Dewey
Breakfast/Update
25 June 2011
DDC 23: It’s Here
Joan S. Mitchell
Editor in Chief, DDC
OCLC
mitchelj@oclc.org
DDC 23 is here! Start using it!
Outline
• Overview
• Examples from Main Classes
• Learning Opportunities
• Keeping Up with DDC 23
Overview of DDC 23
• Major updates in religion, law, education, food and
clothing, graphic arts, cinematography and videography,
ancient and modern world
• Overhaul of groups of people
• A host of new numbers (e.g., bullying, cloud computing,
end of Mubārak administration)
• Structural changes to support machine display and
retrieval, and classifier efficiency
000 Computer science, information & general
works
>
004.11-004.16 Digital computers
Multifunctional digital devices are classed with
their predominant function . . . a work that
focuses on a specific function other than the
predominant function is classed with the
predominant function
100 Philosophy & psychology
155
Differential and developmental psychology
2
Sensory perception, movement, emotions,
psychological drives
...
3
Conscious mental processes and intelligence
...
8
Individual, evolutionary, environmental
psychology
...
9
...
Applied psychology
200 Religion
297.12
Koran and Hadith
...
297 [.124]
Hadith (Traditions)
Relocated to 297.125
297.125
Hadith (Traditions) [formerly 297.124]
300 Social sciences
371.05
Public schools distinguished by source of funding,
locus of control, and mandate [formerly 371.01]
Class here academy schools, charter schools
400 Language
427[.1–.8]
Geographic variations in parts of England
Relocated to 427.9421–427.9428
...
427.94-.99
Geographic variations in specific continents,
countries, localities in modern world
Add to base number 427.9 notation 4–9
from Table 2, e.g., geographic variations
in parts of England 427.9421–427.9428
[formerly 427.1–427.8], slang of British
Isles 427.941, geographic variations in
England 427.942, dialects of Canada
427.971, Tok Pisin 427.9953
...
500 Science
523.49
523.492
523.492 2
Trans-Neptunian objects [formerly 523.48]
Kuiper belt objects
*Pluto [formerly 523.482]
523.494
Scattered disk objects
523.497
Oort cloud objects
600 Technology
616.008
Young people
Do not use for diseases of infants and children
up to puberty, comprehensive works on child
and adolescent medicine; class in 618.92
616.008 35
Young people twelve to twenty
Do not use for diseases of young
people twelve to twenty who have not
reached puberty; class in 618.92
Class here adolescent medicine
700 Arts & recreation
791.43
Motion pictures
Regardless of distribution medium or method
Class here made-for-television movies, video
recordings of motion pictures [both formerly
791.45]; direct-to-video and direct-to-DVD
releases of motion pictures; dramatic films,
entertainment films; films developed originally
for Internet transmission; comprehensive works
on dramatic, entertainment, documentary,
educational, news films
...
800 Literature
808.03
Specific elements of rhetoric
Class preparation of manuscripts using specific
elements in 808.02; class specific kinds of writing
using specific elements in 808.06
808.032
Figures of speech
Including metaphor, simile
808.036
Narration
900 History & geography
961.105
[History of Tunisia,] 1956–
961.105 1
Administration of Habib Bourguiba, 1956–1987
961.105 2
Administration of Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn Bin ʻAlī, 1987–2011
961.105 3
2011–
DDC 23: Learning Opportunities (1)
Online resources
• DDC 23 webinar http://tinyurl.com/3cyqn7q
• 025.431: The Dewey Blog http://ddc.typepad.com
• Mini webinars and updated training materials coming in fall
2011!
DDC 23: Learning Opportunities (2)
Upcoming workshops and presentations:
•
DDC 23 in Context (27 June, ALCTS CCS Subject Analysis
Committee meeting, Hilton Riverside, Grand Salon C)
• DDC 23 Workshop at IFLA (12 August, San Juan, PR)
registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=DDC23IFLAwkshp
• What’s New with DDC and What Do I Need to Know
(9 September, Schaumberg, IL)
http://www.laconi.net/tech/programs/
• The Future of DDC is Now!: Uncovering the Mysteries of
DDC 23 (15 November, Fort Wayne, IN)
http://www.ilfonline.org/events/2011/11/14/general/2011ilf-annual-conference/
DDC 23: Updates
• New and Changed Entries retired
• To be replaced temporarily with PDFs containing updated
schedule and table entries
• Permanent change-notification solution coming inside
WebDewey 2.0
• Errata addressing typos in DDC 23 to be posted shortly
Some Useful Links
DDC 23
oclc.org/us/en/info/ddc23
DDC 23 workshops
registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=DDC23IFLAwkshp
DDC 23 webinar
http://tinyurl.com/3cyqn7q
WebDewey 2.0
http://dewey.org/webdewey
dewey.info
http://dewey.info
DeweyBrowser
oclc.org/research/researchworks/ddc/browser.htm
Classify
classify.oclc.org/classify2
025.431: The
Dewey blog
http://ddc.typepad.com
Questions?
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