WebDewey Number Building Tips and Tricks

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1 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

2 Meet Libbie and Caroline Libbie Crawford Dewey Product Manager OCLC Caroline Saccucci CIP and Dewey Program Manager Library of Congress Collections and Technical Services 2

3 Agenda Basic number building workflow Number building assistant Defining User Terms Creating and using comments for local practice Collections and Technical Services 3

4 Basic number building workflow Collections and Technical Services 4

5 Basic number building workflow Collections and Technical Services 5

6 Symbols and meanings Collections and Technical Services 6

7 Number building assistant Collections and Technical Services 7

8 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) Collections and Technical Services 8

9 Select base number Click Start in the Create built number box Collections and Technical Services 9

10 Results of Start (1) Collections and Technical Services 10

11 Results of Start (2) Collections and Technical Services 11

12 Select standard subdivision T Click Add, See results Collections and Technical Services 12

13 Results of Save Collections and Technical Services 13

14 Results of Save User term populated Collections and Technical Services 14

15 Select additional User terms Click Add to create set chosen Collections and Technical Services 15

16 Results from Save action New terms selected as caption Collections and Technical Services 16

17 Can be contributed to Dewey Editors (Note placement in hierarchy) Collections and Technical Services 17

18 Example 2 Create a new number for labor economics in Peru Start with the base number Add standard subdivision Add user terms Save for institutional or personal use and contribute to Dewey editors Collections and Technical Services 18

19 Results of Start action Standard subdivisions displayed Collections and Technical Services 19

20 Select standard subdivision T1 093-T1 099 Click Add, See results Collections and Technical Services 20

21 Results from hierarchy Click on country Collections and Technical Services 21

22 Select country Click Add Collections and Technical Services 22

23 Results screen Click Save Collections and Technical Services 23

24 Results screen from Save Note default User terms Collections and Technical Services 24

25 Results from Save action Collections and Technical Services 25

26 Can be contributed to Dewey Editors Collections and Technical Services 26

27 Note placement in hierarchy Collections and Technical Services 27

28 Example 3 Create a new number for directories of College sports in Canada Start with the base number Add standard subdivision Add /edit user terms Save for institutional or personal use and contribute to Dewey editors Collections and Technical Services 28

29 Select base number Click Start in the Create built number box Collections and Technical Services 29

30 Results of Start action (1) Collections and Technical Services 30

31 Results of Start action (2) Collections and Technical Services 31

32 Results of Start action (3) Collections and Technical Services 32

33 Select standard subdivision T1 025 Click Add, See results Collections and Technical Services 33

34 Select Canada from T2 Click Add, Results from Add Collections and Technical Services 34

35 Click Save, Results from Save Note default terms Collections and Technical Services 35

36 Select terms for caption Add, Results from Add Collections and Technical Services 36

37 Use radio buttons to set as caption Results Collections and Technical Services 37

38 Save for personal or institutional number? Contribute to editors? Collections and Technical Services 38

39 Process of building Travel in Brazil in 2012 Navigate to this number/span Click Number built so far Caption of last number/notation added Start 91 Geography of and travel in... T2 81 Add Brazil : Add (Travel) Historical periods Add Collections and Technical Services 39

40 Results of process of building Travel in Brazil in 2012 Collections and Technical Services 40

41 Process of building History of Jews in Romania Navigate to this number/span Click Number built so far Start 9 History... T2 498 Add Romania : Caption of last number/notation added Add Specific ethnic and national groups T5 924 Add Hebrews, Israelis, Jews Collections and Technical Services 41

42 Results of process of building History of Jews in Romania Collections and Technical Services 42

43 Process of building American Sign Language grammar Navigate to this number/span Click Number built so far Caption of last number/notation added Start 419 Sign languages... T2 7 Add North America T4 5 Add Grammar... Collections and Technical Services 43

44 Results of process of building American Sign Language grammar Collections and Technical Services 44

45 Process of building Khmer-language readers for English-speaking people Navigate to this number/span Click Number built so far Caption of last number/notation added Start Austroasiatic... languages T Add Khmer (Cambodian) T T T6 21 Add Add Readers for speakers of... English Collections and Technical Services 45

46 Result of building Khmer-language readers for English-speaking people Collections and Technical Services 46

47 Poll Question 1 Have you ever used the WebDewey number building assistant? Collections and Technical Services 47

48 Defining User Terms Collections and Technical Services 48

49 Default user term for You want: Bone cancer surgery Collections and Technical Services 49

50 Edit user term for 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 Collections and Technical Services 50

51 Result of editing user term for , Bone cancer surgery Collections and Technical Services 51

52 Default user term for You want: Irish in London (history, interdisciplinary treatment) Collections and Technical Services 52

53 Edit user term for 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 Collections and Technical Services 53

54 Result of editing user term for Irish in London Collections and Technical Services 54

55 Creating and using comments for local practice Collections and Technical Services 55

56 Comments 56 Collections and Technical Services

57 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 57 Collections and Technical Services

58 Vocational guidance Collections and Technical Services 58

59 Scattered! Collections and Technical Services 59

60 Create a comment Collections and Technical Services 60

61 Comment now in the record view Collections and Technical Services 61

62 Building for local practice: Choice of vocation Collections and Technical Services 62

63 Building for local practice: Choice of vocation Collections and Technical Services 63

64 Browse results for notation Collections and Technical Services 64

65 Add local Collections and Technical Services 65

66 Add local: no zeros Collections and Technical Services 66

67 Locally built: Collections and Technical Services 67

68 : Select user terms Collections and Technical Services 68

69 In the hierarchy Collections and Technical Services 69

70 Revised comment Collections and Technical Services 70

71 Poll Question 2 Do you currently use comments for local practice? Collections and Technical Services 71

72 Resources Online Dewey Training Courses courses.en.html Dewey Blog Correlation searching in ClassificationWeb LC Dewey Program Collections and Technical Services 72