I have a new milkweed plant, and there are 2 caterpillars on it. In a couple of weeks, I ought to have a chrysalis, and a couple of weeks after that, butterflies. Whether or not they're monarchs, I don't know yet.
Both my radishes and daikon are growing nicely, but the garlic didn't sprout, so I'll plant some more of it.
Life in San Antonio Texas by a northern transplant. With additional notes on cataloging and classification.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Short guide to subject headings and subdivisions
There are 4 types of subdivisions:
Topical subfield x
Geographic subfield z
Chronological subfield y
Form subfield v
There are 2 basic orders (minor variations are always possible) of subject strings.
[Place] -- [topic] headings (used for aspects of a place)
[Topic] -- [place] headings (used for topical headings that can be subdivided by place)
Order of subdivisions and meanings of subject strings
Form subdivision always goes last
Follow instructions in the manual and subject heading books/files
The meaning of a string may be tested by constructing a phrase using the elements in reverse order: e.g.,
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
(A biography of a 20th century English author)
The same elements may express different concepts based on their order:
Science -- History -- Periodicals.
(A periodical on the history of science)
Science -- Periodicals -- History
(A history of periodicals in the field of science)
Free-floating subdivisions
General subdivisions H1095
Persons & ethnic groups H1100 & H1103
Corporate bodies and families H1105 & H1120
Place names: H1140 (countries, cities, etc.)
H1145.5 (bodies of water)
Pattern headings H1146-H1200
Topical subfield x
Geographic subfield z
Chronological subfield y
Form subfield v
There are 2 basic orders (minor variations are always possible) of subject strings.
[Place] -- [topic] headings (used for aspects of a place)
[Topic] -- [place] headings (used for topical headings that can be subdivided by place)
Order of subdivisions and meanings of subject strings
Form subdivision always goes last
Follow instructions in the manual and subject heading books/files
The meaning of a string may be tested by constructing a phrase using the elements in reverse order: e.g.,
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
(A biography of a 20th century English author)
The same elements may express different concepts based on their order:
Science -- History -- Periodicals.
(A periodical on the history of science)
Science -- Periodicals -- History
(A history of periodicals in the field of science)
Free-floating subdivisions
General subdivisions H1095
Persons & ethnic groups H1100 & H1103
Corporate bodies and families H1105 & H1120
Place names: H1140 (countries, cities, etc.)
H1145.5 (bodies of water)
Pattern headings H1146-H1200
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Individual authors ( classes P-PZ)
Normally, all works by the same person (no matter what name they write under) go in the same number.
Multiple numbers are established for those who write in more than one language.
Factors to consider in locating an author's classification number:
Language in which the author wrote
Nationality
Time period the author was productive
[Taken from LC's classification manual, F632]
Procedure to find or establish a literary author number:
-- Check NAF, your local catalog, and online LC records
-- If the language is divided by countries (like Spanish), choose the country of the author's citizenship
-- If you can't tell, select a country based on birthplace, parentage, residences, or place of publication of works
For authors who write in more than one language:
-- Class translations and critical studies of individual works with the original works
-- Class collective criticism of several works according to the language of the works studied
-- Put general criticism and biography of the author in the number that best represents his\her total literary output.
Progress on my files
I have found and ordered a reader so I can get into my old files. It ought to make things faster than me typing everything in.
Language and Literature schedules: a general guide
General and Notes on the Tables
--The "major" literatures (English/American, French, Italian, Spanish, Germanic, and Russian) are in separate scheduled from their literatures.
--All the works of an author go in one number-- they are not separated by novels, drama, etc.
-- English translations of many (especially Greek and Latin) books are in the regular schedules (e.g., histories) and not in PA.
--P and PN are the only schedules with their own index.
-- Sometimes there is no instruction pointing you to a table, so we use logic/intuition.
[Information concerning the book schedules and their tables has been removed]
The Outline of Language
Periodicals, societies, collections, etc.
History of philology, history of the language
Study and teaching
General works
Script
Grammar (textbooks, readers morphology and syntax)
Style, composition, rhetoric, prosody (writing and writing styles)
Translating
Etymology (names, words in general)
Lexicography (dictionaries, word lists)
Linguistic geography, dialects, provincialisms (local usage)
The Outline of Literature
Treatment of special subjects and classes
History & criticism by period
History & criticism by special type/genre
General collections
By type of author
By special topic
Translations of general collections
Collections by period
Collections by form or subject
Collections by genre: poetry, drama, prose
Individual authors & works grouped by period
Local (Authors who live in "foreign" countries)
[Information on adding subject headings to fiction removed-- it has changed]
PZ Juvenile Belle Lettres
PZ Juvenile Belle Lettres
Class in PZ: juvenile and young adult fiction, general collections, picture storybooks, alphabet and counting books with a story line, stories in rhyme, individual song texts illustrated for children, juvenile folk tales, and traditional nursery rhymes.
Class juvenile poetry, drama, humor, and comic books in the P-PT literature schedules.
Polyglot belle lettres go in PZ 10.5.
Bilingual juvenile fiction, fairy tales folklore, and fables go in the number of the lesser-known language (remember LC's bias that English is it's predominant language). Bilingual poetry and drama go in P-PT with the original language.
PZ used to include all fiction in English, and all juvenile works.
-- All fiction is now classified in literature.
-- All juvenile non-fiction is now classed in the regular subject schedules.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Titbit about my LC notes
I just found the index to my files, and I created 39 files; including examples, references, outlines, and workshops.
Arrangement of the Literature schedules (P-PZ)
P Philology and linguistics
PA Classical (Greek & Latin) philology. Greek & Latin literature.
PH-PH Modern European languages
PB: Celtic
PC: Romanic
PD-PF: Germanic
PG: Slavic, Baltic, Albanian
PJ-PK Oriental philology & literature. Indo-Iranian philology and literature.
PJ: Oriental (Eastern Mediterranean)-- Egypt, Semitic, Ethiopian
PK: Indo-Iranian-- Northern Indic (Hindi, Bengali, etc.), Sanskrit, Iranian, Dardic,
Armenian, Caucasian.
PL-PM Languages, of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania, Hyperborean, Indian, & Artificial.
PL: Ural-Altaic, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Sino-Tibetan, Southeast Asia, Dravidian
(South India), Oceania, Africa.
PM: Native American, Mixed (Creole), Artificial, Picture, Secret.
PN Literature (General)
PQ French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese literatures
PR English literature
PS American literature
PT German, Dutch, Scandinavian literatures
PG Russian literature
PZ Juvenile belles lettres (arranged by language)
P-PZ Language and literature tables
P-PM Index to languages and dialects
PA Classical (Greek & Latin) philology. Greek & Latin literature.
PH-PH Modern European languages
PB: Celtic
PC: Romanic
PD-PF: Germanic
PG: Slavic, Baltic, Albanian
PJ-PK Oriental philology & literature. Indo-Iranian philology and literature.
PJ: Oriental (Eastern Mediterranean)-- Egypt, Semitic, Ethiopian
PK: Indo-Iranian-- Northern Indic (Hindi, Bengali, etc.), Sanskrit, Iranian, Dardic,
Armenian, Caucasian.
PL-PM Languages, of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania, Hyperborean, Indian, & Artificial.
PL: Ural-Altaic, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Sino-Tibetan, Southeast Asia, Dravidian
(South India), Oceania, Africa.
PM: Native American, Mixed (Creole), Artificial, Picture, Secret.
PN Literature (General)
PQ French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese literatures
PR English literature
PS American literature
PT German, Dutch, Scandinavian literatures
PG Russian literature
PZ Juvenile belles lettres (arranged by language)
P-PZ Language and literature tables
P-PM Index to languages and dialects
Organization of the N schedule
N Visual arts
This is the broadest and most general of all the subclasses, except for NX. It includes
museums and exhibitions; as well as movements which cover more than one country.
NA Architecture
The most concrete form of art.
NB Sculpture
Goes from general to specific forms. From large works to small works.
NC Drawing. Design. Illustration.
From stone to paper (hard to soft)
ND Painting
A special form of drawing.
NE Print media
Another special form of drawing.
NK Decorative arts. Applied arts. Decoration and ornament.
The smallest and most detailed forms. The technical side of these forms go in T.
NX The arts in general.
This is for items which cover more than just the visual arts (music, etc.)
Other information
Biographies are classified by the main type of work that the person did; and then by country. There are 2 tables used for "special artists" and "special countries".
Countries may be subdivided by time period or artistic movement. Movements are also found subclass N if the movement being discussed covers more than one country.
This is the broadest and most general of all the subclasses, except for NX. It includes
museums and exhibitions; as well as movements which cover more than one country.
NA Architecture
The most concrete form of art.
NB Sculpture
Goes from general to specific forms. From large works to small works.
NC Drawing. Design. Illustration.
From stone to paper (hard to soft)
ND Painting
A special form of drawing.
NE Print media
Another special form of drawing.
NK Decorative arts. Applied arts. Decoration and ornament.
The smallest and most detailed forms. The technical side of these forms go in T.
NX The arts in general.
This is for items which cover more than just the visual arts (music, etc.)
Other information
Biographies are classified by the main type of work that the person did; and then by country. There are 2 tables used for "special artists" and "special countries".
Countries may be subdivided by time period or artistic movement. Movements are also found subclass N if the movement being discussed covers more than one country.
General information about LC classification schedules
These are my notes for a very basic outline, tailored to the audience I was teaching. I have more detailed outlines for different subjects/schedules. All comments, corrections, updates are welcome.
The geographic arrangement of each book is: United States, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Everywhere else.
A: Works too general or comprehensive to go in any subject-- Encyclopedias, dictionaries, museums, periodicals, etc.
B: Philosophy (divided by national literatures, time periods and authors) and Religions.
D-F: History-- Divided geographically; then subdived by time period and locality.
G: Geography-- The only schedule with triple cutters (maps); also contains recreation, anthropology, and folklore.
H: Social sciences-- Economics, statistics, crime, social groups.
J: Political Science-- Theory to specific, then local. Constitutions used to go here.
K: Law:
Divided geographically, then by subject, then by local and local subject.
Structure is basically the same for all places: Statutes, constitutions, subject
When this was written, religious law had not been finished.
Law of Europe-- places that no longer exist (e.g., Burgundy) go in their present geographical area (there are places in the schedules for
these)
Procedure 1. Find county of law
2. Find subject (civil, common, etc.)
3. Use appropriate tables (Law uses form tables rather than place tables.
L. Education
QRS: Science, Medicine, Agriculture-- these have the most overlap because of different treatments/aspects of the topics.
M: Music.
Single voice to multiple voice; history and criticism; study and teaching.
Keyboard first; then strings, winds, percussion, vocal
First by form, then by composer.
Double-cuttered: composer/title.
N: The arts-- Concrete to abstract.
Form then nationality or chronology; then artist.
P-PZ: Language and literature
History and criticism; chronology, form.
T: Technology-- contains technology, flight, cooking.
U-V: Military and Navel Sciences.
Z: Books, printing, libraries, bibliography.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Bilindex.
Okay, but out of date and seems to be condensing headings. e.g., there are 2.5 pages of headings which they have changed to "Ciencias politicas".
I have started to create my own headings, and would like to add Spanish authority records to our catalog.-- but at least one project needs to be completed first.
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