Goodness, I don't even recall subscribing to this list. In any case, here's
a link to our local web instruction document.

http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/Shelflisting.htm#lccutter

Steven Arakawa


At 10:33 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
>My name is John Roy, and I am a Librarian for Savannah River College in
>Augusta, GA (a Business College). I'm new here, and in the process of
>placing Spine Labels on all of the books, as well as editing/inputting
>information into the general catalog (I am not naturally a Technical
>Services Librarian). I took a class while in college from Heidi Hoerman, but
>it has been a while. I feel comfortable cataloging in Dewey, however, LC is
>giving me problems when the book is not cataloged on their website. Let me
>provide an example of what I would need help with:
>
>
>
>TK7888.3
>
>.R67
>
>1988
>
>
>
>If a book is not cataloged, I am able to figure out the first part of the
>Barcode should be, such as TK7888.3, but I am having trouble determining
>what numbers should follow the first letter of the author's last name; in
>this case, a 67 follows the .R which stands in for Rosch. Truthfully, I do
>not like assigning numbers indiscriminately, so if someone could provide me
>with some simple guidance for doing this, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>
>
>  Cordially,
>John
>
>
>
>John Roy, Librarian
>
>Savannah River College
>
>2528 Center West Parkway
>
>Building A
>
>Augusta, GA 30909
>
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