Week 3 Flashcards
Never apply a # using just the summaries. Where do you look at make sure the # is correct?
The schedules. They give a more detailed background & better explanations etc.
What does this Schedule note mean: ( )?
Optional numbers to use in the schedule.
What does this Schedule note mean: >?
These #’s are treated as being a part of a single concept and are not subservient to one another.
What does this schedule mark mean: [ ]?
These #’s cannot be used because they’ve been discontinued, unassigned or moved.
What does this schedule mark mean: /?
Where a notation has been truncated in the abridged version of DDC.
What do the tables let you do?
Bring out the specificity of a topic already found in the schedules. Includes geographic location, ethnic groups, languages, and “standard subdivisions”
How to build a number:
Take from the summaries/schedule, add Table 1 to end of number
What’s your goal as a classifier?
Find the most appropriate resource within the overall framework, then craft & apply the most appropriate notation to signify the location.
You need to know the “about ness” of something to classify it. What are 4 other things you need to know?
Main subject, discipline, significant parts of the subject, the significant order of the parts.
What is the relative index tool used for?
To find the correct classification of an item & an alphabetical index of common topics - NOT exhaustive
When can you NOT use Table 1?
If the number exists in the schedules, if subject of an item is more specific than a class # allows
What is Table 1?
Standard subdivisions. Long dash indicates you use #’s from the schedules first
What is Table 2?
Geographic areas and Persons
What is Table 3?
Subdivisions for individual literature, for specific literary forms
What is Table 4?
Subdivisions of individual languages
What is a heading in the schedule?
A word or phrase used as a description for a class number, usually bolded. (636.7 = Dogs)
What is a summary in the schedule?
Specific summaries to help you grasp at a glance what is in a particular section in the schedules
What are scope and definition notes in the schedules?
Found underneath the headings, listing types of things listed in the category.
What is See reference in the schedules?
It begins with “for…” and refers you to a different heading.
What is see also reference in the schedules?
Refers you to an additional, related heading which might also be used for your topic
What is class here notes in the schedules?
Give direction on which class number to use in a particular heading.
What is class elsewhere notes in schedule?
Direct you to follow the instruction given to another class number.
What are footnotes (Asterisk & dagger) in the schedule?
Leads to a note at the bottom of a page giving direction
What are centered entries in schedules?
Indicates a heading representing a topic that has a span or range of numbers, not just one number & mean the #’s listed are classed more generally
According to Table 1, “unless other instructions are given, the terminal zeroes in a main class or division number…”
Should be dropped before adding standard subdivisions.
Where to drop the 0’s?
200 Religion
-05 serial publications
200.05
What does the notation look like?
205
Where to drop the 0’s?
600
630
-09
630.09
What is the notation?
630.9
When dealing with materials that fall into the second division or summary, only one terminal 0 is dropped. What is the formula for dropping the 0’s?
200 - 00 + 05 = 205, or
630 - 0 + 09 = 630.9
The formula to drop 0’s by Chan and Mitchell…
Does not work for all classes. In case of 000’s, it doesn’t work at all, as no noteworthy #’s to work with.
Zeroes do not represent concepts and topic in the DDC schedules. They act as holding places for other notations. Because of this…
A classifier never adds zeroes without specific instructions.
