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J. McRee Elrod | 1 May 02:22
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DDC changed numbers

This is just a rant.

I'm in the midst of doing some pro bono work for a Unitarian library.

Why oh why was Unitarianism changed from 288 to 289.1?  Just what was
gained by that change?  Editions of the same work are separated
depending on when published.

It's this sort of thing which makes me advise against DDC for even the
samllest start up library.

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Schutt, Misha | 1 May 02:26
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Re: Indians vs. Native Americans {was: Library of Congress Queer Subject Headings)

(Should've sent this note on Friday, but...)

The subject line reminds me of a mock anti-feminist group I saw in a
1970s San Francisco Gay Pride parade:

"Ladies Against Women"

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Winship | 1 May 06:54

Daily Typo, "Authur*", Apr. 27, 2007

  [This was sent to the list on Friday, April 27, but was not distributed,
   so I'm reposting.   D.W.]

Friday, April 27, 2007

Typo of the Day - Authur*

   OhioLINK has 96 records containing the word Authur*, which appears on
   the "high probability" portion of the Ballard list of library typos
   (along with Authr*). In some cases, it's a misspelling of the word
   author, etc.; in others, it's a misspelling of the name Arthur. As
   someone who occasionally puns on my own last name (Reid), I am
   reminded of the children's book character Arthur Read (see Arthur's
   Lost Library Book, D.W. and the Library Card, Locked in the Library!,
   and Arthur Writes a Story). Arthur and I might both like to write
   stories someday, but since spelling counts, I'm sure neither of us
   wants to be known as an "Authurian" legend.

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Winship | 1 May 06:56

Daily Typo, "Muscians", Apr. 30, 2007

Monday, April 30, 2007

Typo of the Day - Muscians

   In North America, spring is in full bloom and music is in the air, so
   the presence of Muscians for Musicians on our Moderate Probability
   list seemed just the ticket to stay current with today's mood. This is
   one to watch out for if you get your records from OCLC, as there are
   86 hits for the typo in Worldcat this morning. The dropped 'I' in a
   multi-syllable word is by far the most common typo in a library
   database. We suggest you put on your MP3 player, settle down to your
   catalog control system, and look for this typo and its cousins 'muisc'
   and 'musicans.'

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Aaron Kuperman | 1 May 11:03
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Re: Indians vs. Native Americans {was: Library of Congress Queer Subject Headings)

Taking the joke seriously explains the problem. Everyone understands
that "Ladies" are "Women", and vice-versa. Neither term is especially
insulting, nor confusing.

"Indians" can refer either to the original residents of the western
hemisphere, or to  persons living in the US (and elsewhere) whose
ancestors lived in British India (including modern India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, etc.), or to persons from the modern Republic of India. A
"Native American" can refer to those whose ancestors have been living in 
American for over 500 years, or to anyone born here regardless of
ancestry.

"Gay" poses similar problems (which LC ignores), since it can mean
"happy and carefree, and perhaps a bit naughty" which was the sole
meaning prior to 50 years, or it might refer to a contemporary lifestyle 
which (necessarily??) involves homosexuality, or it might by a synonym
for homosexual.  LC uses it in the last meaning (but for arguments case
consider both whether a pedophile with a non-gay lifestyle   who prefers 
persons of the same gender is "gay" even though he is clearly
"homosexual", and also consider whether a celibate gay is
homosexual.  Unlike women/ladies which clearly refer to the same thing,
gay (lifestyle or sexual preference or type of sexual behavior) or
indian (American/East Asian/Republic only) are confusing.

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2007, Schutt, Misha wrote:

> (Should've sent this note on Friday, but...)
> 
> The subject line reminds me of a mock anti-feminist group I saw in a
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Marian Dworaczek | 1 May 14:48
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Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information

The May 1, 2007 edition of the "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic
Sources of Information" is available at:

                     http://library2.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM

The page-specific "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of
Information" and the accompanying "Electronic Sources of Information: A
Bibliography" (listing all indexed items) deal with all aspects of
electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials,
periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected
works. This edition includes 2,470 indexed titles. Both the Index and 

the Bibliography are continuously updated.

Introduction, which includes sample search and instructions how to use the
Subject Index and the Bibliography, is located at:

                     http://library2.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUB_INT.HTM

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MSHERMAN | 1 May 15:42
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Re: DDC changed numbers

5/1/07

Sorry, Mac, but 288 hasn't been used since the 19th edition of DDC. Since we're currently on the 22nd
edition, it has been a while. The religion section had been totally revamped, to try to get away from the
Christian bias. It hasn't totally succeeded, but it is a little better than it was. I do not remember what
the significance of the change was, but perhaps someone who has access to the 19th edition of Dewey can help
with this.

The re-use of numbers in DDC, can be a pain, but then, the various sections can be re-classed, if necessary,
to keep all the works together. I would think that for smaller libraries, re-classification would be less
of a difficulty, than for larger systems, such as ours. We don't usually do a re-classification project
when DDC changes numbers, but we did do that when the music section was totally redone. It was quite a project.

Maxine

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Joel Hahn | 1 May 16:31
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Re: DDC changed numbers

MSHERMAN wrote:
> J. McRee Elrod wrote:
> > Why oh why was Unitarianism changed from 288 to 289.1?  Just 
> > what was gained by that change?  Editions of the same work 
> > are separated depending on when published.

> Sorry, Mac, but 288 hasn't been used since the 19th edition 
> of DDC. Since we're currently on the 22nd edition, it has 
> been a while. The religion section had been totally revamped, 
> to try to get away from the Christian bias. It hasn't totally 
> succeeded, but it is a little better than it was. I do not 
> remember what the significance of the change was, but perhaps 
> someone who has access to the 19th edition of Dewey can help 
> with this.

Comparing DDC19 with DDC22, it seems likely that a couple of things came
into play:

* Unitarianism and Universalism were determined to be similar enough to
be different branches of the same sort of religion (the addition of a
number for the "Unitarian Universalist Association" of churches would
seem to support that), so having them separated was not a good thing.
Universalism was already at 289.1.

* Unitarianism/Universalism was determined to not be on an equal level
with Methodism, the Baptist Church, Presbyterianism, Roman Catholicism,
but rather on an equal level with Mormonism, Quakers, Mennonites,
Christian Scientists, etc., and so Unitarianism was moved to 289 ("Other
denominations") with those others, rather than moving Universalism over
to 288.
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Wright, Lynda W | 1 May 16:51
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Book cover images

Carolyn Connelly wrote:

"We're interested in hearing from all libraries on this topic.  Even if

you don't use an Innovative system, we'd like to hear your response."

We have Sirsi/Dynix and last summer we subscribed to their Content
Enrichment service which provides book cover images,  content summaries,
reviews, and sample chapters where available.  It basically give the
catalog the "Amazon" look.  The content information is provided by
Syndetic Solutions via Sirsi, and is based on FYE. 

We have not tracked circulation changes based on the content enrichment.
It's hard to tell how much the content features are used, but I think
people like the cover art, even if they are not consciously thinking
about it.   There have been a few occasions when the content and images
did not match the correct book, but once reported to Syndetic Solutions
they were resolved quickly.  

Lynda Wright

Assistant Professor and Head of Technical Services

McGraw-Page Library

Randolph-Macon College

Ashland, VA  23005

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Myers, John F. | 1 May 17:01
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Re: DDC changed numbers

My guess would be eventual acknowledgement in the schedules of the
merger of Unitarians with Universalists, at least in the U.S.  Published
in 1989, DDC20 was a little behind the times though.  In DDC19 and prior
editions, Unitarianism was assigned 288 while Universalism was assigned
289.1.  They're now combined at 289.1 for Unitarian and Universalist
churches.

John Myers, Catalog Librarian
Schaffer Library, Union College
Schenectady NY 12308
518-388-6623
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Why oh why was Unitarianism changed from 288 to 289.1?  Just what was
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