More random learnings from the chapters and readings and exercises...
The rule of application: if there are two subjects of the same discipline within a work that are interrelated, go with the one that is "being acted upon". If it is talking about someone/thing's influence on someone/thing else, then the subject would be the one that is being influenced, not the influencor. I think I understand this, though I am apparently not great at explaining it!
If a work is about two separate subjects of the same discipline, class it using the one that has received the fuller treatment.
If a work is about two separate subjects that are treated equally of the same discipline, class it using the one that comes first in the DDC schedule, no matter which comes first in the title or the book. This is unless a note tells you otherwise - for example, birds come before mammals in the DDC, but if there is a book about both they should be classified in the mammals section, as then they are at the number for warm-blooded vertebrates.
If there are 3 or more subjects that are subdivisions of a broader subject, classify them as that subject which encompasses them all. E.g. 3 different countries of Europe would be classified as Europe rather than the first individual number.
Avoid subdivisions beginning with zero (i.e. 266.76092 is better than 266.02373051 because of the 0 after the decimal point - sorry, in the "fourth position"). I can understand that you would want to avoid using zeros, but I am not confident I know how to go about finding the alternatives as yet...
The Table of last resort:
(1) Kinds of things
(2) Parts of things
(3) Materials from which things, kinds, or parts are made
(4) Properties of things, kinds, parts, or materials
(5) Processes within things, kinds, parts, or materials
(6) Operations upon things, kinds, parts, or materials
(7) Instrumentalities for performing such operations
This is to be used if none of the other rules apply, but whatever you do, you must keep the author's intention in mind.
I need to record my thinking for some of these exercises after all...
Suggest appropriate numbers for the following topics:
Foxes and Bears
Foxes - 599.775 (*Vulpes)
Bears - 599.78 (*Ursidae) (Not sure what the asterisk means yet)
Foxes come first in the DDC, and so the number would be 599.775
Bats, bears and bandicoots
Bats - 599.4 (*Chiroptera)
Bears - 599.78 (*Ursidae)
Bandicoots - 599.26 (*Peramelina)
Therefore classified as 599.26... no wait! There are three of them, therefore I need to classify this text as 599 (*Mammalia (Mammals)) as that encompasses them all.
An interdisciplinary work on metals
669 as that is the class number for metals (Metallurgy). It actually says in the notes: "Class here... interdisciplinary works on metals".
Ok, I'm going to bed now...! I will tackle this head on tomorrow... before I get on a plane to Victoria and have a few days of not getting it done :-S I might have to find the time to study down there too... The light is at the end of the tunnel though - I can see it! I passed my second assignment, and I do not have long to go now.
:)
References:
Davis, S., & New, G. (1997). DDC 13 Workbook: a practical introduction to the
abridged Dewey Classification. (pp.1-75). Wagga Wagga, NSW :
Centre for Information Studies.
The introduction to DDC: http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/ddc22print/intro.pdf
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