EPC Exhibit 135-9.2 March 29, 2012 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Dewey Section To: Caroline Kent, Chair Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee Cc: Members of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee Karl E. Debus-López, Chief, U.S. General Division From: Michael Panzer, Assistant Editor Winton E. Matthews, Consulting Assistant Editor Dewey Decimal Classification OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Via: Joan S. Mitchell, Editor in Chief Dewey Decimal Classification OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc Re: Scandinavia Nordic countries and Finland On December 15, 2011, Magdalena Svanberg (National Library of Sweden) proposed the addition of the term “Nordic countries” to T2—48: The Nordic countries is a term for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. We would like this term mentioned in a class here note under T2—48. This proposal was amended by Elise Conradi (National Library of Norway) on January 23, 2012, to account for a narrower meaning of “Scandinavia”: Scandinavia only includes Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We would like to include Finland in the class heading, since Finland also appears in T2—48 (and 948). This addition would mirror the treatment of Scandinavian and Finnish philosophy at 198. As mentioned by Elise, we seem to have used the term “Scandinavia” in a broader sense to also include Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroes. Unfortuntely, as she also notes, we have not been consistent in our usage, as the caption of 198 “Philosophy of Scandinavia and Finland” shows, meaning the same area as covered by T2—48 (but excluding Iceland and the Faeroes, which are structurally subordinate to T2—48). 1 The adoption of the narrower meaning of Scandinavia would not only affect the captions of T2—48 and 948, but also the corresponding classes for (history of) the ancient world T2—368 and 936.8. The changes for T2—48 and 948 are straightforward: —48 *Scandinavia and Finland Including *Barents Sea region, *North Calotte, *Sápmi (Lapland) Class here *Nordic countries, *northern Europe Subdivisions are added for Scandinavia and Finland together, for Scandinavia alone For northwestern islands, see —491 (Option: Class here ancient Scandinavia; prefer —363) 948 *Scandinavia and Finland Class here Nordic countries, northern Europe Subdivisions are added for Scandinavia and Finland together, for Scandinavia alone For the ancient world the situation is more complicated as ancient history of Finland is classed with the modern history number. Thus, Finland does not have to be added to the captions at T2—368 and 936.8. Because some definitions of Scandinavia include Finland, a see-also reference for Finland replace the however-clause at T2—368 and the see reference at 936.8. (In addition, the “to 481” should be after Denmark in example at T2—368. —368 Scandinavia to 481 [formerly —363] Add to base number —368 the numbers following —48 in —481-489, e.g., Denmark to 481 —3689; however, for Finland, see —4897 See also —4897 for Finland to 481 (Option: Class Scandinavia to 481 in —48; class Norway to 481 in —481; class Sweden to 481 in —485; class Denmark to 481 in —489) 2 936.8 *Scandinavia to 481 [formerly 936.3] For Finland to 481, see 948.9701 See also 948.9701 for Finland to 481 (Option: Class in 948.012) Torne Valley Magdalena wrote: Torne valley is the valley of Torne River. Torne River forms the border between Sweden and Finland. The Swedish municipalities are Kiruna, Pajala, Övertorneå, Haparanda. The Finnish part of Torne Valley is situated in Laplands county. We would like Torne Valley mentioned in DDC. A search for Tornedalen as a subject heading i Libris, the Swedish union catalogue, results in 260 hits. The usual practice in Table 2 is to give the river, not the valley associated with the river, and only at the comprehensive notation for the river. The asterisk given before the name indicates that parts of the river and its valley are in a different notation. The upper portition of the Torne River is only in Sweden; thus, T2—4888 is the comprehensive location of the river. —4888 Norrbotten County (Norrbottens län) Including *Lappland province (Lappland landskap), Norrbotten province (Norrbotten landskap); *Torne River 3