Dear Hasafranim, A few weeks ago I asked about finding a better way to classify Holocaust in Dewey, which up until provided only one number -- 940.5318. After looking over the tips in the Dewey website, I find there have been updates. I am sending along the general outline I found for anyone interested. For more detail, those of us who use Dewey will have to wait for DDC 22 in July.
Rachel Haus Library Director American Hebrew Academy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Classification Tips Significant Expansion This month's New and Changed Entries provide many new numbers and captions related to the Holocaust. Could you please provide some background on them? Yes. We have created a detailed expansion under 940.5318 Holocaust to accommodate the growing literature on this topic. A general outline of the new development follows; please see the link above for the complete expansion. 940.5318 Holocaust 940.53181 General topics of Holocaust 940.53183 Resistance movements and rescue operations 940.53184 Specific events 940.53185 Ghettos and extermination camps maintained by Axis Powers 940.53186 Commemorations and memorials 940.53187 Welfare services to Holocaust victims [formerly also 362.87] =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
