Monday, March 22, 2010

CALL NUMBER SHELFLISTING (CUTTER NUMBERS, DATES, ETC.) 6/21/05spg, rev.10/21/08

CALL NUMBER SHELFLISTING (CUTTER NUMBERS, DATES, ETC.) 6/21/05spg, rev.10/21/08

For books, the Cutters of LC-assigned call numbers (050 2nd indicator 0) need not be checked as to their appropriateness in our catalog (independent of series, etc., considerations). Checking the Cutters of LC-type call numbers assigned by other institutions (050 2nd indicator 4, or 090) is at the cataloger's discretion, but is generally discouraged due to lack of time. Hopefully, a good bib carries a good call number.

With the advent of PromptCat and barcoding we are not as picky about Cutters or even the uniqueness of call numbers. When creating a new call number try to fit it into the online “shelflist.” Changes in the schedules and cataloger errors over many years have introduced inconsistencies, especially in the use of single and double Cutter numbers. If we have a pattern of incorrect numbers, or a mix of correct and incorrect, use the correct pattern if it puts the item in a “good enough” place. If not, you’ll have to fit it in using the incorrect pattern. If there are only a few items, or the order is so meaningless it would confuse browsers, consider redoing all the records and having items re-marked.

CUTTER TABLE

This table is used to construct Cutter numbers for book numbers and sometimes aspects of the main class number.

After the initial letter S
for the second letter: a ch e h-i m-p t u w-z
use number 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

After the initial letters Qu
for the third letter: a e i o r t y
use number: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(For initial letters Qa-Qt, use: 2-29)

After other initial consonants:
for the second letter: a e i o r u y
use number: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

After initial vowels
for the second letter: b d l-m n p r s-t u-y
use number: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

When an additional number is needed
for the third letter: a-d e-h i-l m-o p-s t-v w-z
use number: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Numerals

Entries beginning with numerals are assigned an A Cutter (.A12-.A19) and numbered to precede all entries beginning with the letter A. However, if entries already in the file have been assigned "documents numbers" (e.g. .A5 for the corporate heading United States) Cutter the numerals to file directly after those entries.





When adjusting/assigning Cutters beyond the third character, or in any case where adjustment is needed, add digit(s) toward the center of the available span--usually by adding 5--in order to leave room for future call numbers, e.g.:
.E3 .E35 .E355 .E4

Go slightly lower or higher as needed, according to what you see in our catalog and what you think might be added in the future. Avoid Cutters over 8 characters--our spine label maximum, although 9 characters can be accommodated in a pinch--but if needed Marking can put the rest of a long Cutter on a second line, indented.

Never end a Cutter with a 1 or a 0.

LC CALL NUMBERS/CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS

LC call numbers usually consist of three elements: a class number, a book number--also called an item number or shelf number--and the year of publication. The class number represents topic. The book number is based on the main entry and aims to keep items in order on the shelf. Exceptions to this pattern are noted in the schedules and tables.

The schedules are the main run of class numbers, A-Z. Instructions related to a class number may appear in the schedules, and/or in one or more tables associated with the class number.

The most basic class number consists of a letter(s) plus a whole number. The number may be expanded decimally to bring out an aspect of the topic:

E89 America--Indians of North America--Biography--Collective. Including portraits.
E89.5 Individual and collective biography as a literary form

Basic class numbers may be expanded by using one or two Cutter numbers. Other elements, such as date, may come into play, but only when specified in the schedules/tables.

"Trailing x” call numbers. Most libraries have stopped using this device to indicate a locally-created call number vs. one created by LC, e.g. HV6543 H66x 1990 or HV6543 H66 1990x. Remove the x if you see one.

There are three main types of call numbers:

CALL NUMBER TYPES

Type Class number (topic) Book number (based on main entry)
1 Class number alone 1 Cutter, expanded as needed
2 Class number + 1 Cutter number to bring out an aspect of the class number A second Cutter, expanded as needed
3 Class number + 2 Cutter numbers to bring out multiple aspects of the class number Second Cutter expanded

CUTTER NUMBERS

Type 1 call numbers utilize “single” Cutter numbers, types 2 and 3 “double” Cutter numbers. Types 2 and 3 utilize Cutter numbers to bring out aspects of the main topic, typically subtopic, place, period, and/or form. In the schedules the use of double Cutter numbers is indicated by specific instructions such as:

Biography, A-Z
By language, A-Z
By region or country, A-Z
Individual, A-Z

Local, A-Z
Other works, A-Z
Special topics, A-Z
Special, A-Z

The instruction is sometimes followed by specific applications and examples, or you may be directed to use a table.

► Note that a pattern like .A3-Z is not the same as .A3A-Z. The former is a single Cutter number from .A3 through Z. The latter is a double Cutter which should be read as two elements: .A3 A-Z.

► Never use more than two Cutter numbers.

Book numbers arrange works on the same topic by main entry. Where main entries are similar or identical (in the latter case you must consider title as well) refer to Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification and Shelflisting Manual, section G 100 “Filing Rules,” and also the Library of Congress Filing Rules, both in Cataloger’s Desktop. The Cataloging Manual excerpts basic filing rules and rules for title fields in LC FILING RULES.

Examples:

Type 1: Class number alone. Create a single Cutter number based on the main entry to serve as the book number:

A work by Joseph Rouse on scientific practices:
Science (General)--Philosophy. Methodology--General works, treatises, and advanced textbooks
Q175 .R5665 1996

In our catalog, R5 = Richter and R68 = Routledge
In the LC catalog, R565 = Rott and R567 = Rousseau

Our online shelflist is almost always sufficient to determine a Cutter, but there may be occasion to check the LC catalog or that of another library. Checking LC might be helpful in an area that is wide open in our catalog but likely to fill in later on, with few or no LC records as “signposts.” Be aware that there are specific LC tables for regions and countries and for literary authors (see below).

To differentiate works on the same topic by the same author, expand the Cutter. Since the main entry “Rouse, Joseph, 1952- “ is not sufficient to distinguish each work, take the title into account when creating the Cutter:
Q175 .R5665 Engaging science
Q175 .R5668 How scientific practices matter
Q175 .R567 Knowledge and power

This occurs in Type 2 and Type 3 situations as well.

Type 2: Class number + 1 Cutter number to bring out an aspect of the class number. Create a second Cutter to serve as the book number:

A work on censored books, topic = Censorship, entered under title “Censored books”
American literature--Criticism--Special topics, A-Z, C46 = Censorship
PS65.C46 C46 1993

A rails-to-trails guidebook for New England by Cynthia Mascott:
Recreation. Leisure--Outdoor life. Outdoor recreation--By region or country--United States--By region or state, A-Z, N3 = New England
GV191.42.N3 M28 2000

This pattern may vary, especially when dates are involved. Here the TR schedule foregoes a second Cutter in favor of arrangement by date of exhibition:

An exhibition of work by Wendy Ewald in 2000
By name of photographer, E935 = Ewald, Wendy. Under each photographer, arrange by date of exhibition.
TR647 .E935 2000 (expanded as needed: 2000a, 2000b, etc.-see DATES, below)

Type 3: Class number + 2 Cutter numbers to bring out multiple aspects of the class number. Expand the second Cutter to serve as the book number as well:

Falkner photographs by Martin J. Dain
United States local history--Mississippi--Regions, counties, etc., A-Z--L2 = Lafayette County
F347.L2 D33 1997

As with Type 2, the pattern may vary when dates are involved. When type of date is not specified, use publication date:

A catalog of a Jackson Pollock exhibition published in 1999
Painting--History--Special regions or countries. America--North America--United States--Special artists, A-Z. P73 = Pollock, Jackson. A4 = Reproductions (Collections. By date. Including exhibition catalogs.
ND237.P73 A4 1999

SUCCESSIVE CUTTER NUMBERS

Successive Cutter numbers are a series of Cutter numbers (.C5, .C6, .C7) or decimal extensions of a Cutter number (.C54, .C55, .C56) in an established succession of order. They are generally used for the logical subarrangement of materials classed in the same number. You must supply the appropriate value for the variable x.

Examples:

RA988 Public aspects of medicine--Medical centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics--By region or country--Europe--Great Britain. England--By city, A-Z.

London = L8 = x. In other words, L8 is the value for the x variable.

A book on London hospitals by Waddington

.x General works
.L8 London

Cutter for book number (Type 2 call number)
W33 Waddington

Call number: R988.L8 W33

A book on St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London by Waddington

Special institutions. By name, A-Z.

.x2A-.x2Z (read as .x2 A-Z)
.L82 London (expanded)
S323 Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital

Expand second Cutter for book number (Type 3 call number)
S3237 Waddington

Call number: RA988.L82 S3237

Positional numbers. In older versions of the tables you would have seen numbers enclosed in parentheses to represent variable numbers indicating the order of the numbers to be assigned. In other words, (1) would have meant the first number in the span of numbers allotted, and (8.3) the eighth number in the span with .3 added. This system is no longer used as the variables are now indicated with x.

Subject Cataloging Manuals — Classification and Shelflisting Manual — Shelflisting — General — G 65
PREFERRED SHELFLIST ORDER FOR INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS

Unless there are provisions to the contrary in the particular schedule, the works of an individual author in a single class number are arranged by type of publication using a series of successive Cutter numbers:

Collected works
By date .L54 1966
Translations (see Translation table)
By date .L5412-5419 1986
Selected works
By date .L542 1986
Translations (see Translation table) By date .L54212-54219 1986
Separate works
By title
Original work
Cutter and date .L55 1952
Facsimile or photocopy of original work Cutter and date with a .L55 1952a
(.L55 1952aa, ab, etc.)
Edition or reprint
Cutter and date .L55 1967
Facsimile or photocopy of edition Cutter and date of edition with a .L55 1967a
(.L55 1967aa, ab, etc.)
Translation (see Translation table) Cutter expanded by 12 - 19 and date .L5513 1963
[English translation]
Selection, abridgement, or condensed version Cutter expanded by 2 and date .L552 1981
*.S6L552 1981

Translation of selection, abridgement, or condensed version (see Translation table)
Cutter expanded by 212 - 219 and date .L55213 1982
[English translation]
Adaptations By adapter, A-Z [used only for works cataloged prior to AACR 2.
Adaptations are now classed with works of adapter]
Criticism Cutter expanded by 3 or 3 - 39 and date .L553 T5 1976
.S6 L5537 1976*
(see G 340, #3)
Biography and criticism
By author, A-Z .L56 B78 1986
*The double Cuttered examples show arrangement on the second Cutter.

LITERARY AUTHOR NUMBERS

Normally, all works by or about an individual literary author are classed together in the same number or span of numbers in class P regardless of the number of names under which the person may be entered and any changes in the form of heading for the person. However, multiple numbers or spans of numbers may be established for those authors who write in more than one language. Principal factors:

• Language in which the author wrote
• Author's nationality
• Time period the author “flourished” (was productive as a writer)
• Alphabetical order of author name

The simplest situation is the author who wrote in one language only and was a citizen of only one country. Authors of a country other than the one most commonly associated with the language in which they write may be classed by country, in the area of that schedule pertains to other countries. Many literatures, however, have no geographic development, may be only partially expanded (such as literature of former colonies), or may have special locations for collections but not for individual authors.

The literature of the United States is the exception to the standard arrangement of keeping the literature of a particular language together in the same subclass. No special section for United States literature exists in subclass PR, English literature. Instead, subclass PS has been reserved for literature in English of the United States.

Authors have different ranges of number assigned to them based on how prolific they were and/or how much has been written about them. The most extreme case is Shakespeare, but you are most likely to encounter authors with one number or a Cutter number which utilize tables with “A” and “Z” Cutter numbers to achieve differentiation:

a) Smaller range of numbers for authors who wrote very little but have a lot written about them:

TABLES P-PZ37 and 38 combined
AUTHORS (1 NO. or 1 CUTTER NO.)

Collected works [H R N]
1 No. 1 Cutter No.
By date [H R N]
.A1 .x date
By editor, if given [H R N]
.A11-.A19 .xA11-.xA19
Translations (Collected or selected) [H R N]
Where the original language is English, French or German, omit numbers for original language in .A2-.A49 below
English. By translator, if given, or date [H R N]
.A2-.A29 .xA2-.xA29
French. By translator, if given, or date [H R N]
.A3-.A39 .xA3-.xA39
German. By translator, if given, or date [H R N]
.A4-.A49 .xA4-.xA49
Other. By language [H R N]
.A5-.A59 .xA5-.xA59
Selected works. Selections. By date [H R N]
.A6 .xA6
Separate works. By title [H R N]
.A61-.A78 .xA61-.xA78
Biography and criticism [H R N]

Dictionaries, indexes, etc. By date [H R N]
.A79 .xA79
Autobiography, journals, memoirs. By title [H R N]
.A8-.A829 .xA8-.xA829
Letters (Collections). By date [H R N]
.A83 .xA83
Letters to and from particular individuals. By correspondent (alphabetically) [H R N]
.A84-.A849 .xA84-.xA849
General works [H R N]
.A85-Z .xA85-.xZ


b) Larger range of numbers for prolific authors:

TABLES P-PZ39 and 40 combined
AUTHORS (1 NO. or 1 CUTTER NO.)

Collected works [H R N]
Including collected works in specific genres 1 No. 1 Cutter No.
By date [H R N]
.A1 .x date
By editor [H R N]
Subarrangement by editor has been discontinued by the Library of Congress. Beginning in 2005, all collected works are subarranged by date (.A11-.A13) (.xA11-.xA13)
Collected prose, poetry, plays, etc. [H R N]
For collected genres see .A1 (.A14-.A19) (.xA14-.xA19)
Translations (Collected or selected) [H R N]

Modern versions of early authors in the same language. By date [H R N]
.A199 .xA199
Polyglot. By date [H R N]
.A1995 .xA1995
English. By date [H R N]
.A2 .xA2
French. By date [H R N]
.A3 .xA3
German. By date [H R N]
.A4 .xA4
Other. By language (alphabetically) and date [H R N]
.A5-.A59 .xA5-.xA59
Selected works. Selections. By date [H R N]
.A6 .xA6
Separate works. By title [H R N]
Subarrange each work by Table P-PZ43
.A61-.Z48 .xA61-.xZ458
Biography and criticism [H R N]

Periodicals. Societies. Serials [H R N]
.Z481-.Z489 .xZ4581-.xZ4589
Dictionaries, indexes, etc. By date [H R N]
.Z49 .xZ459
Autobiography, journals, memoirs, interviews. By date [H R N]
.Z5A3 .xZ46
Letters (Collections). By date [H R N]
Including collections of letters to and from particular individuals .Z5A4 .xZ48
General works [H R N]
.Z5A5-.Z5Z .xZ5-.xZ999

20th century authors:
• All are assigned a cutter number and use table P-PZ40. All works by and about that author have the same number up to the first Cutter.
• All subarrangement of works, biography, and criticism are accomplished by using the second Cutter and the date only
• There are no provisions for criticism by special topics

For example, the author number for Joyce Carol Oates is PS3565.A8:
PS American literature
3568 Individual authors 1961-2000 whose last name begins with “O”
.A Second letter of last name
8 Cutter by third letter of author’s last name

If an author’s name cannot be found in the schedules, proceed as follows:

1. Check our catalog to see if we have already assigned a number to the author. If we have and it is a DLC record, use that number. Authority records carry the author number in the 053 field.

2. If there is nothing conclusive in our catalog the options are (in no particular order):

• Check authority and/or bib records in OCLC

• Check authority http://authorities.loc.gov/ and/or bib http://catalog.loc.gov/ records in the LC catalog. There is a link to go quickly from one to the other and back.

To browse the LC shelflist:

1. Select Basic Search
2. In the Search Type box, select Expert Search (use index codes and operators)
3. Type in the index code "05XX" and then the classification number to be searched followed by a question mark (truncation mark):
Example: 05XX PQ8180?
4. For a more specific search put the classification number to be searched in quotes:
Example: 05XX "PQ8180.13?"
5. In order to search for works entered under uniform titles use the index code "05UT" preceding the class number. It will provide a display which includes the uniform title.
Example: 05UT PQ6329?
6. Press the Enter key, or click on Begin Search.
7. The results of this search will be presented in a display that includes call number, name, (main author, creator, etc.), uniform title, and full title.

• Do a Classification Search for the author’s name as a Caption in LC Class Web:



Click Browse or Search.

Hunter, Evan, 1926- (1)
PS3515.U585 Hunter, Evan, 1926- [H R B L S D C]


• For authors established prior to 1992 consult LC Author Numbers by Gerald K. Dick in Off. (Cat.)

The subarrangement of individual authors is basically the same for all literature numbers:

1. Collected works, by date
2. Translations (collected and selected works), by language
3. Selected works and selections
4. Separate works, A-Z by title; including criticism of separate works
5. Biography and criticism
a. Periodicals, societies, serials
b. Dictionaries, indexes, etc.
c. Biographical works by author
i. Autobiography, journals, memoirs
ii. Letters
1. Collections
2. To and from an individual
d. General biography and criticism
i. [authors with 49, 19, or 9 numbers have special topics]
TRANSLATION TABLE

A translation is a rendering from one language into another, or from an older form of a language into a modern form, more or less closely following the original.
The translation table is used when Cuttering for a translation only when a uniform title plus language(s) is provided and when the main entry is a personal author or title.
• The translation table is not used for entries with a corporate or conference heading.
If a language is not listed in the Translation table, select a number for that language which would agree alphabetically with the table and any translation(s) previously shelflisted in the same class.
For example, if a German translation is already shelflisted at .x15, a Greek translation would be .x16, Portuguese .x17, etc. This arrangement is considered a general guide. Translation Table
.x Original work
.x12 Polyglot
Also used for Arabic

.x13 English
.x14 French
.x15 German
.x155 Hebrew
.x16 Italian
.x165 Persian
.x17 Russian
.x18 Spanish
.x185 Turkish


.A6-.A99 TABLE

The Cutter table .A6-.A99 is used in the Biography table and tables of Class P. It is broken down as follows:
Aa-Af------ .A6-699
Ag-Al------ .A7-799
Am-Ar----- .A8-899
As-Az----- .A9-999
The Translation Table can be applied to this table.

BIOGRAPHY

A biography is a written history of a person's life or a work about an individual's contributions to a specific field.
Biographical works are classed under the topic with which the biographee is most closely identified. However, when an individual who has contributed to several different fields is the subject of a biography, the work is assigned a classification determined by the topic covered in that particular work. If a biography treats multiple aspects of an individual's wide-ranging life, the work is classed with the subject with which the biographee is most commonly associated.
LC classifies biographies in two different ways, in a general class or a biography class:
• A general class is any class other than a biography class. For example, in BF173, .A25-Z is the class number for general works including biographies about Freud.
• A biography class is any class specifically for biographical works. A biography class can include a collection of an individual's works including autobiographies, letters, and speeches (see Biography table below). A biography class is typically used for an individual whose life and work cover multiple topics.
Note that even though the schedule may indicate that a general class includes biographies that class is not considered a biography class. Only use the Biography table when a work is classed in a biography class. Do not use the Biography table in classes that state "Include biography" or "Including biographies."

Biography Table
________________________________________
.x Cutter for the biographee
________________________________________ .xA2 Collected works.
By date
Do not
use the
Translation Table
with the .xA2-.A5
area .xA25 Selected works. Selections.
By date
(Including quotations)
.xA3 Autobiography, diaries, etc.
By date
.xA4 Letters.
By date
________________________________________ .xA5 Speeches, essays and lectures.
By date
(Including interviews)
.xA6-Z
(see Note) Individual biography, interview and criticism.
By main entry.
Including criticism of selected works, autobiography, quotations, letters, speeches, interviews, etc.

If the main entry of a biographical or critical work begins with A and the work is classed in a biography class, do not Cutter lower than A6. See the .A6-.A99 Table for the suggested Cutters for entries beginning with A.
When the first subject heading of a work consists of a personal name plus the term "personal narratives" and the work is classed in a biography class, the work is treated as an autobiography.
When not to use the Biography table:
There are other tables for biographical works; in these cases one must distinguish between classes about individuals which use the Biography table and those classes which use a separate table which is only contained within the schedule, e.g. Literary Authors.
A work which discusses the lives and contributions of two or more individuals is a collective biography. The biography table should not be used for a collective biography. The work is Cuttered as a general work.
When a biography class is set up in the schedule so that the Cutter which represents the biographee is the second Cutter, do not use the Biography table. Instead, establish a span of numbers to represent the biographee.
Some biography classes have the term "personal narratives" included in the schedule; however, if the class is specified for personal narratives only, it is not considered a biography class. Here as in a general class, a personal narrative is treated as a separate work of the author.
Some history classes are divided by period according to the reigns of individual rulers. In these classes, no distinction is made between biographies of the ruler and general works about the period. Cutter all works for the main entry, even works by the ruler.


REGIONS AND COUNTRIES

Topics are often subdivided by geographic area (region, country, state, city, etc.). Sometimes the breakdown appears in the schedule, sometimes you are directed to use a table.

A geographic area may have a range of classification numbers. For example, the schedule says “Add country number in Table H5 to HD7120.” The United States is a “4 number” country, 3-6, so the range is HD7123-HD7126. The first classification number is for Periodicals. Societies. Serials … the last number is for Local, A-Z.

If a region is entirely within a country, Cutter for the country. For an area larger than a country or crossing national boundaries, Cutter for the region.

If no table is specified use the Regions and Countries Table (G 300) and American States and Canadian Provinces (G 302) table in the LC Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting. Add the country or state or region number from the table to the “base number” specified in the schedule. N.B. If a Cutter for a region or country has been used in the shelflist or established in the classification schedule, use that number even if it is in conflict with the number in the regions and countries table.

CORPORATE BODY/CONFERENCE MAIN ENTRIES

Assign the same Cutter to all publications with the same corporate body main entry, including translations, selections, editions, etc.

See Subject Cataloging Manual : Shelflisting, G 220 and G 230, for more detail.

SERIALS

Serials that change title but continue the numbering get the same call number. Serials that do not continue the numbering do not necessarily get the same call number. See what LC and other libraries have done with it before making a decision.

See Subject cataloging manual : shelflisting, G 820, and other serials cataloging tools, for more detail.
VIDEORECORDINGS

See separate guidelines for VIDEORECORDINGS CATALOGING.

DATES

Add a date to the call number for all newly acquired monographs. While LC only began this in 1982, we should add earlier dates when the spine label is being redone for other reasons.

LC SHELFLIST ORDER FOR DATES

From Subject Cataloging Manual, Shelflisting, G 140.

1976? use 1976
ca. 1976 use 1976
1981, c1980 use 1981
1971, c1972 use 1972
1979 [i.e. 1978] use 1978
1962 or 1963 use 1962
1969 (1973 printing) use 1969
1980 printing, c1957 use 1957
1979 [distributed] 1980 use 1979
1979-1981 use 1979
between 1977 and 1980 use 1977
1978/79 [i.e. 1978 or 1979] use 1978
1977 (cover 1978) use 1978
197- use 1970z [if corporate body, use 1970]
197-? use 1970z [if corporate body, use 1970]
19-- use 1900z [if corporate body, use 1900]
19--? use 1900z [if corporate body, use 1900]

DATES: SPECIAL SITUATIONS

From Subject Cataloging Manual, Shelflisting, G 140.

(1) If the date of a congress/conference is present in the main entry heading, use the date of the congress/conference in the call number.

International Congress of Papyrology (18th : 1986 : Athens, Greece) Use 1986

If a date is not present in the heading, use the imprint date.

(2) Edition or reprint

For later editions of the same work, use the imprint date. If another edition is received with the same imprint date, add a letter starting with "b".

.I33 1982 .I33 1982b .I33 1982c (etc.)

If another edition, already cataloged, was one that should have had a date, add a date to the one in hand; do not make a call number correction for one already done.

(3) Corporate authorship

For works entered under corporate body, use the imprint date. If another work by the same corporate body issued in the same year is received, add a letter starting with "a".

.R37 1981 .R37 1981a .R37 1981b (etc.)

If necessary, for an edition published in the same year by the same corporate author, double the lower-case letter.

(4) Printing dates in the note area

Disregard the printing dates in the note area and use the imprint date.

(5) Date in a uniform title main entry

Ignore the date in the uniform title and use the imprint date:

130 Survey of minority owned business enterprises (1982)
245 1982 survey of minority-owned business enterprises
260 .... 1985.

Use 1985 in the call number.

(6) Class subarranged by date only

If a work is classed in an area that is subarranged by date only, do not add another date to the call number. Instead, add a letter starting with "a" to the date.

CD 1106 1918 CD 1106 1918a (etc.)

(7) Class subarranged by date and main entry heading

Although a date appears as part of the classification number, the imprint date should also be added to the call number.

GV 722 1952 .W4 1981

(8) For a monographic set (a multi-volume monograph such as an encyclopedia) add the date of publication to the call number. If the date varies among the volumes use the date of the first one published.

(9) Do not add a date to base call number for serial-format records.

PINYIN CONVERSION

To shelflist Chinese material after conversion from Wade Giles to Pinyin romanization, it is helpful to know how the initial letters were represented in Wade Giles. If a letter does not appear in the chart below, it is the same in both Pinyin and Wade Giles.

Pinyin Wade-Giles
b p
c ts`
ch ch`
ci tz`u
d t
g k
yi i
j ch
k k`
p p`
q ch`
r j
t t`
x hs
z ts
zh ch
zi tzu

For more info on LC post-conversion see http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/Cutter.html

RESOURCES

Chan, Lois Mai. Immroth's guide to the Library of Congress Classification. 4th ed. 1990.

Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office. Subject Cataloging Manual : Shelflisting. 2nd ed. 1995. Latest version in Cataloger’s Desktop.

Library of Congress Classification Schedules. Latest version in Class Web.

NELINET Library of Congress Classification training materials, Oct. 2008, by Margaret Lourie, in a folder in Off. (Cat.).

Tulane University. Verifying call numbers in the catalog when cataloguing http://www.tulane.edu/%7Etechserv/shelflist.html

Yale University. Shelflisting introduction
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/Shelflisting.htm

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