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Dewey Decimal Classification: News and New Views. Dewey Users Group January 15, 2005 ALA Midwinter. Agenda. Product Update Libbie Crawford Dewey Update Joan S. Mitchell WebDewey Giles Martin Research Diane Vizine-Goetz Graphic Novels Julianne Beall Discussion. New Products.
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Dewey Decimal Classification: News and New Views Dewey Users Group January 15, 2005 ALA Midwinter
Agenda • Product Update Libbie Crawford • Dewey Update Joan S. Mitchell • WebDewey Giles Martin • Research Diane Vizine-Goetz • Graphic Novels Julianne Beall • Discussion
New Products • DDC 22 • Abridged 14 • Principles and Application • 200 Religion • WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey
What’s New with Dewey Joan S. Mitchell Editor in Chief, DDC OCLC Saturday, January 15, 2005 ALA MW Boston
Outline • Dewey Retreat • DDC Review & Updates • Terminology Mappings • Translations • Staff News
Dewey Retreat • Role of Editorial Policy Committee • Knowledge Organization Research • Literary Warrant • Editorial Tools • Editions and Translations • Licensing • WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey • Dewey Users • Structure of the DDC
Structure of the DDC • Comprehensive and Interdisciplinary Numbers • Reference Structure in the Relative Index • Approximating the Whole • Dual Sets of Standard Subdivisions • Dual Headings
Dual Headings Examples: 270 Historical, geographic, persons treatment of Christianity Church history (Table 1:) –085 *Relatives Parents
Dual Headings Solutions: 270 Historical, geographic, persons treatment of Christianity Class here church history (Table 1:) –085 *Relatives Class here parents
DDC Review Schedulewww.oclc.org/dewey/discussion/reviewschedule.htm • Advance notice to Dewey users about upcoming studies and updates • Links to discussions and updates
Upcoming Reviews & Updates • 340 Law • Terrorism • Miscellaneous updates to 370 Education • Graphic novels • Historical periods in the Abridged Edition • Area table expansions (Indonesia, Mexico, Portugal) • Segmentation (Discussion paper in February)
Terminology Mappingswww.oclc.org/dewey/updates/numbers/default.htm • Canadian Subject Headings (December 2003- ) • LCSH from non-US libraries in the SACO Project (Weekly Lists 2004, no. 1- ): LCSH from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Lithuania, New Zealand, Singapore, and UK in 2004
Translations: Arabic • Meeting in Cairo next week to plan for DDC 22 • Coordinated in Egypt • Advisory board with representatives from across the region
Translations: French • ASTED will publish French translation of Abridged Edition 14 in early 2005 • Electre recently completed work on Guide de la Classification dècimale de Dewey • Planning underway for web and print versions of DDC 22
Translations: German • Die Deutsche Bibliothek (DDB) working on web and print versions of DDC 22 • Michael Preuss visited LC in July 2004 • Lars Svensson visited OCLC in October 2004 • April 2005 workshop in Frankfurt in advance of publication
Translations: Swedish • December 2004 meeting with representatives of the Royal Library of Sweden • April 2005 workshop in Stockholm to introduce DDC and plan for translation
Translations: Vietnamese • Translation of Abridged Edition 14+ • April 2004 working visit to LC by Vu Van Son • March 2005 advisory board meeting in Hanoi
Dewey Staff News • Gregory New retired in April 2004 • Jonathan Furner will join Dewey editorial team in April 2005
EPC News • Anne Robertson, Australian Committee on Cataloguing, elected vice-chair • OCLC working with Sabinet Online Standards Committee to select first South African EPC member • Bylaws under review • Changes to terms (length and term limits) • Corresponding members