Before replying to Lee off the list, her email reminds me that we used to have a network of Weine users. When I stated to work using the scheme the group was very helpful. Joyce Levine and, especially, Joel Tuchman did an exceeded job in updating the system. I would like to revive the group. Please email me if you are willing to chair this project. I will be happy to help. It is not a lot of work, but it is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Lee for bringing to our attention the duplication. I will try to figure it out soon. Amalia Warshenbrot, AJL VP
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 14, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Lee Jaffe <leejaff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I appreciate any help I can get regarding some (fairly rudimentary) questions > about cataloging using Weine. I've recently taken on responsibility for > managing my temple's library (as a volunteer). I'm a retired librarian > (Drexel '79) with 30+ years of professional experience, mostly in academic > libraries, across a wide range of areas, but little that would prepare me for > cataloging a small library. (The temple has never had a paid librarian – and > no money to hire one; the budget is entirely through donations – and I > believe I'm the first person with an MLS to manage the library.) > > There is no existing catalog and the collection was organized, many years > before my involvement, according to a unique set of categories developed by a > temple member. I've spent the past year trying to get the collection in > order, using the existing arrangement, and exploring options for cataloging > using a standard scheme. We've selected Weine, mostly because of it's > similarity to Dewey, which we think will be familiar to most users. It's a > small collection: I estimate in the neighborhood of 3000 volumes, occupying > shelving along two walls in a multi-purpose room. We haven't selected a > catalog host/service yet, but we have a short list we hope to test in the > next few months, once we have a sufficiently large sample of records to load. > > > My specific question is about some of the classification categories in Weine > but I'd like to get any general help in this area . I've tried to look at > the resources provided by AJL but none have helped answer this question and I > suspect I'll need to depend on the kindness of colleagues quite a bit. > > In the current case, I'm holding the 2 vol. A History of Judaism by Silver > and Martin (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1177000). I've found only one Weine > library holding this title so far and they classed it under 205. Looking at > the 2013 Weine classification, however, there is no class number 205. > > Even more confusing, there appears (to my naive eye) to be two sections on > "Religion" treating of Judaism within Weine. > > 200 Religion incl. Philosophy of religion > 250 Religion and theology > > each with subcategories > > 200.9 History of religion > 250.09 History of Religion > > I can't discover anything that resolves this apparent redundancy. I assume > that there is a good explanation that makes sense of this structure. > (Something to do with Dewey, I guess.) I wonder if the 205 class number we > did find was supposed to be 250. > > Anyway, help with either the specific issue, explaining where A History of > Judaism should go, and any general help understanding the difference between > 200 Religion and 250 Religion and theology, and any further guidance about > sources for help with Weine, would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Lee Jaffe, Librarian > Temple Beth El, Aptos, Calif. > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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