Re: Target-> handling biographies

[Betty Dawn Hamilton <bhamilt@TENET.EDU>]

On Wed, 31 Aug 1994, Melissa Davis wrote:

> Dewey now shows the 921+ numbers as having been superceded. The
> recommended location for biography is now to use the -092 with the
> subject the person is known for (ie, baseball player(s) in 796.???092).
>
> Personally, I use a combination of this. Individual biography goes in 92
> with the person's last name & the 3 letters of the author:
>               92
>               WASHINGTON
>               KIN
> I put collective biography in the subject with -092.
>               796.936092
>               MANTLE
>               DOW
>
> As a result, I have a very small section of 921+ - all of them older
> titles whose cataloging pre-dates this decision.

Melissa,

I like your method.  I may begin to use it.  OUr problem is that students
still look for 92s over between 080 and 100.  After 13 years in the
library, I'm *still* trying to figure out which is most efficient.

Betty
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