Chapter 12 of Workbook - Table 3

I am now learning about Table 3 which has a focus on the 800 section (Literature). There is lots of helpful information on the use of modified notation 09 in the section ‘Literary criticism’ of the Manual note 800.

A point to remember: "because you are using the abridged edition, you must make a special effort to remember that all works of or about literature of specific periods and of or about specific genres of poetry, drama, fiction, etc., do not have specific numbers. They have what is called standing
room in broad numbers."

The basic difference between items that are classfied in the 800s and items that aren't, is that those that are are designed to entertain (are "written to delight" (David & New, 1997)).

Useful chunk of the text for this process:

"Then, assuming your work is really literature (and your library does not use an option),
you must take the following steps:

1. Determine the literature or family of literatures represented by the work, then find
the matching schedule number, e.g., 840 for Romance languages or French (with
84 serving as base number for French). Either your number is complete, or you are
instructed to go to Table 3 to complete it.

2. Determine if the work is limited to a single literary form, and select the matching
Table 3 notation, e.g., notation 1 for poetry to build 841 for French poetry. If your
work is by or about a single author, your number is now complete. If your work
represents literature in general, however, you must first take what is shown here as
step 3 before you get to literary form.

3. This step is used only for works by or about more than one author. Determine if
modified standard subdivisions notation 08 (for collected texts) and 09 (for history
and criticism) can be added, e.g., 840.8 for collections of French literature, or
841.009 for history and criticism of French poetry.

4. Determine if any of the unmodified standard subdivisions are applicable, e.g.,
notation 03 for an encyclopedia of French literature 840.3."

Exercise 9: Number Building: Adding Table 3 to 800 Literature
Select appropriate numbers for the following topics:

1. Dutch 20th-century poetry
839.31 Dutch literature
839[.3108-839.3109] History and description with respect to kinds of persons; historical, geographic, persons treatment - "Do not use; class in 839.31"
-1 Poetry (Table 3)
T3--1001-T3--1009 Standard subdivisions; collections; history, description, critical appraisal
"Add to T3--100 as instructed under T3--1-T3--8 , e.g., collections of poetry T3--1008 ; however, do not add for poetry of specific genres or periods, e.g., collections of epic poetry, of lyric poetry, of 20th century poetry T3--1 (not T3--1008 )" 



839.311 Nope, apparently I can't add any further subdivision to the original number because "Dutch literature" does not have an "add note"... :-S so:
839.31

2. A collection of 20th-century poetry from several literatures and by more than one
author
800 Literature, rehetoric & criticism
-1 Poetry (Table 3)
-08 Collections of literary texts in more than one form (Table 3)
808.8 Collections of literary texts from more than two literatures
"Class collections of works limited to a specific literary form and ... limited to a specific period ... in 808.81-808.88 , without adding further from the table under 808.81-808.87 .


808.81 I somehow got it, but did it the wrong way. I should have understood this next bit when I read it....:
808.81-808.87 Collections in specific forms (under 808.8 Collections of literary texts from more than two literatures)
"Add to base number 808.8 the numbers following 808 in 808.1-808.7"
808.1 Rhetoric of poetry 
So, applying the instructions above we take 808.8 and add the 1 from Rhetoric of poetry to create a number which represents collections of literary texts from more than two literatures, that are poetry.

3. Critical appraisal of drama
809 History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures
809.1-809.7 Literature in specific forms 
"Add to base number 809 the numbers following 808 in 808.1-808.7..."
808.2 Rhetoric of drama
809.2 (Yay, I got it right! I did it the long way, but still! (Apparently it was in the index if I'd looked it up right?))

Dinner time... I never seem to be able to get much done before I have to stop again! Will finish these, and all the exercises, after tea...


4. Cambodian poetry
895.9 Literatures of miscellaneous languages of Southeast Asia; Munda literatures ("Including literatures in Austroasiatic languages, e.g., Khmer (Cambodian)")
-1 Poetry (Table 3)
895.91 Apparently this is wrong, as the original number is not allowed to be subdivided because "Cambodian literature does not have its own number" (Davis & New, 1997, p. 76).
895.9

So thing I learned from this one: If something does not have its own number, but is sharing it with other countries, then it cannot be subdivided... I wonder if this applies to things in other areas of the schedule. How do I know when I cannot/should not subdivide further?

5. A collection of English poetry by various authors
820.1-828 Subdivisions of English literature
" Add to base number 82 as instructed at beginning of Table 3 , e.g., a collection of English poetry 821.008"
-1 Poetry (Table 3)
T3--1001-T3--1009 Standard subdivisions; collections; history, description, critical appraisal
"Add to T3--100 as instructed under T3--1-T3--8 , e.g., collections of poetry T3--1008"
I was unable to find any instruction under T3--1-T3--8 about adding to T3--100, in fact I couldn't find 100 mentioned anywhere, but am able to work out the following from the things I have mentioned here:
821.008
(And I guess I found it and understand having followed the instructions... I was very close and obviously understood what was needed which is promising, but it is frustrating that I can go in circles for so long and still not be sure! I am worried about how I'm going to feel about the assignment...)

6. A collection of poetry of the Elizabethan period
821 English Poetry
T3--1001-T3--1009 Standard subdivisions; collections; history, description, critical appraisal
"Add to T3--100 as instructed under T3--1-T3--8 , e.g., collections of poetry T3--1008..."
-8 Collections of literary texts (from table at T3--1-T3--8)
821.008
Oh no! Failed to notice something yet again!
It says this in the notes at T3--0: 2.  " In Table 3 find the subdivision for the literary form, e.g., poetry T3--1 . Add this to the base number, e.g., English poetry 821. If the work ... deals with or falls within a limited time period, the class number is complete."

821

7. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
822.3 Shakespeare, William (But this is talking about the man himself, rather than Romeo and Juliet)
Base number 82
T3--2 Drama
See Manual at T3--2 vs. T3--1
"Use T3--2 for poetic plays intended for theatrical presentation, such as the plays of Shakespeare"
822 (Remembering: "If the work is by or about an individual author ... the class number is complete (from T3--0)).
Come to think of it... it does make more sense to file works by Shakespeare together under his own little number... he is a rare author in which you can do that, so in trying to be too clever I got the wrong answer - it is:
822.3 Shakespeare, William!

Reference:
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.

Chapter 11, DDC 13 workbook

This was one of the examples that had me stumped for quite a while:

Public libraries in California
027.4 Public libraries
027[.4093-.4099] Treatment by specific … localities
Do not use; class in 027.43-027.49
027.43-.49 Treatment by specific … localities
Add to base number 027.4 notation 3-9 from Table 2,
e.g., public libraries in France 027.444
As instructed, we add notation 794 California from Table 2 to base number 027.4 to
arrive at 027.4794.

Eventually I realised what it was saying: The first part saying do not use; class in... is saying do not using the -09 link from table 1, but attach directly the subdivision of Table 2. I'm not sure why it took me so long to comprehend that but there you go!

I have learned about finding dates for things as well. You need to click on the links in the schedules to go down the heirarchy to see if the dates you need are there, whether it narrows down (for example I went hunting for Ireland from 1970 like it outlines in the workbook). Then it will provide you with a clearer Dewey number. You need to have the base number first though. That one I worked out by looking in table 2 for Ireland, and adding it to the base number 9 (so 941.5 for history of Ireland), then I browsed for this in the Dewey Numbers. I think I can do this...?

I need to remember (actually, I'm glad to know!), you can't make numbers up yourself, you have to find them already existing in the schedule.

Exercise 8: Number building: Adding geographic areas (Table 2)
Select appropriate numbers for the following topics:

1. A map of New York State
912   Maps
747 (Table 2)
912.747
Wow, I got it right, but it was a bit of a fluke, because I didn't check to see if I was supposed to put 09 first. When I went back and checked after realising this I found: "Add to base number 912 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2 , e.g., maps of Illinois 912.77", I just needed to click on the subdivision to find this. Apparently any map that isn't of the subject 'Geography and travel' has the notation from Table 2 attached straight on without the 09 from Table 1 - so that's something to keep in mind. I still need to double check these things as I go though!

Ok I will finish these later, as my cousin is here, and my brother is home, and I need to spend some quality time with them. Also it's 6.45 and we need to go shopping! Wow daylight savings mess with the mind...

2. Ancient Persian coins minted in Asia Minor
737.49 Coins of specific countries

By place of origin
"Add to base number 737.49 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2 , e.g., Roman coins minted in Egypt 737.493"
T2--39  Other parts of the ancient world
"Including... Asia minor"
737.4939 (Yay, another one right!)

3. Art museums in Washington, D.C.
708 Galleries, museums, private collections of fine and decorative arts
708.1-708.9  Geographic treatment

708.13-708.19 United States
" Add to base number 708.1 the numbers following T2--7 in notation T2--73-T2--79 from Table 2 , e.g., galleries, museums, private collections in Pennsylvania 708.14"
73 United States
708.173 Which is not correct... but I will fix it tomorrow. Have to get up at 4am to catch a plane. Ew. Goodnight.
Ok, it's 10.30am and we are finally home and I can see if I can fix this... I'm going to try to do it myself again rather than following the answers...
708 Galleries, museums, private collections of fine and decorative arts
708.13-708.19 United States (within Geographic treatment heirarchy)
"Add to base number 708.1 the numbers following T2--7 in notation T2--73-T2--79 from Table 2 , e.g., galleries, museums, private collections in Pennsylvania 708.148" (Pennsylvania is under T2--748)
T2--753 District of Columbia (Washington) (I had to look this up on Google and Wikipedia to know what to search for, and it wasn't where I thought it would be in the tables - it was under SouthEastern rather than NorthEastern).
708.153 (Whoohoo!)

This is taking way too long! I definitely need to get a move on today. I need to get everything done so that I can start on the assignment, because I only have a couple of days in which to do it now and am getting very worried... What a disjointed blog post!


4. Ancient paintings of India
750 Painting
759 Historical, geographic, persons treatment
759.9 Other geographic areas.
"Add to base number 759.9 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2"
T2--34 India (Ancient World) (I was wondering how I was going to cater for the ancient part of the equation! Was stoked when I found this in Table 2)
759.934  ( :) )

5. Travelling in the Himalayas
910 Geography and Travel
(910.9 Historical, geographic, persons treatment
910.91 Geography of and travel in areas, regions, places in general
Became not specific to topic) 
(910.4 Accounts of travel and facilities for travelers)
910.2 Miscellany "Including world travel guides"
913-919  Geography of and travel in ancient world and specific continents, countries, localities in modern world; extraterrestrial worlds
"Add to base number 91 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2 , e.g., geography of England 914.2 ; then add further as follows:" 
"Historical, geographic, persons treatment Do not use; class in 913-919 without adding from this table"
T2--5496 Nepal
915.496 (Almost, just missed the end bit!)
From table at 913-919: 04 Travel 
915.49604


Lunchtime already! :-S


6. A guidebook to Spain
910.2 Miscellany
"Including world travel guides"
"Class guides to specific continents, countries, localities in 913-919 , plus notation 04 from table under 913-919 ."
913-919 Geography of and travel in ancient world and specific continents, countries, localities in modern world; extraterrestrial worlds
"Add to base number 91 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2 ... ; then add further as follows:
04 Travel Class here discovery, exploration; guidebook"
T2--46 Iberian Peninsula and adjacent islands    Spain
"Subdivisions are added for Iberian Peninsula and adjacent islands, Spain together; for Iberian Peninsula alone; for Spain alone" (Not completely sure of the meaning of this... i.e. whether I am supposed to add a subdivision for Spain, and if so how to do it... I will just try by not subdividing it...)

914.604 (and it turns out that is correct!)



7. A telephone book for San Marino (Italian peninsula)
913-919 Geography of and travel in ancient world and specific continents, countries, localities in modern world; extraterrestrial worlds
"Add to base number 91 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2 ... ; then add further as follows:
0025 Directories of persons and organizations Class here city directories, telephone books"
-454 San Marino (Table 2)
914.540025 This seems too long to me, but I'm not sure how to abbreviate it... Yep, apparently it should just be 914.54, so notation is San Marino on the base number which puts it in Geography and Travel, and it is not clarified as a telephone book... I'm not sure how I should know when to stop with this, although I have in my head from the SCIS classfication document that 7 digits is as big as I should go. Let's see if this is clarified further as I continue with the exercises...

8. A national bibliography of Japan
010 Bibliography

T1--093-T1--099 Treatment by specific continents, countries, localities; extraterrestrial worlds
"Add to base number T1--09 notation T2--3-T2--9 from Table 2... "
-52 Japan (Table 2)
010.952
Whoops I went off on the wrong track... completely missed that 015 is Bibliographies of works from specific places - it pays to check down the whole schedule at least to the third summary which I have in paper form...
015 Bibliographies and cataloges of work from specific places
"Add to base number 015 notation T2--1-T2--9 from Table 2 , e.g., works issued in Canada 015.71 ; however,
Do not add notation T1--01-T1--09 from Table 1 ; class in number for area"
015.52


9. Elementary education in India.
372 Elementary education
372[.109] Historical, geographic, persons treatment
"Do not use; class in 372.9"

372.9 Historical, geographic, persons treatment of elementary education
"Add to base number 372.9 notation T2--1-T2--9 from Table 2 , e.g., elementary education in Brazil 372.981"
-54 South Asia   India (Table 2)
372.954

Finally! I can't believe how long that took. I am glad I am writing everything down, it is helping me process my thoughts. I am sure I am putting anyone who may have been interested, off reading my blog though now. And I really feel like a nap... So sleepy! time to move on to Chapter 12 I think, before I fall asleep! 

Wrapping my head around Abridged WebDewey some more

Exercise 5: Preference order

Select appropriate numbers for the following topics:

1. Behaviour of poisonous animals
590 I worked out from the summary. Then I was not sure (suspected "Specific topics in natural history"), so I looked up poinsonous animals in WebDewey, searching the Relative Index. It came up with "Miscellaneous nontaxonomic kinds of animals" under the heading I suspected. 591.6. It says that standard subdivisions can be added as to 591, but I'm not sure how to do that yet... Whoops, I also need to look up animal behaviour before I make my decision. 591.5 looks at behaviour. Common number is 591. Looking at 591 it says... Behaviour is first in the table of preference. Therefore the class for a text about behaviour of poisonous animals would be 591.5.

2. A bibliography of works written and published in Russia by Jewish authors (013 or
015?)
This has changed I think, because I looked up 015 and the note said: "Class bibliographies and catalogs of works of specific kinds of persons resident in specific places in 011.8 ." and when I went to that link, it said "Class here general catalogs of works by specific kinds of authors [formerly 013 ], general bibliographies of works by minorities". Oh of course it's changed, it said that in the module... So 0.118 is the correct category. 

3. Punishment for murder.
Used summaries to find 345 Criminal Law.
Browsed for "murder" in the Relative Index. Homicide 364.152

Browsed for "punishment" in the Relative Index. "Punishment (Law)"led to 345 Criminal Law which said Including criminal jurisdictions, ... punishment". Therefore 345 would be the category? 

Nope, not even close. Apparently "penology" is the category for punishment. Penology is 364.6. The answer says there is a preference table at... OH, I FOUND IT! "A table of preference turns up under 364, the place we have learned to check first." I guess I've learned that now! The table of preferences are at the base numbers... Go back to the number they have in common to find it. The table of pref says that penology comes before criminal offences, so 364.6 is the correct category!

And that is that for that exercise... and Chapter 8. Onto Chapter 9 I go... :)

Reference: 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.

Too many distractions...

Having a lot of trouble getting any study done. My dad and his lovely girlfriend are here to visit, and I am finding it very difficult to go upstairs to my desk and focus on my studies. I am starting to get really worried. The plan is, that tomorrow I will get up reasonably early and I will get lots done. I have told them I need to study all day - and I will this time! And I will stop telling myself that I can do it in front of the television, because I am not capable of getting anything worthwhile done with distractions around, and this topic requires my full concentration!

For now though I am going to bed! Goodnight!

Controlled vocabularies

I've joined a study group! :) Well, two of us have decided to get together to study once a week so we can tackle this next assignment head on, and to help each other understand the concepts. Should be good. We had a sesh on Wednesday and talked through the answers to some of these questions which was helpful. I wasn't up to this module yet, which made it a little tricky, but we got there, and it made it easy to finish the module when I did get up to it today! :)

5.6 Exercise 2
1. Explain what is meant by specificity in indexing.
How precise the terms are – they need to be specific to that item. Not talking about the genre, but the example of the genre that is being indexed. A book about possums should be indexed under the heading possums rather than marsupials (Hider, p. 135).
2. Explain what is meant by co-extensive entry.
If there is more than one subject in the document, there needs to be headings for all of them, not one heading to summarise. So a book called ‘frogs and toads’ would have both frogs and toads as headings. A book about marsupials and mammals will require terms for both (Hider, p. 135).
3. They do it that way because the system was originally devised for card catalogues and hasn’t been changed. It is not appropriate for an online environment – it is unnecessary, and does not feel natural.
4. Free floating subdivisions – subdivisions that fit under many different headings, e.g. research would fit under library as well as business (and probably many others too). A subdivision is a qualifier under a heading to make it more specific (p. 138).
5. The main differences between thesauri and lists of subject headings:
Thesauri are used in defined subject fields (such as psychology or geology), whereas subject heading lists cover a wide range of subjects. Thesauri use specific terms, whereas subject heading lists usually use more general terms. Subject heading lists can have subdivided headings, unlike thesauri. Thesauri use single terms, so cannot use pre-coordinate searching, unlike subject heading lists. And Thesauri closely define the relationships among terms, whereas the subject heading lists do not always do so. (Hider & Harvey, p. 146.)
6. A scope note (SN) “indicates when to use the descriptor, defines scope” – it gives a definition of the descriptor so it is obvious when it is appropriate.

Finding my feet (again)

Feeling like things are a little out of (my) control at the moment. Only just starting to get my motivation back up and now we will be going away for the weekend - another spanner in the works. I need to take control of this spanner though, and make sure it is turning the right nuts and bolts... (yes, I know, a poor analogy as usual).

Last week I had my study visit in Sydney. I had an excellent time, learned a lot about libraries, myself, and my abilities to find my way around Sydney in my car and catching buses.I got to spend time with cousins who I do not see very often, and had a fantastic time. But I lost a week of study in regards to my other two subjects. I lost routine (which I guess I have not had for over a month, what with all the travel, weddings, birthdays and assignments) - routine is something that I often come to rely on, and something that I rarely have, weekly let alone daily(considering that I work part time and casually).

What I need to do is to create a routine when it comes to studying. A routine of reading my notes whenever I get the opportunity. A habit of turning my computer on whenever I get home, or when I wake up in the morning on a day off. I need to read my notes when I'm having lunch, instead of my novel. Maybe I should read my notes when I eat breakfast as well. I need to imprint in my head the priority of reading my study material. With the readings more under control I will be able to focus on the assignments when the time comes, without that niggling feeling that I am unprepared to complete them.

Let's see if I can alter my mental routine to fit with this, working towards my goal of becoming the most effective student, and teacher librarian, that I can be.

Slow progress

I am not sure how to feel so far this week. Overall I am getting more anxious/edgy each day as I do not complete my quota of study hours (4 per day to begin with). I am keeping a tally on the wall so that I can keep track of the hours spent on each subject each week. I am not sure if this will be a positive tool in the long run or not - I will keep you posted. It does not help that Mondays and Saturdays are my regular work days - would be nice to have a good start to the study week... I am sure I will get a system going eventually!

On a positive note, I spoke to Judy, my ETL523 lecturer tonight on Neatchat, and she is lovely. I feel like I am going to have the support I need in that subject, and that it might even be much more interesting than the impression I got from the outline given when I was umming and ahhing about which subject to choose - it's looking like I have made the right decision after all. She also introduced me to Meebo, which she as embedded into the blog (which is embedded into Interact, our study platform) - very clever. Learning about new things every time I sit down and focus it seems.

I managed to do a little bit of work following the study schedule for EER500, completing steps 4 and 5 of the library tutorial, and learned how to use EBSCOhost and Informit (libary databases) more effectively through the CSU library - this page in particular will be very useful in the future (I wish I had known about it earlier).

But for now I am going to have to leave further exploration of these exciting new pieces of knowledge until tomorrow, as it is I am going to be sleep deprived...

(PS - sentence structure: should I have phrased the clause, 'as it is I am going to be sleep deprived' like I did, or: 'I am going to be sleep deprived as it is'? The emphasis is on 'as it is' when you read it (if that makes sense).

Oh the irony of spending time wondering about a clause about sleep deprivation...