Re: The Dewey Dilemma

From: Bernhard Eversberg <ev_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:17:50 +0100
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
B.G. Sloan wrote:
>  
> Interesting piece in last month's Library Journal about ditching standard library classification schemes in favor of more "user friendly" schemes like BISAC:
>  
> http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6698264.html
>  
They mention LibraryThing's "OSC" which, up until now, is delivering
somewhat below expectations:
   http://www.librarything.com/groups/buildtheopenshelvesc

For what it's worth, I've set up a reference database of LCC
classification codes:

   http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/db/a30/lcc.htm

See what you can make of it, the interface is partly German.
It starts on the Word index, but there is an LC Class index as well.

The clickable link "Books about this (UC Berkeley)" gets you into
UCB's "OskiCat" which happens to have a decent LCC browsing feature.

The database itself is not new nor is it complete, but that's not the
point here. One could certainly improve it.

B.Eversberg
Received on Wed Nov 11 2009 - 08:18:17 EST