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Dewey Editor
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Michael has been so helpful to making Dewey better and I will miss his insight during meetings. Sending all my best wishes to him for a lovely retirement. Looking forward to seeing him around Capitol Hill!
Commented Oct 6, 2020 on Happy retirement, Michael! at 025.431: The Dewey blog
Happy retirement, Michael!
Guest post by Julianne Beall Last week we held a virtual retirement celebration for Michael Cantlon, who retired September 30, 2020, after 41 years of service as a Dewey classifier at the Library of Congress. His colleagues in the Dewey Program contributed slides and pictures to a PowerPoint pr...
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Commented Jun 22, 2020 on Flash exhibit: Black Lives Matter at 025.431: The Dewey blog
Flash exhibit: Black Lives Matter
Post by Violet Fox and Alex Kyrios Since the most recent death of an African-American man in police custody, protesters have gathered around the world to speak out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. George Floyd is just the most recent name to be added to the list of Black lives dest...
Hi Danica, thanks for your question. We don't distinguish between the cultural and medical models of deafness in Dewey (yet??), because it would be hard for classifiers to ascertain which model a particular resources is implementing unless the author specifically states it. You can find many cultural and social works by/about Deaf people at 305.9082 and 362.42, both of which would contain works that explore D/deafness from a sociological perspective, as opposed to numbers in the 610 hierarchy.
I'm happy for any thoughts you have for creating more clarity for classifiers; please get in touch at [email protected] if you'd like to continue the conversation!
Commented May 13, 2020 on Flash exhibit: Disabilities at 025.431: The Dewey blog
Flash exhibit: Disabilities
The newest of our flash exhibits focuses on disabilities. This is a subject that is in constant flux as our cultural conceptions shift, so we try to keep up with revisions in the DDC as much as we can. Most works about disabilities are classed either in the 610s (medicine) or the 300s (cultural ...
Hi Danica, thanks for your question. I'm sorry that we didn't see it until last week, we don't get notifications for blog comments. We didn't have captioning available during this webinar, but you can find the editors' scripts in the speaker's notes of the PowerPoint presentation, available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n00rBSWsW3OEYLVnnvnOY1sa0OQHPeX0/view?usp=sharing. We've asked about possibilities for captioning our next webinar.
Please feel free to email us at [email protected] with any questions about accessibility or about revising Dewey.
Commented Apr 21, 2020 on Join us next week for webinar on creating proposals at 025.431: The Dewey blog
Join us next week for webinar on creating proposals
How can you make Dewey better for your library's users? Creating a proposal to revise the DDC is one exciting way! We'll be hosting a webinar on Tuesday April 14 going into depth about what creating a proposal involves. The editors are excited to be joined by Mary Kiely, Cataloguing/Acquisition...
That link has been corrected, thanks!
Commented Mar 23, 2020 on Remote volunteer opportunity during library shutdowns at 025.431: The Dewey blog
Remote volunteer opportunity during library shutdowns
We've heard from members of the Dewey community far and wide in the past week about the staggering impact of coronavirus. Winton, Juli, Alex, and I are all doing well so far, continuing our work from home. Libraries around the world are figuring out how to best protect their workers and their pa...
Hi Brieanna, sorry I didn't notice your comment earlier! I saw your post on the TCMMF Facebook group, you've got some great suggestions there, but we're happy to provide any further help if you'd like to email [email protected]
This summer we had a post where we featured a few people's Dewey-related tattoos: https://ddc.typepad.com/025431/2019/05/39165-your-dewey-tattoos-revealed.html . I hope your tattoo brings you a lot of joy!
Commented Dec 17, 2019 on WebDewey’s update notification feature at 025.431: The Dewey blog
WebDewey’s update notification feature
Last October, we had a WebDewey install that brought an incredible feature to the English WebDewey… and then we barely talked about it! I hope you’ve had the chance to utilize the update notification feature already, and that some of this may be a review. Either way, let’s take a look at the upd...
Ann has already found the email address for questions, but in case others are curious, the editors can always be reached at dewey [at] oclc.org.
Commented Apr 19, 2019 on Prioritizing editorial work: we want your feedback at 025.431: The Dewey blog
Prioritizing editorial work: we want your feedback
How do the Dewey editors decide which topics to work on? The majority of our efforts are determined by feedback from Dewey users like you! Catalogers email us frequently with comments or questions about specific numbers. We also receive queries from members of the Editorial Policy Committee and ...
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