Re: library of congress call number subject coding

Apologies! Here's a link that should be more durable: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/bilal/lc_dimension.xml

Regards,
-Bilal

-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Pearson
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:53 PM
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] library of congress call number subject coding

Hi Bilal,

sounds very interesting but the link does not connect to anything

don't have an immediate need but i work with XSL, MARCXML and would be fun to experiment

regards,
dana


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Bilal Khalid <bilal.khalid_at_utoronto.ca>
wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> Here's a link to an XML mapping of LC call numbers ranges to 
> categories that we use in an indexing software. It may be a bit hefty 
> for your needs (almost 6000 mappings), but hope it helps!
>
> http://bilalk.library.utoronto.ca/lc_dimension.xml
>
> Cheers,
> -Bilal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Ken Irwin
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 4:42 PM
> To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] library of congress call number subject coding
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Does anyone have a handy scheme for coding LC call numbers into just a 
> few broad subject areas (e.g. Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Social 
> Sciences) or perhaps something only a little more granular than that?
>
> I'm hoping for a list that will turn 1-3 letter LC classes into 
> subject groups, and I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if someone's 
> already got something.
>
> Any leads?
>
> Thanks
> Ken
>



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