005

  9. Segmentation (Current) 155.6/6 End of abridged number (155.6) 809/.89287 End of abridged number (809) 324.6/23/0973 1. End of abridged number (324.6) 2. Beginning of standard subdivision (0973) 282/.092/2 1. Beginning of standard subdivision (0922) 2. End of abridged number (282.092)

  10. Simplified Segmentation (9/05) 155.6/6 End of abridged number (155.6) 809/.89287 End of abridged number (809) 324.6/230973 End of abridged number (324.6) 282.092/2 End of abridged number (282.092)

  11. Graphic Novels • Discussion papers at www.oclc.org/dewey/discussion/ • Graphic Novels - an Update • Comments and suggestions by August 19, 2005 • Draft schedule 741.5 Cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas . . . .

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