I recently learned about a handy tool for libraries that want to implement the optional arrangement of religions in the 200s. It was created by Mark Swenson, IT Manager for the Winnetka-Northfield Pub...
By Charlotte WellsOrder Dewey print-on-demandThe Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system is the world’s most widely used way to organize library collections and is regularly updated to reflect the m...
Last month’s WebDewey install introduced a few new features that help you track built numbers. Whether you have multiple users at your institution or are a single-person operation, these features let ...
OCLC is pleased to announce that it’s working with Referencistas, a Colombia-based library services company, to offer a Spanish translation of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system.Like other ...
The DDC Editorial Policy Committee (EPC) will hold their next asynchronous meeting from January 6-31. At this meeting, Meeting 145A, they will consider a slate of exhibits with proposed changes to the...
In this post, I’d like to highlight a couple of exhibits approved at EPC Meeting 145 earlier this year: EPC 145-S32.1 Radicalism and EPC 145-S32.2 Christian nationalism. They were entwined enough that...
One of the recent changes from EPC Meeting 145 is an entirely new development for the historical periods of Ukraine. Previously, Ukraine’s historical periods were primarily built using the table at 94...
OCLC is committed to its linked data strategy, and we continue to publish existing library information as linked data in ways that support better description and discovery of library resources across ...
No, this isn’t about a modern reimagining of The Hobbit—it’s the story of how we eventually found a place for vaping in the DDC. For a single topic, it took us a while.We all know the DDC is disciplin...
EPC Meeting 145 concluded with all exhibits ultimately approved. Some were subject to amendment, so as usual, what you see in the Google Drive is what was proposed, not necessarily the final version t...
