EPC Exhibit 130-9.7
October 10, 2008
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Decimal Classification Division
To:
Caroline Kent, Chair
Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee
Cc:
Members of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee
Beacher Wiggins, Director, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
From:
Giles Martin, Assistant Editor
Dewey Decimal Classification
Via:
Joan S. Mitchell, Editor in Chief
Dewey Decimal Classification
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Re:
Indonesia
Email from Sulistyo Basuki
In March we received an email from Professor Sulistyo Basuki of the Department of Library and
Information Science, Universitas Indonesia, commenting on the recent expansion of Indonesia in
Table 2. That message, followed by comments in italics, is given as an appendix to this exhibit.
The main points in our response are:
 Generally with countries and provinces in Table 2 we give the current names and
boundaries, with notes describing what the previous situation was. In the case of
Indonesia, we would want to have the current provinces, with notes explaining the changes
from the situation in 1999 or 2000.
 When a province splits into two, even though one part retains the old name of the province,
we want the two new provinces each to have their own notation, without the notation for
one being subordinate to the notation of the other.
 When two or more geographic entities have the same name (as is the problem with Maluku
and with Papua) we need to resolve those differences with scope notes or qualifiers, and
not equate things just because they have the same name.
There is a specific issue with the provinces of Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau) and Bangka
Belitung. Since they are island groups separate from the island of Sumatra (Sumatera) our rules
for Table 2 require them to be developed separately, rather than to remain linked to the two
provinces that they were formerly a part of.
Moluccas
On the specific issue of Moluccas (T2--5985) versus Maluku (T2--59852), where “Moluccas” is
the English form of the Indonesian word “Maluku,” we propose to make the distinction between
the two meanings of Moluccas and Maluku clearer by making the caption at T2—5985 “Moluccas
(Maluku and North Maluku).”
Papua Barat
There is one change that we should consider, that is not even mentioned in the email. The
province of Irian Jaya Barat has changed its name to Papua Barat. The Wikipedia article on the
province (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_%28Indonesian_province%29) says:
West Papua was created from the western portion of Papua province in February 2003, initially
under the name of Irian Jaya Barat, and was renamed Papua Barat (West Papua) on 7 February
2007.
The province's website (http://www.ijbprov.go.id/) refers to the province as "Papua Barat,” so we
need to fix the entry for the province in Table 2, as given below.
Proposed Changes
Only entries that are proposed to be changed, added or deleted are given below
—598 5
Moluccas (Maluku and Maluku Utara)
—951 2
West Irian Jaya (Irian Jaya Barat) West Papua (Papua Barat)
Former name: West Irian Jaya (Irian Jaya Barat)
Province of Indonesia
Class here Bird’s Head Peninsula
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Appendix: Email from Sulistyo Basuki, with our responses
From: sulistyo basuki [mailto:sbasuki@indosat.net.id]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:40 PM
To: Julianne Beall
Cc: Mitchell,Joan
Subject: Geographical notation for Indonesia
Dear Madam,
I'm sorry I just contact you right now as a follow up the IFLA meeting in Durban on geographical
notation of Indonesia. After the IFLA General Conference in Durban, I met the Director of
National Library of Indonesia, the Division Head for Cataloguing, several senior cataloguers from
the National Library of Indonesia, some catalogers outside the National Library and lecturers on
cataloguing and classification from some universities. I also met a professor of political science
from University of Indonesia discusing the trend movement to establish new provinces and a
fellow geographer on geography of Indonesia. All meetings focused l on the notation expansion
based on New and Changed Entries August 2006. This is the results:
(a) It is a surprise that almost all catalogers didn't know about the expansion [sic] even among the
catalogers in National Library of Indonesia. Apparently no one followed the new and changed
entries activities as found at the Websites.
(b) Based on the New and Changed Entries, almost all of them agreed with the change albeit with
some modifications.
(c) Starting point for Indonesian expansion geographical notes should begin with the year 1999,
the new era of reformation after President Soeharto stepped down and the beginning of
reformation era in Indonesia. By that time Indonesia consist of 26 provinces after East Timor
ceded from Indonesia in 1999
Generally with countries and provinces in Table 2 we give the current names and boundaries,
with notes describing what the previous situation was. In the case of Indonesia, we would
want to have the current provinces, with notes explaining the changes from the situation in
1999 or 2000.
(d) Thanks to 2000 Regional Autonomy Act, the demand for new provinces and regencies/towns
are increasing. Since 1999 and 2000, there are 7 new provinces and three weeks ago the President
submittd a proposal to establish eight new provinces (four in Papua, one in Central Kalimantan,
two in Aceh Nanggroe, one in South Sulawesi) besides popular demands to establish new
provinces out of the existing provinces. For example the proposed Cirebon province off the West
Java, Banyumas off the Central Java, Madura off the East Java, Murung off Central Kalimantan,
Tapanuli off North Sumatera province etc.
We would want to bear those future provinces in mind when we establish notation, to make
sure that notation was available in the right places in Table 2 if they are established.
(e) Also there are some minor corrections on the August 2006 notations as follows:
(i ) Moluccas (-5985) is the same with Maluku (-59852); Moluccas is the term in English while
Maluku is the term in Bahasa Indonesia, the national language of Indonesia.
The problem is that we are talking about two different things here. At --5985 we are talking
about an island group (called Moluccas in English and Maluku in Indonesian) that has been
divided into two provinces; at --59852 we are talking about one of those provinces. However,
I agree that it is inelegant to use what look like synonyms to describe two different things. It
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would have made things much easier if the province of Maluku had been called Maluku
Selatan, but we have to live with reality. Part of the reality is that, in English, "Moluccas" is
only used to refer to the island group. If people refer to the province, they call it Maluku. I'm
not sure how the problem is resolved in Bahasa Indonesia, except that they can make one
meaning explicit by saying "propinsi Maluku". I suggest as a solution adding the two province
names in the caption at --5985, i.e.
--5985 Moluccas (Maluku and North Maluku)
(ii) Western New Guinea (-951) is the same with Irian Barat (this name is used by Indonesian
government), then President Soeharto changed it into Irian Jaya and latter on President
Abdurachman Wahid changed into Papua! Hence the notation -9516 Papua is incorrect because it
is synonym of Irian Jaya. Hence the notation -9516 Papua should be deleted.
There are several problems here. A big problem is that “Papua” has been used now and in
the past to refer to several different places, including part of what is now Papua New Guinea.
We have to live with that by qualifying names in the Relative Index.
However, there currently is a province of Indonesia which is roughly the part of the island of
New Guinea lying between 135 and 141 degrees east. As far as I can tell, the name of that
province is “Papua” or “provinsi Papua.”
It is true that there are proposals to split provinsi Papua into several new provinces. But I
believe that we need to keep notation T2—9516 as it is a present.
With such conditions, I suggest the following principles:
(i) The basic notion for the provinces are 26 provinces.
However, there are currently 31 provinces, plus two special regions. Our policy is not to base
our notation on a former arrangement of provinces.
(ii) The new provinces established since 1999 which are detached its from the former or mother
provinces should get a geographical notation based on its former or mother provinces
We did that for provinces that had their own numbers in Dewey before the expansion, to avoid
relocation. However, we had a new development for Sumatera and for the two island
provinces (Kepulauan Riau and Bangka Belitung) that previously were part of provinces on
the mainland of Sumatera, so we had no specific notation for the mother provinces. I comment
on Kepulauan Riau and Bangka Belitung in the next paragraph.
Then the new notations for newly established provinces are as follows:
-Province of Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau) established in October 2002 with notation -598 192
should be based on Riau (598 14) because formerly Riau Island is a part of Riau provinces. The
proposed notation is -598 144
-Bangka Belitung (-598 196) formerly a part of South Sumatera province (-598 16), established in
December 2000. So the proposed notation for Bangka Belitung is -598 164
The new provinces of Kepulauan Riau and Bangka Belitung are geographically separate from
the island of Sumatera, even if they may have links to the provinces that they used to be part of.
Our general rules for developments in Table 2 require us to provide for them separate from the
range of notation for Sumatera (--59811 to –59818).
-Banten(-598 23) formerly a part of West Java (Jawa Barat, 598 24), so I suggest to change it, eg.
Banten 598 244, even right now there is a demand to establish province Cirebon, which is a part of
West Java!
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I deliberately left space in the development of Java: if Cirebon becomes a province, it should
go to –59825. However, our general principle is to provide notation for each province. So if
Banten went to –598244, you would need notation for Jawa Barat at a number such as –
598242, because T2—59824 would mean Banten and Jawa Barat, not just Jawa Barat.
-Gorontalo (-598 43) a new province established in December 2000, formerly a part of North
Sulawesi (-598 42). So the new notation for Gorontalo should be based on North Sulawesi
notation. I suggest the new notation for Gorontalo is -598 424.
-West Sulawesi (-59846) formerly a part of South Sulawesi province, established in October 2004.
I suggest the new notation for South Sulawesi is 598 464
This is the same issue as with Banten and Jawa Barat. We are giving each province its own
notation in Dewey, and that means you cannot have notation for one province subordinate to
notation for another province.
-North Maluku (-59856) is formerly a part of Moluccas province, established in October 1999.
Because its notation based on Moluccas or Maluku in Bahasa Indonesia, then the notation is
corect.
-Notation for Maluku (-59852) should be crossed out because Maluku is synonym with Moluccas,
then its notation is restored to -598 5 Moluccas
As I point out above, as we give them in the captions "Moluccas" and "Maluku" aren't
synonyms.
- The notation for West Irian Jaya (-951 2) is correct because formerly it is a part of Papua/Irian
Jaya/Irian Barat/Papua New Guinea/, established in November 2001.
-Papua (-951 6) should be crossed out because Papua is synonym with Irian Jaya or Irian Barat,
hence the restored notation is -951.
This would mean that the largest province of Indonesia by area did not have its own number.
We want to have a number in Table 2 for every current province of Indonesia.
Yours sincerely,
Sulistyo
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