Dewey Classification Assignment

Jessica Schmitz WISE 2: Organizing Information

Dewey Decimal Classification Assignment 1. Music composition, techniques, and types of music (equal treatment) I looked up “composition – music” in the Relative Index which led me to 781.3 I then went to the schedules and here I found the other items listed and using the rule of three discovered that this would be classified under the broadest number 781, general principles and musical forms.

Final answer: 781 2. Italian - English dictionary Relative Index – “Italian language” led me to 450 Schedule shows 453 is Dictionaries of standard Italian, but I also looked at Table 4 as directed in notations of 450 and this shows that dictionaries should have the -­‐3.

Final answer: 453 3. Periodical for repairing sports cars In the Relative Index I looked up “cars” and this pointed me to “automobiles.”

Under “automobiles” was “repair” with number 629.28 I then went to Table 1 for standard subdivisions and since this is a periodical it says to add –05.

Final answer: 629.28 + 05 = 629.2805

4. Collection of plays by various Hmong authors In Relative Index I looked up “plays” and underneath was literature with a note that this could also be found under “Drama (Literature)” and the number 808.82 Going to the Schedule we find a note to see Manual at 808.82 vs 791.43, 791.44, 791.45, 792.9

Looking at the Manual notes 808.82 is the right number to use.

Going to T1 it says to use -­‐089 for ethnic and national groups

Final answer: 808.82 + 089 = 808.82089 5. African-American soldiers in World War II by Raymond Smith, 2000 In the Relative Index I looked up WWII, soldiers, and African American and then I looked at the Schedule under these to find that WWII, 1939-­‐1945 is the best bet to go with.

This number is 940.53

In the Schedule under 940.53 it says to use 940.5308 for WWII with respect to kinds of persons.

The Cutter number (figured out using chart we were given) would be S65 2000

Final Answer: 940.5308 S65 2000 6. Breeding horses and cows by Joseph Goodman, 2005 In the Relative Index I looked up “Breeding” and came up with “animal husbandry” with number 636.08 and there was a note in the Schedule not to use the standard subdivisions.

The Cutter number would be G66 2005

Final Answer: 636.08 G66 2005

7. Dictionary of gymnastics terms for competition by Greta Usborne, 2010 In the Relative Index I looked up “gymnastics” and got 796.44 which in the schedule is titled “sports gymnastics” which to me, meant it fit under the competition aspect. I then went to Table 1 for standard subdivision and got the -­‐03 for dictionary.

DD# is 796.4403

The Cutter number would be U83 2010

Final Answer: 796.4403 U83 2010 8. Collection of folk tales about mermaids by Ursula Delmar, 1998 I looked up “mermaids” in the Relative Index first because I thought that since the tales focus on this, this is the main topic. This gave me 398.21, and it turns out 398 is folklore, 398.2 is “folklore – literature,” and 398.21 is “folklore – literature – tales and lore of paranatural beings of human and semihuman form.” Upon further review of this part of the Schedule it is says that -­‐089 should be added for collections. Therefore the DD# is 398.21089.

The Cutter number would be D45 1998

Final Answer: 398.21089 D45 1998 9. Think piece: let’s say you have Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations on a Nook.

We talked in class about cataloging for the content rather than the physical aspects of the item. With this in mind, how would you classify this item, what would your cutter number be, would you create an extension to the number to indicate the story is in electronic format on a Nook? Explain your answer.

I would classify the item just as I would any other item. The fact that it is electronic will come into play in the MARC record of it and should show up in the OPAC form. For a while I was thinking that adding an E to the end of the Dewey number might work, but if someone goes looking for it they won’t find it anyway, as it is an electronic item and would not be found on the shelves. I believe it should still be classified as you would the book version, but the MARC record would indicate that it is an electronic form and would be part of the items OPAC record. However, as I think this through while typing, I believe that simply adding a note to the Cutter number would work as well.

The Cutter number would be: D53 Nook

This would indicate that it is an electronic item found on the Nook.

10.

Provide a classification number for your final project item.

My item is the book Readicide by Kelly Gallagher. It is a book for educators about the way schools are killing the love of reading in children, particularly high school students. I went to “Reading” in the Relative Index. And this led me to 418 in the Schedule: “Standard usage (Presecriptive linguistics) Applied Linguistics” which listed “reading” in its notes. I then went to the Standard Subdivisions in Table 1 and found -­‐07 is Education and -­‐071 is for secondary education, which this book is aimed at. My DDC # will be 418.071.

The Cutter number for this book will be: K45 2009

Final Answer: 418.071 K45 2009