“Belletristic” Call Numbers

1. “Belletristic” Call Numbers Nov. 7 2008

2. Scope • What situations are covered by our “belletristic” procedures? • Those parts of the LC schedules under Language and Literature for Individual Authors • Works themselves: novels, plays, short stories, poetry collections, and some non-fiction prose, e.g. autobiographies, correspondence, diaries, essay collections • Books about individual literary authors: biographies, literary criticism • Books about specific works by the individual authors

3. Call Number Structure

4. Call Number Structure

5. Call Number Structure

6. Call Number Structure

7. P-PZ40 Table (through Z458)

8. Applications: Complete Works • Complete works of Gore Vidal published 2012? • PS3543 • .I26 • 2012 • 050 _4 ‡a PS3543 ‡b .I26 2012

9. Applications: Selections • Selections from the works of Arundhati Roy, 2009 • PR9499.3 • .R59 • A6 • 2009 • 050 _ 4 ‡a PR9499.3.R59 ‡b A6 2009

10. Applications: Separate Works • Hollywood : a novel of America in the 1920s / Gore Vidal. 1990. • PS3543 • .I26 • H65 • 1990 • 050 _4 ‡a PS3543.I26 ‡b H65 1990

11. P-PZ40 Table (Z4581-Z999)

12. Applications: Autobiography • Palimpsest, an autobiography of Gore Vidal published 1995? • PS3543 • .I26 • Z46 • 1995 • 050 _4 ‡a PS3543.I26 ‡b Z46 1995

13. Applications: Correspondence • Letters of Gore Vidal published 2010? • PS3543 • .I26 • Z48 • 2010 • 050 _4 ‡a PS3543.I26 ‡b Z48 2010

14. Applications: Criticism • Gore Vidal's historical novels and the shaping of American political consciousness / Stephen Harris. c2005. • PS3543 • .I26 • Z69 • 2005 • 050 _4 ‡a PS3543.I26 ‡b Z69 2005

15. FAQs (P-PZ40 Notation) • What do I do if 2 collections of letters by Gore Vidal are published in 2009? • Use of Z48 is invariable; do not add extra digits • Differentiate by date: first book cataloged, 2009; second book, cataloged 2009B • If it is a translation, should I add a translation number for an autobiography (Z46) or a selection (A6)? • No; use of Z46 is invariable; translations of selections are under A1995-A59 • If Gore Vidal publishes 2 different autobiographies, do I adjust the Cutter to differentiate them? • No; use of the form number is invariable

16. FAQ (Book Numbers) • Does the book number for the literary work need to be shelflisted? • Accept the book number on LC or member copy • If the call number is created, shelflisting the book number for the work is optional; use the LC or YUL number if known • Does the book number for criticism/commentary [Z5-Z999] of a literary author need to be shelflisted? • Accept the book number on LC or member copy • If the call number is created, build the Z number from the table or by fitting it into the Orbis sequence, whichever is easier

17. Criticism & Commentary on Specific Works • P-PZ40 Table does not apply • Add 3 to the book number • Add additional digits for the main entry based on the appropriate LC Cutter expansion row, but take into account numbers already in the shelflist (not necessary to adjust the book number on member copy)

18. Application: Commentary on Single Work • Arundhati Roy's The god of small things : a reader's guide / Julie Mullaney. 2002 • PR9499.3 • .R59 • G63325 Number for the work (G63) + number for commentary (3) + number for main entry (25) • 2002 • 050 _4 ‡a PR9499.3.R59 ‡i G63325 2002

19. PZ

20. PZ • For copy cataloging, accept the PZ number in 050 • Unclear whether libraries other than LC are assigning PZ, but use trailing X just in case

21. Legacy Practices • Until 2005, the LC author number was adjusted if it conflicted with the number established locally • Until 2005, PZ numbers were changed to the applicable non-juvenile number in language and literature • Until 2007, book numbers were shelflisted against the Orbis database

22. P-PZ40 Table Legacy Practices

23. LC Copy • If the book falls within scope, what do I do if the cataloging copy is LC (050 00)? • Add trailing X • Should I check Orbis for earlier editions? • No, you are not expected to check for earlier editions • If I have a translation, should I adjust the number so the translation shelves next to the original? • No, you are not expected to keep translations together with the original

24. Member Copy with 050/090 • Can I use a member copy number “as is”? • No, you need to verify that the author Cutter matches either the Cutter established by LC or the Cutter established by Yale • EXCEPTION: records coded pcc should have 050 _4 with an author Cutter established by LC • If the number does not match, change it accordingly in 852 • If I am aware of both the LC Cutter and the Yale Cutter, which should I use? • Use the LC Cutter • If I change the member call number’s author Cutter to match the Cutter established by LC, do I add trailing X? • No, use trailing X only for 050 00 numbers

25. Member Copy with 050/090 • Is there a quick way to verify the LC Cutter? • If you are cataloging a belletristic work, if the bib record window is on top, pressing the / on the number pad will open a window listing all authority records associated with the record [Macro Express] • Select the author and click OK or double click to open the authority record • Many literary authors now have a 053 with the established LC number • Works for subjects only if the name heading isn’t subdivided

26. Retrieving 053

27. Other Ways to Find the Author Cutter • Find other books by or about the author • If there is a 050 00, and the book is a literary work by the author (or a book about the literary works), use the author number assigned by LC • If there is no 050 00, use the 852 if LC classification has been used • For authors new to Orbis, • It may be helpful to search LCDB—there might be an authority record with 053 or a bib record with 050 00 (in that case, use the 053 or 050 00 number) • If no Yale or LC author Cutter is found, establish the number by adjusting it to fit into the existing Orbis sequence

28. Inserting a New Author Cutter • Leave wiggle room • Ignore call numbers with trailing X if they are out of sequence • Take filing rules into account, for example: • Single surnames file before compound surnames • Diacritics are ignored (Müller is filed as Muller NOT Mueller) • Abbreviations are filed as is (don’t file McGrath as MACGRATH)

29. Example (Before) • Shelf has: • PQ6658.E6919 Hernández, Floreal • PQ6658.E6926 Hernández, Máximo • PQ6658.E693 Hernández, Ramón • PQ6658.E75 Hernández Miñambres, Miguel • PQ6658.E76538 Hernández Yáñez, Jesús • Member copy for Hernández Salmerón, Francisco has 090 PQ6658.E695

30. Example (After) • Adjust the number to fit after Hernández Miñambres, Miguel, NOT after Hernández, Floreal • With new number inserted: • PQ6658.E6919 Hernández, Floreal • PQ6658.E6925 <Hernández Salmerón, Francisco: don’t interfile with single surname> • PQ6658.E6926 Hernández, Máximo • PQ6658.E693 Hernández, Ramón • PQ6658.E695 <member 090 does not fit sequence> • PQ6658.E75 Hernández Miñambres, Miguel • PQ6658.E757Hernández Salmerón, Francisco • PQ6658.E76538 Hernández Yáñez, Jesús

31. If There is No 050/090 • Before passing the book to the “needs call number shelf” • Check to see if the author’s Cutter has been established by LC or Yale • If the Cutter has been established, complete the number according to the P-PZ40 table • For biography/criticism, create the Z number from the P-PZ40 table or base it on the existing file, whichever is easier • P-PZ40 is only set up to work with single Cutter authors • Limit this procedure to literary authors of the 20th and 21st centuries • Pre-20th century literary authors do not always follow the single Cutter model in a predictable way

32. Pre-20th Century (Multiple Numbers) • Louisa May Alcott is assigned a range of numbers PS1015-PS1018. • P-PZ40 table is not used • Individual works are assigned PS1017, Cuttered to title: Little women. PS1017.L5 <date> • Criticism of Little women: PS1017.L53 <Cutter for main entry><date>. • Little women : ‡b a family romance / Elizabeth Lennox Keyser: PS1017.L53 K49 1999 • General biography/criticism of Alcott: PS1018. <Cutter to main entry>. • Louisa May : the world and works of Louisa May Alcott / Norma Johnston: PS1018.J64 1991

33. Pre-20th Century Examples • On the other hand, minor pre-20th century literary authors are generally single Cuttered and call numbers are based on the P-PZ40 table • Katharine Lee Bates: PS1077.B4 • 050 00 PS1077.B4 ‡b A8 2003 • America the beautiful / Wendell Minor ; poem by Katharine Lee Bates. [B4=Bates; A8=America the beautiful]

34. Workflow for Pre-20th Century Belletristic Works & Criticism • If a record for a pre-20th century literary work or a book about a pre-20th century author lacks a call number, • If there are enough titles in your category that allow you to see the pattern, follow the pattern • If the pattern is unclear or otherwise when in doubt, send it to the no-call number shelf (unless you normally assign numbers based on ClassWeb)

35. That Which Is Not Belletristic • If you aren’t sure whether the book is belletristic, take a look at other titles with the same call number • A literary author writing on a specific topic is generally not assigned the author’s literature number • A bibliography of a literary author will class in Z • If you don’t have a call number, the book needs to go to the no-call number shelf

36. Examples • 050 PR6031.R7 ‡b A6 2005<number for Pritchett>Essential stories / V.S. Pritchett ; selected and with an introduction by Jeremy Treglown. • 050 PG3458 ‡b .P75 1988<number for Chekhov> Chekhov : ‡b a spirit set free / ‡c by V.S. Pritchett. • 050 Z8301.2 ‡b .B69 1987<bibliography number>F. Scott Fitzgerald : a descriptive bibliography / Matthew J. Bruccoli.

37. Links • P-PZ40 Table: http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/PPZ40table.htm • P-PZ40 Examples http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/PPZ40example.htm • Z Expansion Table: http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/smlbelletristic.htm#Unofficial

39. Questions?