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The schedules
that form the Marianist Library Classification were developed because
the classification scheme most commonly used in Marianist libraries,
Marianist Classification 1960; For Archives and Documentary Libraries
developed by Father William Ferree, SM1 became impossible to
implement successfully.
Years of work
and consultation with experts in Marianist history and spirituality as well
as input from Mr. Thompson A. Yee, Acting Chief of the Cataloging and Policy
Support Office at the Library of Congress, have resulted in this new
approach to classifying materials by and about the Marianists. The
organizational basis for the schedules comes from the classes developed and
defined by Brother Lawrence Scrivani, SM in his Classification Scheme for
Marianist Documents Libraries1. In their application, the
present schedules, gather and organize Marianist works by topic or subject,
and are designed to follow Library of Congress cataloging practices and
procedures.
How to construct a call number
The classification number places the item in hand with other
items treating the same subject. When assigning a classification number use
the following principles adapted from those used at the Library of Congress:
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specific number available. Use a broader number only if no specific
number is available.
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Before assigning a Cutter, check previously
assigned call numbers in the same class to avoid duplicating a call number.
In most cases, Cutters must be adjusted to file an entry correctly and to
allow room for later entries. Do not end a Cutter with the numeral 1
or 0 since this will hamper expansion between two previously assigned
Cutters.
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A single letter at
the head of a column implies a range of letters up to the next column,
e.g. if column
2 is "d" and column 3 is "l-m", use column 2 for any letter d through k
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After initial vowels
for the second letter:
use number: |
b
2 |
d
3 |
l-m
4 |
n
5 |
p
6 |
r
7 |
s-t
8 |
u-y
9 |
After initial letter “S”
for the second
letter:
use number: |
a
2 |
ch
3 |
e
4 |
h-i
5 |
m-p
6 |
t
7 |
u
8 |
w-z
9 |
After initial letters “Qu”
for the second
letter:
use number: |
a
3 |
e
4 |
i
5 |
o
6 |
r
7 |
t
8 |
y
9 |
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For initial letters Qa-Qt
Use numbers: 2-29: |
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After other initial consonants
for the second letter:
use number:
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a
3 |
e
4 |
i
5 |
o
6 |
r
7 |
u
8 |
y
9 |
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For expansion
for the letter:
use number: |
a-d
3 |
e-h
4 |
i-l
5 |
m-o
6 |
p-s
7 |
t-v
8 |
w-z
9 |
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After the
call number has been constructed, other elements can be added:
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Suppl. |
Supplement or index to a work
(some libraries prefer to use “index” instead of Suppl.) |
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v. |
Use v. (not Vol.) for the part of a work.
No space is left between the abbreviation and the numeral; v.2;
v.14) |
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c. |
copy number –
a lower case “c” is used.
Note that no space is left between the abbreviation and the
numeral. No designation is used for the first copy, copy numbering
begins with the second copy (c.2, c.3….). The copy number is
usually the last element of the call number. |
Teresa Trimboli
North American Center for Marianist Studies
4435 E. Patterson Rd.
Dayton, OH 45430-1083
(937)
429-2521
Teresa.Trimboli@Notes.udayton.edu
2 Classification Scheme for Marianist
Documents Library as Developed by the Pacific Marianist Archives for use in
the
Province of the Pacific, Preliminary edition, Honolulu, 1979.
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