New: Dewey Decimal Classification Statistics Snapshot (October 2012)
Via a 025.431 Blog by Dewey Editor and Chief, Joan Mitchell:
Here’s a brief snapshot of the DDC 23 EN database (the database associated with the English-language version of DDC 23) as of 1 October 2012:
- 38,000+ explicit assignable numbers in schedules
- 12,000+ facets (building blocks from Tables 1-6 + internal add tables to be added to show languages, geographic areas, ethnic/national groups, genres, etc.)
- 100,000+ Relative Index terms
- 26,000+ mapped terms from LCSH, BISAC, and MeSH
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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