WebDewey Number Building Tips and Tricksdownloads.alcts.ala.org/ce/03232016_WebDewey...Example 1 Create a new number for Cartoon guide to shorthair cats Start with the base number

WebDewey Number Building Tips and Tricks

Libbie Crawford Dewey Product Manager

Global Product Management OCLC, Inc.

Caroline Saccucci

CIP and Dewey Program Manager U.S. Programs, Law, and Literature Division

Library of Congress

March 23, 2016

Meet Libbie and Caroline

March 23, 2016 Hosted by ALCTS, Association for Library

Collections and Technical Services 2

Libbie Crawford Dewey Product Manager OCLC [email protected]

Caroline Saccucci CIP and Dewey Program Manager Library of Congress [email protected]

Agenda

Basic number building workflow

Number building assistant

Defining User Terms

Creating and using comments for local practice









Symbols and meanings



Number building assistant



Example 1

Create a new number for Cartoon guide to shorthair cats

Start with the base number

Add standard subdivision

Add user terms

Save for institutional or personal use and contribute to Dewey editors (Optional)



Select base number Click Start in the “Create built number” box



Results of Start (1)



Results of Start (2)



Select standard subdivision T1—0207 Click Add, See results



Results of Save



Results of Save – User term populated



Select additional “User terms” Click Add to create set chosen



Results from Save action New terms selected as caption



Can be contributed to Dewey Editors (Note placement in hierarchy)



Example 2

Create a new number for labor economics in Peru



Add user terms

Save for institutional or personal use and contribute to Dewey editors



Results of Start action Standard subdivisions displayed



Select standard subdivision T1—093-T1—099 Click Add, See results



Results from hierarchy Click on country



Select country Click Add



Results screen Click Save



Results screen from Save

Note default “User terms”



Results from Save action



Can be contributed to Dewey Editors



Note placement in hierarchy



Example 3

Create a new number for directories of College sports in Canada



Add /edit user terms

Save for institutional or personal use and contribute to Dewey editors



Select base number Click Start in the “Create built number” box



Results of Start action (1)









Select standard subdivision T1—025 Click Add, See results



Select Canada from T2 Click Add, Results from Add



Click Save, Results from Save Note default terms



Select terms for caption Add, Results from Add



Use radio buttons to set as caption

Results



Save for personal or institutional number? Contribute to editors?



Process of building 918.10466 Travel in Brazil in 2012

Navigate to this

number/span

Click Number built so

far

Caption of last number/notation added

913-919 Start 91 Geography of and travel in . . .

T2—81 Add 918.1 Brazil

913-919:041-049

Add 918.104 (Travel) Historical periods

981.066 Add 918.10466 2011-



Results of process of building 918.10466 Travel in Brazil in 2012



Process of building 949.8004924 History of Jews in Romania

Navigate to this

number/span

Click Number built so far

Caption of last number/notation

added

930-990 Start 9 History . . .

T2—498 Add 949.8 Romania

930-990:0041-0049

Add 949.8004 Specific ethnic and national groups

T5—924 Add 949.8004924 Hebrews, Israelis, Jews



Results of process of building 949.8004924 History of Jews in Romania



Process of building 419.705 American Sign Language grammar

Navigate to this

number/span

Click Number built so

far


419.4-419.9 Start 419 Sign languages . . .

T2—7 Add 419.7 North America

T4—5 Add 419.705 Grammar . . .



Results of process of building 419.705 American Sign Language grammar



Process of building 495.93286421 Khmer-language readers for English-speaking people

Navigate to this

number/span

Click Number built so far


495.92-495.97 Start 495.9 . . . Austroasiatic . . . languages

T6—95932 Add 495.932 Khmer (Cambodian)

T4—8642-T4—8649

Add 495.932864 Readers for speakers of . . .

T6—21 Add 495.93286421

English



Result of building 495.93286421 Khmer-language readers for English-speaking people



Poll Question 1

Have you ever used the WebDewey number building assistant?



Defining User Terms



Default user term for 616.99471059 You want: Bone cancer—surgery



Edit user term for 616.99471059 You want: Bone cancer—surgery

Review default user term, which is based on captions

Edit User term to match predominant pattern in Relative Index for similar works: Bone cancer—surgery

Click Update

Edit User term again to match alternate pattern in Relative Index for similar works: Bone neoplasms—surgery

Click Add

Click Set as caption



Result of editing user term for 616.99471059, Bone cancer—surgery



Default user term for 942.10049162 You want: Irish in London (history, interdisciplinary treatment)



Edit user term for 942.10049162 Irish in London

Review default user term, which is based on captions

Edit User term to match predominant pattern in Relative Index for similar works: Irish—London (England)

Tip for editing: use radio button for Relative Index entry “London (England)” to get correct MARC coding for geographic term; then place cursor at far left of User terms box and type: Irish--

Click Update



Result of editing user term for 942.10049162 Irish in London



Creating and using comments for local practice



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Comments


Collections and Technical Services

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Comments

Why create comments?

◦ Provide quick access to guidelines that reflect local practices

◦ User or institution level comments

◦ Comments preserve decisions about classification, saving time by avoiding duplication of intellectual effort

Why search for comments?

◦ Review comments associated with a DDC number you want to use to classify an item

◦ Check for information on standards and practices applicable to the material you are cataloging

◦ Find a note to use as a template for creating similar comments


Collections and Technical Services

Vocational guidance



Scattered!



Create a comment



Comment now in the record view



Building for local practice: 331.702 Choice of vocation



Building for local practice: 331.702 Choice of vocation



Browse results for notation



Add local



Add local: no zeros



Locally built: 331.702657



331.702657: Select user terms



In the hierarchy



Revised comment



Poll Question 2

Do you currently use comments for local practice?



Resources

Online Dewey Training Courses

◦ http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/teachingsite/courses.en.html

Dewey Blog

◦ http://ddc.typepad.com/

Correlation searching in ClassificationWeb

◦ http://classificationweb.net/Menu/index.html

LC Dewey Program

◦ http://www.loc.gov/aba/dewey/



Documents

WebDewey Number Building Tips and Tricksdownloads.alcts.ala.org/ce/03232016_WebDewey...Example 1 Create a new number for Cartoon guide to shorthair cats Start with the base number