Answer: Query: 917 vs. 970s

[Jean Bickel <jbickel@JTASD.K12.PA.US>]

Dear librarians,
> From:    Janet Gross <jgross2@CAROLINA.RR.COM>
> Subject: Query: 917 vs. 970s
>
> In my Middle School Library, we have, for example, books on Mexico in the
> 917.2s and then more books on Mexico in the 972s. The same is true for other
> countries in our collection and for the U.S. states. I cannot see for the
> life of me see why one book would be given one number and a nearly identical
> book given a different number.
>
> Could someone please explain this to me? Do any of you just put all your
> country books together under one number - say 970s?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Janet Gross
> Media Specialist
> Kennedy Middle School
> Charlotte, NC
From my understanding of cataloging-917.2 is geography and culture of Mexico
and 972 is history of Mexico. The 910's are geography and 930-999 are
history of the world by area.  Some of the sets are difficult to separate
and I think that they should be located where your students and teachers
will find them the easiest.  I don't like to break up sets even though the
"catalogers" give each book a different number and if you separated them you
would lose the value of the set and the index.
Jean
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