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Titles included in the text are capitalized in accordance with standard library cataloging practice—that is, only the first word of the title is capitalized in addition to names. Look at the five examples above where systematic groupings are used and list some ways you could create order in these examples. The index is an alphabetical list of terms used in the schedules, together with the corresponding notation.
It should include, as far as possible, all synonyms for the term and a breakdown of the subject areas. This is the ability of the scheme to allow the construction of the note to include items not specifically mentioned in the schedule.
INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFIC ATION
Page layouts convey hierarchy and meaning through the order, alignment, and indentation of topics and subtopics, not through assigned numerical values. This is done by using the numbers listed in the tables in the given schedule or by using the A-Z instructions to alphabetize by place, person or topic. However, additions and changes are constantly being made, so the Library of Congress website and various library publications should be checked for the most up-to-date information.
LC numbers are available in Library of Congress MARC records for copy cataloging purposes and to verify current LCC practices. This becomes less true with the automation of the schedules and the introduction of Classification Web. New editions of the schedules sometimes require reclassification decisions—eg, JX has been replaced by the subclasses JZ (International Relations) and KZ (Law of Nations).
The publication of the Library of Congress classification and shelf-listing policies have filled this gap to some extent. The captions in the schedules are sometimes the same as the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), which will help you use the index of a plan.
STRUCTURE OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFIC ATION
Using the list of subclasses for H, write the subclass to which each of the following topics belongs. The scope notes explain the type of works to be classified under this subject and may refer the classifier to related topics elsewhere in the list or in another list. See notes refer the classifier to a number elsewhere in the schedules, often as a result of a reclassification decision.
Legislation: This inscription appears less frequently in Schedules ending in K Schedules. Some tables are within the schedule and apply to the class number under which they appear. Other tables apply to the entire class or subclass and are at the end of the schedule before the index.
There is a detailed index at the back of each schedule, and the entries refer you to a specific LC number in that schedule. Find the entry for artificial kidneys in the index and write down the class number.
BUILDING A CALL NUMBER
TABLES
Some schemes - notably H, N, P, B and L - use them more often and have more tables in the back of the individual parts. Where would you place works for regions or states in the United States in the same QC area? Go to the number in the relevant schedule and compile the call number according to the instructions in the table.
Go to paragraph (5) of the Cutter Table to find the value of the first letter. Go to the number in the relevant schedule and build the call number following the instructions on the table in that number. Go to the number in the relevant schedule and build the call number by following the instructions on that number.
Regions and countries are assigned a series of numbers in this part of the plan. Add the bio subject cutter (note that you can't use .A1—start at .A2). In Chapter 4, we covered specific biography guidelines in schedules for collective and individual biographies.
Note the types of material in the biography table that require an additional cutter, e.g. selected works, autobiography, diaries, etc., letters. In this example, the .A2 cutter is an instruction in the schematic, acting as a shelving cutter to bring together all the collective biographies in 19th-century German history. Build full call numbers for the following titles, possibly following the instructions in the schematics and biography table.
For translations into languages other than those specified in the Translation Table, create the language cutter. Construct an integer call number for the following works, using either the Translation Table or specific instructions in the schedules. In the new edition (2006) and Classification Web, the principles and application remain the same.
Using the table for Flemish, write the number that appears in the table for a general work on the spoken language. Dramatization of the poems of John Greenleaf Whittier (Green, 1988) (Hint: Look at 19th century American literature.).
SHE LVING
CLASSIFIC ATION WEB
Using the phrase as a heading or as an index term, find the class number for the following. Select any of the query options in the Classification Search and by limiting the search to class H, find the class number for General Works for the following terms.
MORE PRACTICE
In subclass NA, name the range of class numbers for "Architecture of Special States". Find the title and number for "Featured Artists" in Table 5 for Mexico and add that number to the base number. This exercise requires you to make up the whole dial numbers with dates as part of the class numbers.
Threatened Dreams: The Great Depression of 1929 in California (Starr, 1996). Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, 1999).
ANSWERS
General Works (Note that the class number in the Computer Arts Index is N7433.8+. The "+" sign indicates that subtopics under that class number are in the schedule.). Periodicals and Societies (Note that the class number in the index is NB1+; in this case the "+" refers to the entire subclass.). No (Synonyms for graffiti such as street art, spray art, public art did not give us a class number. The classifier will have to keep looking for the best place in the schedules.).
Note: A small dash can be used below the letter "O" to distinguish it from the digit zero. Note: The Regions and Countries table and the US States and Canadian Provinces table were used for the area cutters in this exercise. Note: Depending on the number of works in your library in certain subject areas, you may need to extend your main entry cutter by another digit or more.
The letter "c" is near the beginning of the alphabet, so it will have to be closer to 7 than to 9. Tables P-PZ1 through P-PZ16 are language tables, and P-PZ20 through P-PZ50 are literature tables. b. Table 3c.24.8d.40 because Cynthia Freeman has a cutter number. However, your library may prefer to check the Library of Congress catalog for cutter numbers for literary authors.
You need the subclass for a specific medium and then the instructions for "Special Countries" based on the nationality of the artist. If you remove it, the translation language will no longer be listed in the calling number.
GLOSSARY
Ranganathan for Indian Libraries using numbers and letters and colons to separate the different parts of the classification number. Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) A classification scheme devised by Melvil Dewey in 1873 that uses numbers to represent objects. LC Cutter Table Modification of Cutter's original Library of Congress table to suit its specific needs.
Library of Congress United States Library of Congress; the de facto national library of the United States. Library of Congress Classification A classification scheme developed by the Library of Congress using numbers and letters. Library of Congress Subject Headings Authoritative list of subject headings compiled and maintained by the Library of Congress.
A system developed by the Library of Congress in 1966 to allow libraries to share machine-readable bibliographic data. The use of tables prevents repeating the same instructions throughout the schedule and allows more specific numbers to be compiled. Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) A classification scheme developed by the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) by extending the Dewey Decimal Classification.
Chan, Lois Mai, A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification 5th Edition, Englewood, Colo., Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
