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OCLC review: compatible, 11/15/2019
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Scope
Classifications shelved in Olin and Uris
Obsolete and locally invented class numbers
Materials out of scope
Classifications located in Annex
Kroch
ILR
Call numbers: General Considerations
Cuttering
General considerations
Subarrangement by main entry
Established Cutters or Cutters limited by LC convention
Topical Cutters in the narrow sense
Cutters specified in the classification schedules but not established
Topical/geographical Cutters as part of the classification
Creating Cutters when LC Cutter Table cannot be used
Double and complex Cuttering: Biography and criticism
Creators of literary, artistic and musical works
Individual artists, A-Z
Ancient Greek and Latin authors
Literary works: Cuttering for words beginning with "A" when cuttering begins at "A6"
Individual biography
Biography and criticism of literary authors, Z5-999
Dates in Call Numbers
Multivolume works
Congressional hearings
Continuing resources
Series
Series classed together and series classed separately
Series classed together vs. multivolume monographs
Volume Enumeration
Multivolume monographs
Series classed together
Letter extensions in existing call numbers
Oversize Notation
General rule
Exceptions
Adding the oversize symbol
Using CLAMSS
Appendix
Cutter Sanborn Cutters and LTS Olin Historical Practices
When to use pre-October 1997 practice for cuttering
Using pre-existing Cutter Sanborn cutters on new items
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ScopeAnchor A A
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Olin and Uris Library: A-P classification shelved in Olin ; Q-Z shelved in Uris Library.Anchor A1 A1
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Obsolete and locally invented class numbersAnchor A2 A2 As a general rule, do not use obsolete or locally invented class numbers. For later editions of works originally classified at these numbers, use the call number of the earlier edition OR assign a new, valid call number, whichever is easiest. If all works by an author previously processed at Cornell are in the cancelled ranges of PR for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India or Africa, you have the option of continuing to use that classification.
Historically, LTS Olin catalogers constructed skeletal call numbers consisting of classification letters for the areas of law not yet developed by LC and added a cutter for the main entry. These call numbers should now be used only for later editions of works originally classified at the skeleton K numbers.
See Call Number Examples for the format of a skeletal call number.
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Materials out of scopeAnchor A3 A3 Do not use this procedure to classify and shelflist the following types of materials:
Category Comments Accession numbers Some types of materials (e.g. microforms, videorecordings, and sound recordings) are assigned "accession type" numbers at certain locations. When assigning accession numbers, catalogers should use the automated media shelflisting system, CLAMSS. See also LTS Procedure #20 , Computer Disk Processing, LTS Procedure #26, Processing Videorecordings, LTS Procedure #14 , Sound Recordings Processing and LTS Procedure #23a , Microform Processing for details. Archival materials RMC and Kheel Center use local classification systems. Congressional hearings See Exception in LTS Procedure #4
Cornell theses See LTS Procedure #13 , Theses Processing Materials eligible for fast processing or fast cuttering Refer to the Fast-Cataloging -FOLIO (Procedure #3C) and Non-Fastcat Copy Cataloging (LTS Procedure #27) procedures as appropriate. Selected materials in GV1580-GV1799.4 (Dance), M (Music) Call numbers in the range GV1580-GV1799.4 should not be added to the Olin collection, but rather should be cataloged for the Music Library. Also for Music Library, see exception for certain call number range in LTS Procedure #3b..
Books classed in GV and M/ML in vernacular Asian languages (e.g. Tagalog, Indonesian, Chinese) should be cataloged for Kroch Asia.
All materials in the scores format are sent to Music Library regardless of the language of the text.
Classifications located in AnnexAnchor A4 A4
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General considerationsAnchor C1 C1 - In general, create new main entry cutters using the LC Cutter Table . Refer to Call numbers: General considerations (above) as needed. You may also use the Cutter Sanborn Table in some cases. Refer to Cutter Sanborn Cutters and LTS Olin Historical Practices in attached Appendix. Exception: RMC catalogers continue to use the Cutter-Sanborn tables for Cuttering all monographs that use LC classification.
- Generally use at least two digits for a Cutter for main entry. (This differs from LC practice, where one digit book cutters are sometimes used.) This practice also applies when the main entry is a title.
- If using the Cutter Sanborn table and historical practices , prefer one digit in an additional Cutter for title (i.e., not a Cutter for a title as main entry as in the previous paragraph) unless there is a conflict (e.g. P-PZ Table XL: Separate works. By title).
- Prefer one digit for any other type of cataloger-supplied Cutter, but you may choose to use two digits, even in cases where there is no conflict, in order to avoid possible future conflicts (e.g. By city, A-Z).
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Subarrangement by Main EntryAnchor C2 C2 - Uniqueness: Generally, an item is given a unique call number by the addition of a Cutter for the main entry, also known as a book Cutter. The main entry may be a personal name, corporate name, title, or uniform title.
- No additional subdivision by main entry: Most class numbers (including combinations of a class number plus one or two topical or geographic Cutters) should be further subarranged by main entry, although the schedules generally do not explicitly tell the cataloger to do this. However, if the schedule specifies subdivision "by date", there should not be any additional subdivision by main entry. Do not add an additional Cutter for main entry (nor expansion digits if there are already two Cutters).
Example: By date of election: JK1968 |b 2000 (for the 2nd work published in 2000, use JK1968 2000b) See section on letter extensions in existing call numbers.)
Censuses, by date: HA944 |b 1991
- Subarranged by date and main entry: In certain rare places in the LC schedules, the class number may be followed by the original date of publication or event, subarranged by author with a further date to indicate date of publication.
Example: By original date of publication, then by author, with a further date for current date of publication: GV722 1904 |b .M38 2005
- Expansion of second cutter: A call number may not include more than two Cutters (except for maps and atlases in the G schedule). If the schedule specifies two geographic and/or topical Cutters, items should be subarranged by main entry by the expansion of the second Cutter (addition of digits to the geographic or topical Cutter to represent the first letter(s) of the main entry). The additional digits are based on the "expansion" line of the LC Cutter Table (modified as necessary to avoid shelflist conflicts).
Example: Katz, Elaine N. A trade union aristocracy. HD6870.5.Z8 T74 1976
T7 is for Transvaal; the cutter is extended with 4 for Katz - Preferred Shelflist Order--Individual Authors: When works of an individual author are filed in a single class number, they are arranged in the order given in the Subject Cataloging Manual (SCM): Shelflisting, G60. The most common application of the Preferred Shelflist Order--Individual Authors occurs when someone writes two different works on the same topic.
Example: HF5549.5.D7 F39 1999 (Fay, John. Drug testing)
HF5549.5.D7 F394 2000 (Fay, John. Workplace intervention)In cases where the work arriving second happens to file alphabetically before the first work, the cutter is adjusted to preserve alphabetical order by title:
Example: HF5549.5.D7 H639 1997 (Hoffmann, John P. (John Patrick), 1962- An analysis of worker drug use and workplace policies)
HF5549.5.D7 H64 1996 (Hoffmann, John P. (John Patrick), 1962- Drug use among U.S. workers)
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Topical Cutters in the narrow sense -- e.g. "Special subjects, A-Z", "By subject, A-Z", etc.Anchor C3a C3a Current LC practice is to establish all topical Cutters of this type (See CSM: Classification, F350). LTS catalogers, this means that you cannot make up a topical cutter yourself!
It is no longer LC practice to use a representative sample of topical Cutters preceded by "e.g.". Ignore any remaining occurrences of "e.g.", and consider the Cutters that follow them to be established.
In case of conflict, a topical Cutter established in a schedule takes precedence over a Cutter from any other source. In rare instances (for example, if a new classification is being proposed in conjunction with an original SACO proposal, or in ECIP cataloging), it may be desirable to submit a classification proposal to LC. Start here: http://classificationweb.net/Menu/proposal.html and ask NACO/SACO coordinator for further help as appropriate.
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Cutters specified in the classification schedules but not establishedAnchor C3b C3b Personal names (except those literary authors required to be established by CSM: Classification, F632; CUL catalogers almost never submit this type of classification proposal to LC)
Corporate names
Geographic names
Names of languages (when a topic is subarranged by language)
Titles of individual works (except for literary works required to be established by F632)Includes the captions: "Biography: Individual, A-Z", "Individual artists, A-Z", "Individual firms, A-Z", "By region or country, A-Z", "Other cities, towns, etc., A-Z", "By language, A-Z", etc.
Instructions to subdivide by these types of Cutters are given in the schedule, but generally the Cutters themselves are not given. It is not necessary to establish them.
Occasionally, Cutters of these types are given in the schedules. In case of conflict between the schedule and the LTS Olin shelflist, follow the schedule.
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Topical/Geographic Cutters that are part of the classificationAnchor C3c C3c Topical Cutters are created using the LC Cutter Table (SCM: Shelflisting, G60.3), except for the following two categories of geographic Cutter which have their own tables. Other types of geographic Cutter, however, such as cities, provinces, or regions within a country, are created using the LC Cutter Table.
Special geographic Cutters
Table G300 -- Regions and countries ("By region or country A-Z")
Table G302 -- American states and Canadian provinces"Regions" in SCM: Shelflisting, G300 refers to regions that are larger than a single country, and to groups of islands, e.g. Galapagos Islands, that are isolated from the country that they belong to. "Countries" refers to sovereign nations, and includes historical entities that do not correspond to a current existing country, e.g. Byzantine Empire. G300 does not include regions or historical entities that fall entirely within a currently existing country.
The tables in G300 and G302, like the LC Cutter Table, are intended only as guides for shelflisting. If Cutters from the table are in conflict with Cutters already in the shelflist, the Cutters from the table should be modified.
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Creating Cutters when the LC Cutter Table cannot be usedAnchor C3d C3d Numeric Cutters-- Cutters for main entries beginning with a numeral (i.e. "12" as opposed to "twelve").The Cutter range A12-A19 is normally used for main entries that begin with numerals so that they will file before entries beginning with the letter A. They are arranged in numerical order (See filing rules SCM: Shelflisting, G100.13).
Cuttering ranges other than A-Z
There are many places in the schedules where Cutters are created in ranges other than "A-Z". Schemes for two of the most common cases are given below . In other cases, the arrangement of the Cutters must be estimated.
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