[LM_NET] announcement for DEWEYERROR list

[Ian Fairclough <ifairclough@MARION.LIB.OH.US>]

This list may be of interest to people working with Dewey-classed materials,
in particular those who accept Dewey numbers without checking them.
Inquiries to Ian Fairclough ifairclough@marion.lib.oh.us, please.
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From: Bonnie Doepker [BDoepker@DAYTONMETROLIBRARY.ORG]

The Ohio Library Council's Technical Services Division would like to
announce their sponsorship of the DEWEYERROR list, a new electronic
distribution list that will alert members to suspected errors in Dewey
numbers in LC records.

Do you, or does your library, routinely accept Dewey Decimal Classification
(DDC) numbers from Library of Congress (LC) catalog records without checking
them first?  Or, do you not only check them, but also take the trouble to
advise LC when you suspect a number is in error?  If you answered yes to
either of these questions, the DEWEYERROR list is available for your use.

The Ohio Library Council's Technical Services Division is sponsoring this
list based upon the support of several of our members.  It supersedes a
privately maintained list dedicated to the same purpose.  Fianna Holt,
Technical Services Librarian at Albright College (Reading, PA) has
commented: "This list is worthwhile for the mistakes that I can catch or can
alert the staff when it is an ordered item. ... just today, your message on
the book Now, discover your strengths by Marcus Buckingham was valuable as
we had accepted the number as is.  It's clearly misclassified and I am going
to change to your suggestion!"

To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.kent.edu with
the text SUBSCRIBE DEWEYERROR plus your name.  This is not a discussion list
- only notification takes place - so postings should not be excessive.  All
postings are verified for appropriateness (but not for accuracy) so you will
be spared irrelevant material.  The list has no official connection with the
Library of Congress, nor with OCLC, owners and publishers of the Dewey
Decimal Classification(TM) system.

Bonnie Doepker
Past Coordinator, OLC Technical Services Division
BDoepker@DAYTONMETROLIBRARY.ORG

Please address any questions to:
Ian Fairclough
Listowner, DEWEYERROR list
Marion Public Library
ifairclough@marion.lib.oh.us

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