Re: Query: 917 vs. 970s

["Irwin - Maureen S." <msirwin@UMD5.UMD.EDU>]

Good question!  When I took cataloging (not that long ago) I understood
that the 91x's were for Geography and travel, and the the 970's were for
historical treatment.  That must represent a change because we have  lots
of books that have anything to do with american culture at 917.3.  Perhaps
that used to be a catchall for anything except strict history.  I've
slowly been splitting them up, as many seem more suited to the 300's. I
try to put the "description and travel" type books in the teens, and the
history in the later numbers.  But I'd sure like to hear from those who
have been cataloging for longer.  The description in the DDC 21 seems
pretty straightforward.  Thren there are those that deal with an region
and do both geography and history, as many books dealing with the Hudson
Valley do, for instance.  Can some more experience catalogers jump in
here?

Maureen S. Irwin
Director of the Library
Rye Country Day School
Rye, N.Y.

msirwin@umd5.umd.edu    **Any book you have not read is a new book ;-)**

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