More of Module 6

Ok, so maybe a few more questions before I get stuck into the assignment (I am perhaps a little scared of the assignment questions?)...

6.8
Exercise 22
Using ADDC14 or DDC 22 create the classification number for ‘School libraries in Wagga Wagga’. Then truncate, if necessary, your classification number to SCIS standards following the guidelines in 3:D4. The answer is at the end of the module.

027.8 *School libraries
027.8093-027.8099 Treatment by specific continents, countries, localities
"Class specific institutions in 027.8 ."
-944 New South Wales (Table 2)
027.809944
This is WAY too long. Would have to cut off the 44, so it is just specific to "other parts of the world"
027.8099
Now to check it... Oh dear I am not sure what I've done. Not only did I not truncate it enough, but I had too many 9s in there... let me double check... Oh, I put 994 instead of 944 but I've changed it now, so you shouldn't get confused until I start saying that I did it wrong...
Apparently I should not have gone to NSW with the abridged version (which I suspected, but couldn't remember where I saw that), so 027.80994 (to Australia).
Truncation though... should have been:
027.8

Wow, I just learned something that had been bugging me before! :)
Standard subdivisions should only be applied to works which cover or approximate the whole of the subject (SCIS Classification Ch 3), and THE WAY TO TELL THIS is by the notes... If it is the title of the number then that's obvious, but if it is listed in the notes as "class here", then it is considered to approximate the whole (DDC 22 Introduction , 7.16).

Ok, I've been reading up about the SCIS standards for classification (Chapter 3 of SCIS standards for cataloguing and data entry)

From the module: "To use these standards you should first locate the relevant classification number in ADDC14 or DDC22. Then check to see if there are SCIS decisions relating to that classification number or parts of that classification number, e.g. tables used. If there are they must be followed."Then make sure that none of the other aspects of this SCIS document apply to the numbers in question.

Exercise 23
Determine the classification number which would be assigned to items on the following subjects using DDC22 or ADDC14 and the SCIS interpretations and decisions on these standards. Answers are at the end of the module.

a. An American English language general encyclopaedia
030 General encyclopaedic works
(I am actually really confused about this one... I'm not sure what to do...)
Oh, SCIS standards, 3:E9 "all English-language encyclopaedias are classed at 030"
030

b. Model kite making
Manual 745.5928 (Lots of information about which class to go for...)
629.133 Aircraft types
"Including airplanes, airships (dirigibles), balloons, gliders, helicopters, kites and their models and miniatures"
SCIS standards: "Class the making of toy kites in 745.592"
745.592 Models and miniatures


c.William Shakespeare’s love poems
822.3 William Shakespeare
-1 Poetry (Table 3)
822.31
SCIS standards, p. 3-33: "822.3: Book numbers for works by or about Shakespeare will consist of the first three letters of the main entry heading."
So, 822.3.. and then letters? No, I don't think so.
According to the answers, it should be just 822 - English Poetry. This clashes with what I was told by the workbook and I am very confused by it. But I have looked at the assignment questions and Shakespeare is not mentioned, so I am going to move on...
Note: Clarified in forum - 822.3 is a Drama subdivision, the subject here was poetry! :)

d. Aboriginal mythology
SCIS standards 3:D6 "To give emphasis and a shorter number to religion, spirituality and creation stories of the Australian Aboriginal peoples, the permanently unassigned number 298 is used"
3:E11 "298 Class here religion, spirituality and creation stories of the Australian Aboriginal peoples."
298

e.Adopted children
306.874 Parent-child relationship (Relative Index)
"Including ... adopted children ..."
No SCIS decision, so:
306.874 
 
f. Teaching reasoning and problem solving
371.102 Teaching
153.4 Thought, thinking, reasoning, intuition, value, judgment
"Including problem solving"
-071 Education (Table 1)
"Class here curricula, study (education), teaching"
153.4071
SCIS standards, 3:E10: "153.4 - Avoid using, unless the work is clearly a work of psychology. Class ‘how to’ works on thinking skills and works on teaching reasoning and problem-solving at 160."
160 (the statement above indicates that no further subdivision is required).


g. Eucalyptus trees
SCIS standards, 3:E14 - "582.16 p. 547 Do not use this number for works on specific kinds of trees. Prefer 583–588. For example, Eucalyptus 583."
583 (Because apparently Eucalyptus trees are dicots... you learn something every day :-S)

h. Henry Lawson’s poetry
821 English poetry (found through summaries)
SCIS standards: 3E:17 "820.1–828 para. 4 p. 750
Distinguish English-language literature of Australia by the initial letter A and of New Zealand by the letters NZ. Do not distinguish English-language literatures of any other country."
A821(with maybe a little help from the answers cos I went off completely on the wrong track...)

i. The architecture of castles in Spain
690 Buildings (from summaries)
-09 Historical, geographic, persons treatment  (Table 1)
-46 Iberian Peninsula and adjacent islands    Spain (Table 2)
690.946
WRONG TRACK Good lesson - to check all the links to the manual...
720 Architecture
725 Public structures
"Class comprehensive works on castles in 728.8"
728.8 Large and elaborate private dwellings
"Including palaces, comprehensive works on architecture of castles" (which does approximate the whole doesn't it, so we could use the whole thing? Oh, no it doesn't! It says "including", not "class here")
So: it cannot be subdivided further.728.8
 
j. Birds of Australia.
598 †Birds
"† Add standard subdivisions as instructed under 592-599 ..."
592-599 "Treatment by areas, regions, places in general other than polar, temperate, tropical regions Do not use; class in base number without use of notation from Table 1"
(I interpreted this as meaning don't put 09 in the number, but perhaps this is not the case? If not, what does it mean? Is it only talking about areas in general, not specific areas?)
-94 Australia (Table 2)
Nothing in SCIS standards.
598.94 (Apparently it is 598.0994 according to the answers)


I have asked about the last one on the forum. Now it is time for dinner - I'm starving!

Reflection: ETL505 Assessment 2 and Life

My second assignment for ETL505 was due and submitted on the Monday just past. I have been very busy and have not had a chance to write about it until now (and can't really afford to dwell too much now, as I need to get stuck into the next module!). I tend to immediately forget/block out assignments after I have submitted them, but I actually rather enjoyed this one so it should not be too hard to remember what I did for it. In fact, I would say it is the best time I have had completing an assignment that I can remember - even though I know that thinking that may make me a strange  person! I know a lot of people had trouble with the concepts - and I'm not saying I thought it was easy and that I am confident I got a perfect mark (I am fairly certain I didn't!), but most of the concepts just clicked, and even when they didn't, it was like a puzzle trying to figure it all out. It has made me realise once again that there are so many paths this course could take me down. I could actually picture myself working for SCIS one day, as a part of the team who come up with these subject headings. I think that I would enjoy that.


cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by B G

I have opened so many doors of late, and this course has only encouraged me to do so. In hindsight, this is rather surprising. I think if you asked me two years ago what I thought I would get out of doing a Master of Education (Teacher Librarianship), I would tell you that I would expect to become a qualified teacher librarian, that I would be better at teaching library concepts, and that I would be able to run the administration side of a library as well. The things I have gotten out of the course have been quite different to what I expected. I am now working in a library two days a week, and am having to learn a lot on the job as far as teaching (though I have lots of big ideas and understand the important concepts like information literacy and digital citizenship that I need to encourage/teach), and definitely as far as running the library goes, but I feel that I am a more well rounded person from this course. I feel that I have learned important skills that I did not expect to gain: leading from the middle, how to create an engaging PowerPoint presentation, how to create an effective weekly plan, and perhaps most useful of all: I have realised that my options really are endless. This course does not narrow my options to fit with the study I have completed, but broadens them.

I am currently working in a school libary on a temporary basis, working in a public library system on a casual basis, and teaching on a casual basis, and I would be happy doing any of these things and others along this spectrum of information and people related career paths. The only thing I know for certain that I would like to have in the near future is for it to be one job, full time. I feel that that day is coming, and I am excited to see what I end up doing, and how much I enjoy it.

ETL505 has been such a different subject to the others that it has made the variety of colours peeping through all those different doors I have started to open seem even more vibrant and exciting. I wonder which door will open fully first...

Review of subject headings

The final exercise of 5.8... Wow, quite the sense of achievement!

I will check the answers to these ones as I go, and put thoughts and comments in brackets.

Exercise 20

Assign the pertinent subject headings for works on the following topics.

a. A street directory covering the cities of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong in New South Wales.
Sydney (N.S.W.) - Maps
Newcastle (N.S.W.) - Maps
Wollongong (N.S.W.) - Maps
(Forgot to put heading: Road maps, which could be found as a 'broader term' in "Melbourne (Vic.) - Maps)

b. A street directory covering all the cities and major towns in New South Wales.
New South Wales - Maps (Based on "Victoria - Maps", and limited to NSW because of limit of 10 subject headings - see 4.6 of Guidelines)
Road maps

c. 100 experiments exploring and explaining key concepts in Science and Technology
Science - Experiments
Technology - Experiments (Experiments is a restricted subdivision, 6.5.2 of Guidlines. There is also a specific example note (SEN) when you look up "experiments" in SCISSHL explaining this.)
Science (should I include this as well? Or is it too general - we need to be specific remember... Answers say not to include it. But I got the other two right :))

d. The early European explorers of inland Australia.
Explorers, European
Australia - Discovery and exploration
Australia - History - 19th Century (Apparently there is no need for this last one - that is being too specific).

e. A novel which explores the themes of friendships, jealousy and honesty. The novel is set in Australia in the 1990s and won the Young Australians’ Best Book Award.
Australia - History - 1991-2000 - Fiction
Friendship - Fiction
Jealousy - Fiction
Honesty - Fiction
Literary prizes (this is not needed)
Young Australians' Best Book Award
(forgot heading: "Australian stories")

f. How animals and plants survive in Australia’s grasslands and wetlands (grasslands and wetlands are treated separately):
Animals - Australia
Plants - Australia
Grasslands (This does not have subdiv. geog., so cannot be subdivided geographically)
Wetlands - Australia
(I got the last two wrong, will fix after I've had a cup of tea...)
Okay, so instead of the general terms "Grasslands" and "Wetlands - Australia" I should have had:
Grassland ecology (which is an allowed term in SCISSHL)
Wetland ecology (which is a devised term in the SCIS OPAC, fitting with 6.2 of the guidelines).

I guess what I have learned from this last one, is to always search without the s initially, as you might get ideas from that. If I had searched for Grassland, then grassland ecology would have come up and may have given me the idea without me having to check the answers first. Ok moving on...

Multi-concept headings

Exercise 19

Check to see if the following headings exist or can be devised.

a. Japan - History - 1868-1912, Meiji period: This exists as an allowed heading.

b. Geology - Maps - Standards: This is an allowed heading, because Geology - Maps exists in SCICSHL, and standards is a standard subdivision (see p. 19 of SCISSHL Guidelines)

c. Military science - Terminology – Dictionaries: This is an allowed heading, as both terminology and dictionaries are standard subdivisions (I'm feeling a niggle about this one, that somehow it is not okay, but I am not sure why so it is time to check the answers... Ah-ha! you cannot add a standard subdivision to a standard subdivision... A standard subdivision must be used only after the first dash? That does not seem right either... but I think it might just be because I am bizarrely tired; time for bed. This heading would have to be broken into two: Military science - Terminology, and Military science - Dictionaries.)

Model headings

Exercise 18

Using the list of model headings on pp. 24-25 in the Guidelines, the subdivisions at these 11 headings in SCISSHL, plus the notes at these headings relating to their use as model headings, devise subject headings for the following topics.

a. Diseases affecting elephants: Elephants - Diseases (from model heading "Animals")

b. A history of Broken Hill in New South Wales: Broken Hill (N.S.W) - History (from model heading "Melbourne (Vic.)")

c. The climate of Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea - Climate (from model heading "Australia")

d. A critical analysis of the poetry of John Donne: Donne, John - Poetry - Criticism, interpretation, etc. (unsure about this last subdivision)(Did not need "Poetry" subdivision, so "Donne, John - Criticism, interpretation, etc.")

e. A bibliography of Australian literature: Australian literature - Bibliography (from model heading "English literature").

Only the one little mistake for this exercise :)

Period subdivisions

Exercise 17

Assign/devise subject headings for the following topics:

a. A history of the West Indies focussing on the 18th century:
West Indies - History - 18th century

b. Economic conditions in Queensland in the 21st century:
Queensland - Economic conditions - 21st century

c. Social conditions in the United States of America in the 1950s and 1960s:
United States - Social conditions - 20th century (this is because it says in SCISSHL: "Indexing Note: May be subdivided like Australia except for the period subdivisions of history", otherwise it would read: United States - Social conditions - 1950-1970.) (No, apparently I missed something, because the answer reads: United States - Social conditions - 1945-1974... Ah-ha! I get it. When you searh for "United States" in SCISSHL, it lists all the options for subdivision of that term, including all the history ones. The time frames are already chosen for us - we can't choose them ourselves - that is what the indexing note was referring to I think...)
So, United States - Social conditions - 1945-1974.

Geographical subdivision (good old subdiv. geog.!)

Exercise 16

Assign/devise subject headings for the following topics:

a. Hunting in British Colombia (A province of Canada): Hunting - Canada; British Columbia (Canada)
b. Communism in Japan: Communism - Japan
c. School libraries in Australia: Cannot subdivide geographically, therefore: School libraries; Australia (?)

Let's check... The first two are right... I guess the third one is right? It does not say 'Australia' as a subject heading, but I think you could have it as a separate one. I will see if it says anything in the forum... Nope, it doesn't, so I'm going to leave it at that for now.

Restricted subdivisions

Exercise 15

Using the list of restricted subdivisions, and the notes given at their entries in SCISSHL, determine appropriate headings for the following topics.

a. Career prospects in Information Technology: Information technology - Careers
b. Aboriginal education: Aboriginal peoples - Education
c. Reviews of children’s books: Children's literature - Reviews

Yes, I got them perfect again (except for one little capital which I just fixed because it wasn't worth commenting on... and now I've commented on it anyway!).

I think I'm getting the hang of this! I hope I can do the right thing for the assignment... Just five more exercises to do and I will be finished this section - it's been pretty intense! Two days of teaching ahead of me now, so not much study time :-S Studying tomorrow night with my study buddy though, so hopefully will get a lot out of that for the assignment. I hope I don't hold her back by not having all these done. We'll see.

Maybe I'll quickly do another one before I go to bed...

Exercise 14

Using the heading ‘Bushrangers’, the list of standard subdivisions on p.19 in Guidelines, plus notes given at the entries for these subdivisions in SCISSHL determine appropriate headings for the following topics. Note that some of these headings may already exist on the SCIS database.

a. A novel about bushrangers: Bushrangers - Fiction
b. Folktales about bushrangers: Bushrangers - Folklore
c. An encyclopaedia of bushrangers: Bushrangers - Encyclopaedias
d. A set of maps showing where bushrangers roamed: Bushrangers - Maps
e. A collection of jokes about bushrangers: Bushrangers - Humour

Yay, I got them all right :)

Subdivided headings

Exercise 13

Identify the number of subdivided headings for each of the following headings in SCISSHL.

a. Private schools: zero
b. Science: Six (plus 2 non-allowed)
c. Mongolia: zero, but it does say you can subdivide it the same as "Australia", and there are HEAPS of subdivisions for Australia!

Note that subdivisions are always preceded by a long dash. Some terms existing as subdivisions in SCISSHL are also there as headings in their own right. Examine, as an example, the heading ‘Diseases’. The note at this heading indicates that it can be used also as a subheading to create subdivided headings such as ‘Blood-Diseases’.

It is important to recognise that the only headings in SCISSHL which can be used as subdivisions are those where there is a note allowing this usage. For example, the subdivided heading ‘Earth-Atmosphere’ cannot be created as there is no note at ‘Atmosphere’ allowing it to be used as a subdivision.

Note also that some terms only exist as subdivisions, they cannot be used as headings. See, for example, the terms ‘Policy’, ‘Safety measures’ and ‘Rules’ in SCISSHL.

Subdividing

Exercise 12

What headings would you assign to works on the following topics?

a. Hunting methods used by Aboriginal peoples: Aboriginal peoples - Hunting
Scope Note
Use for works on the methods and equipment used for hunting by Aboriginal peoples during the pre-contact period of Aboriginal history and those methods and equipment that continue to be used in some areas of Australia.

b. Educating Aboriginal children: Aboriginal peoples - Education; Children, Aboriginal

c. Aboriginal place names: Aboriginal peoples - Place names (I searched for 'place names', it said USE Names, geographical, this suggested the above as a narrower term (NT) - exactly describing what I was looking for.)

Note that not all headings relating to Aboriginal peoples are in this form, e.g. ‘Aboriginal peoples - Art’ is a non-allowed term, the heading being ‘Art, Aboriginal’.

Subject headings for fiction

Study task

I looked at:

ISBN: 9781846054792
Title: 10th anniversary / James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Subject Headings: Murder - Fiction. scisshl
Mystery and suspense stories. scisshl
Crime stories. scisshl

Title: The 13th hour / written by Rob Reger ; art and colors by Buzz Parker.
Other Titles: Thirteenth hour
Series: Emily the strange ; 3.
Subject Headings: Individuality - Fiction. scisshl
Gifts - Fiction. scisshl
Diary stories. scisshl

ISBN: 9781905490707
Title: 22 Britannia Road / Amanda Hodgkinson.
Subject Headings: Poles in Great Britain - Fiction. scisshl
Married persons - Fiction. scisshl
Parent and child - Fiction. scisshl
World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction. scisshl

ISBN: 9780593063057
Title: 44 Charles Street : a novel / Danielle Steel.
Subject Headings: Hotels, motels, etc. - Fiction. scisshl
Human relations - Fiction. scisshl
New York (City) - Fiction. scisshl
New York (City) scisshl

Do you believe that the access SCIS is providing to works of fiction through SCISSHL is:

1. taking full advantage of the provisions for access described in SCISSHL and the standards document?
I am actually rather undecided about this at this point. The subject headings used seem at times to be too specific, though I suppose that is a good thing. It seems to subdivide well with subject headings for themes, but not so much with genres from the few books I looked at.

2. appropriate to the access needs to users in a school with which you are familiar?
My school library experience is limited, I look forward to seeing just how effective the subject headings for fiction are in the future. I think that searching for ideas for something to read using the subject headings would be a bit cumbersome and perhaps they are not as detailed as they could be, but students tend to just browse the shelves anyway.

Not completely sure about this study task, other than the fact that I have done a terrible job of it. Too much to do though, must move on!

BT, NT and RT

Exercise 6

Use Broader Terms, Narrower Terms and Related Terms to guide you in determining which of the subject headings from the following groups you would assign to a work on the set topics.

a. Topic: Needlework
Subject headings:
Handicrafts (BT)
Embroidery (NT)
Needlework
Sewing (RT)
Appropriate subject heading: Needlework

b. Topic: Children's diseases
Subject headings:
Children - Care and health (BT)
Children - Diseases
Children's hospitals (RT)
Terminally ill children (NT)
Appropriate subject heading: Children - Diseases

c. Topic: Sea shanties
Subject headings:
Sea poetry (BT)
Sea songs
Appropriate subject heading: Sea songs

d. Topic: The process of banning books and films
Subject headings:
Freedom of information (RT)
Pornography (NT)
Censorship
Libraries and censorship (NT)
Appropriate subject heading: Censorship

Exercise 3

Using SCISSHL examine the following terms and determine which are allowed terms and which are non-allowed terms and which can only be used as subdivisions.

a. A.L.I.A. - USE Australian Library and Information Association
b. Abbeys - Allowed term (? What is meant by: Indexing Note: May subdiv. geog.?)
c. Abduction - USE kidnapping
d. Abominable snowman - Allowed term (Used for Yeti)
e. Aboriginal children - USE children, aboriginal
f. Audiovisual aids - subdivisions: "Specific Example Note: Use names of subjects with the subdivision Audiovisual aids, e.g. Social sciences - Audiovisual aids."
g. Analysis - Causes your computer to blue screen apparently... and is to be used as subdivisions: "Specific Example Note: Use types of substances* and names of chemicals* with the subdivision Analysis, e.g. Food - Analysis."

Parts of a bibliographic record

Activity:
To identify which elements of three catalogue records describe the item (1), and which describe its content (2). Completed using SCIS OPAC.

Record 1:
1:
Title: Llamas / Aaron Frisch.
Series: Let’s investigate wildlife
Publisher: Mankato, Minn. : Creative Education, 2003.
Edition: 1st ed.
Description: 31 p. : col. ill.
Main Author: Frisch, Aaron.
2:
Subject Headings: Llamas. scisshl
Call Nos: 599.63 FRI a14
599.6367 FRI 22
Summary: Presents information on llamas, including their physical characteristics and behavior, as well as how people in South America have utilized them throughout history.

Record 2:
1:
Title: The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering.
ISBN: 0744598699
Publisher: London : Walker, 2004.
Description: 270 p. : ill.
Main Author: DiCamillo, Kate.
Contributors: Ering, Timothy Basil.
2:
Subject Headings: Mice - Fiction. scisshl
Newbery Medal. scisshl
Call Nos: F DIC a13
Summary
DiCamillo's cherished Newbery Medal winner receives a stunning new treatment in a slipcased edition featuring 24 new full-color illustrations specially created for this collectible gift edition.
Tags
adventure animals children children's children's fiction children's literature fairy tales fantasy juvenile mice Newbery Newbery Medal princess rats young adult

Record 3:
1:
Title: The teaching of handwriting, revised edition [electronic resource] : training resource.
Other Titles: Handwriting
Publisher: Melbourne : Dept. of Education & Training, 2002.
Description: 1 CD-ROM : col.
Contributors: Victoria. Department of Education & Training.
Notes: System requirements: IBM compatible PC ; CD-ROM drive.
Contents Note: Contents: Slide presentation
PowerPoint resource files
Speaker notes
Handouts.
2:
Subject Headings: Handwriting - Study and teaching. scisshl
Teachers - In-service education. scisshl
Call Nos: 652 TEA a13
652.107 TEA 21