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DDC 23: It’s Here

DDC 23: It’s Here. Dewey Breakfast/Update 25 June 2011. Joan S. Mitchell Editor in Chief, DDC OCLC mitchelj@oclc.org. DDC 23 is here! Start using it! . Outline. Overview Examples from Main Classes Learning Opportunities Keeping Up with DDC 23.

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DDC 23: It’s Here

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  1. DDC 23: It’s Here Dewey Breakfast/Update 25 June 2011 Joan S. Mitchell Editor in Chief, DDC OCLC mitchelj@oclc.org

  2. DDC 23 is here! Start using it!

  3. Outline • Overview • Examples from Main Classes • Learning Opportunities • Keeping Up with DDC 23

  4. Overview of DDC 23 • Major updates in religion, law, education, food and clothing, graphic arts, cinematography and videography, ancient and modern world • Overhaul of groups of people • A host of new numbers (e.g., bullying, cloud computing, end of Mubārak administration) • Structural changes to support machine display and retrieval, and classifier efficiency

  5. 000 Computer science, information & general works • > 004.11-004.16 Digital computers Multifunctional digital devices are classed with their predominant function . . . a work that focuses on a specific function other than the predominant function is classed with the predominant function

  6. 100 Philosophy & psychology • 155 Differential and developmental psychology 2 Sensory perception, movement, emotions, psychological drives . . . 3 Conscious mental processes and intelligence . . . 8 Individual, evolutionary, environmental psychology . . . 9 Applied psychology . . .

  7. 200 Religion • 297.12 Koran and Hadith • . . . • 297 [.124] Hadith (Traditions) • Relocated to 297.125 • 297.125 Hadith (Traditions) [formerly 297.124]

  8. 300 Social sciences • 371.05 Public schools distinguished by source of funding, locus of control, and mandate [formerly 371.01] • Class here academy schools, charter schools

  9. 400 Language • 427[.1–.8] Geographic variations in parts of England • Relocated to 427.9421–427.9428 • . . . • 427.94-.99 Geographic variations in specific continents, countries, localities in modern world • Add to base number 427.9 notation 4–9 from Table 2, e.g., geographic variations in parts of England 427.9421–427.9428 [formerly 427.1–427.8],slang of British Isles 427.941, geographic variations in England 427.942, dialects of Canada 427.971, TokPisin 427.9953 • . . .

  10. 500 Science • 523.49 Trans-Neptunian objects [formerly 523.48] • 523.492 Kuiper belt objects • 523.492 2 *Pluto [formerly 523.482] • 523.494 Scattered disk objects • 523.497 Oort cloud objects

  11. 600 Technology • 616.008 Young people • Do not use for diseases of infants and children up to puberty, comprehensive works on child and adolescent medicine; class in 618.92 • 616.008 35 Young people twelve to twenty • Do not use for diseases of young people twelve to twenty who have not reached puberty; class in 618.92 • Class here adolescent medicine

  12. 700 Arts & recreation • 791.43 Motion pictures Regardless of distribution medium or method Class here made-for-television movies, video recordings of motion pictures [both formerly 791.45]; direct-to-video and direct-to-DVD releases of motion pictures; dramatic films, entertainment films; films developed originally for Internet transmission; comprehensive works on dramatic, entertainment, documentary, educational, news films . . .

  13. 800 Literature • 808.03 Specific elements of rhetoric • Class preparation of manuscripts using specific elements in 808.02; class specific kinds of writing using specific elements in 808.06 • 808.032 Figures of speech • Including metaphor, simile • 808.036 Narration

  14. 900 History & geography • 961.105 [History of Tunisia,] 1956– • 961.105 1 Administration of HabibBourguiba, 1956–1987 • 961.105 2 Administration of Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn Bin ʻAlī, 1987–2011 • 961.105 3 2011–

  15. DDC 23: Learning Opportunities (1) • Online resources • DDC 23 webinar http://tinyurl.com/3cyqn7q • 025.431: The Dewey Blog http://ddc.typepad.com • Mini webinars and updated training materials coming in fall 2011!

  16. DDC 23: Learning Opportunities (2) • Upcoming workshops and presentations: • DDC 23 in Context (27 June, ALCTS CCS Subject Analysis Committee meeting, Hilton Riverside, Grand Salon C) • DDC 23 Workshop at IFLA (12 August, San Juan, PR) registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=DDC23IFLAwkshp • What’s New with DDC and What Do I Need to Know (9 September, Schaumberg, IL) http://www.laconi.net/tech/programs/ • The Future of DDC is Now!:  Uncovering the Mysteries of DDC 23 (15 November, Fort Wayne, IN)http://www.ilfonline.org/events/2011/11/14/general/2011-ilf-annual-conference/

  17. DDC 23: Updates • New and Changed Entries retired • To be replaced temporarily with PDFs containing updated schedule and table entries • Permanent change-notification solution coming inside WebDewey 2.0 • Errata addressing typos in DDC 23 to be posted shortly

  18. Some Useful Links

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