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DDC 340, 370 and 930 : input fromEDUG working groups

Presentation at

Symposium “Bridging the class(ification) divide: the new DDC languages and retrieval possibilities”

International Symposium

27 April 2010, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt

Magdalena Svanberg, National Library of Sweden

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EDUG Law Working Group

Improve 340 for legal systems in Europe!

+++ EU law +++ +++ Civil law vs. Common law +++ +++ current law matters all over Europe +++

Members Yvonne Jahns , Federica Paradisi

Meetings 2007 Durban - 2008 Frankfurt + Québec - 2009 Firenze

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European Union LawNew:

341.242 2 European Union

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341.242 202 65 Multilateral treaties, founding treaties

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341.242 222 Council of the EU

341.242 224 European Parliament

341.242 226 European Commission

341.242 228 Courts of the EU

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Civil vs. common law

European families of law:

Common law (England, Ireland, Cyprus)

Continental systems – roots in Roman-Byzantine legal tradition:

Germanic legal family (Germany, Austria...)

Nordic legal familiy (Norway, Sweden...)

French influenced (France, Italy, Netherlands...)

Globalisation: national legal orders cannot exist any longer in isolation

Literary warrant: we need both common and civil law access points in Dewey

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Civil and common law

New:

346.021 General consideration of juristic acts

Including cause, form, object, declaration of will

346.022 Contracts

Including breach of contract, parties to contract, rescission, subcontracting

Class here comprehensive works on liablity.

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Current law matters – not only in Europe

New:

364.131 7 TerrorismClass interdisciplinary works on terrorismin 363.325For terrorism as a war crime, see 364.138. For a specific type of terrorism, see the type, e.g., cyberterrorism 364.168

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345.050 46 Victims of Crime

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370 - Education

• Representations of levels of education.

• Provisions for topics in the primary school curriculum

• (and feedback on the working assumption that topics in the secondary curriculum should continue to be classed in 001-999 + 0712 in that they are often pedagogically reduced versions of the specific subject).

• Treatment of issues in comparative education, with a special focus on the presentation of policy issues related to education and the state in 379.

• Suggestions for additions and changes throughout 370 Education.

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370- Education

• Members

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Representations of levels of education

• In Scandinavia, the compulsory education (0-9) is often treated as a unit in the literature. We have added an option to recognize this

• Kinds and types of schools

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Elementary education in specific subjects

• Provisions for topics in elementary education in specific subjects 372.3-372.8 elementary education in specific subjects :

• Review of all the numbers to make them reflect current curriculums

• Language arts revised to reflect language of edition and official and second languages

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Policy issues related to education and the state in 379

• The presentation of policy issues related to education and the state in 379

• Update the DDC, make it reflect the recent process of harmonization (Bologna process) that takes place in Europe

• Provide notation to show support and control by regional intergovernmental organizations

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Suggestions for additions and changes throughout 370

• False friends and American bias

• 372.65 *Foreign languages and bilingual instructionWhat does ”foreign” mean in a multilingual country?

• KindergartenA German word, borrowed by many other languages

• Different meaning in different languages and also within a single language– Preschool education in general– Part time preschool for children during the last year(s) before school start– Prescool education based on the ideas of Friedrich Fröbel

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930 – History of ancient world

• Geographic subdivision of 931-939/T2—31-39.

• Chronological subdivision of 931-939/T2—31-39.

• The time limit of 930/T2--3

• Treatment of archaeological methods and antiquities from historical periods, i.e. medieval archaeology.

• Expansions of 930.1028 for different archaeological methods.

• Provision for specific topics of archaeology.

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Members

• Magdalena Svanberg, National Library of Sweden (chair)

• Patricia Bellec, BnF - Agence bibliographique nationale

• Bjørn Bandlien, University of Oslo Library

• Brigitte Bernhard, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

• Ines Castellano-Colmenero, National Museums Scotland

• Vera Uhlmann, Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek

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936-939

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Geographic subdivision of 931-939 / T2—31-39

• Expansions for European regions and countries. Some examples:

T2—368 *‡Scandinavia to 481 [formerly —363]Add to base number —368 the numbers following —48 in —481–489, e.g.,Denmark —3689; however, for Finland, see —4897

T2—369 *‡Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland to 486 [all formerly —364]Add to base number —369 the numbers following —49 in —492–494, e.g., Germanic regions in Netherlands —36921, Raetia —36947 [both formerly —363], Germania Inferior —3692, Belgica —3693, Helvetia —36943 [all formerly —364]For Raetia in Austria, see —36364

• But not for all European regions and countries. Examples: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Finland, Russia

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Geographic subdivision of 931-939 (continued)

• The Roman Empire bias is still there, but explicit instead of implicit

T2—395 2 *‡SarmatiaClass here *Ukraine to 640

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Chronological subdivision of 931-939 (proposal)

• 930.11 Eolithic period discontinued

• The time periods in 930.1 further subdivided

• Chronological divisions in 936 (Europe north and west of Italian Peninsula to ca. 499), using the same general pattern as in 930.1

• Examples (proposed new numbers underlined)930.12 Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)930.122 Lower Paleolithic Age

Including Acheulian culture930.125 Midlde Paleolithic Age

Including Mousterian culture930.128 Upper Paleolithic Age

Including Aurignacian culture, Solutrean culture

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Chronological subdivision of 931-939 (continued)

• The fixed end date of 930-939 is a problem

• In some areas there is a collision between the general periods used in archaeology (Stone Age, Copper Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age) and the historical periods

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Remaining issues

• The Roman Empire bias…

• Further geographic division to provide for the regions in a country

• Provide for archaeological works on later periods in 930 instead of classing them in 940-999

• Archaeology does not have the status of a discipline in DDC, but it is a discipline

• Is it a problem to mix early history and archaeology?

• Is the scattering of artefacts all over the scheme a problem if T2---3 is added showing the time and place?

• Does 930.1028 need to be expanded for different archaeological methods?

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Archaeology – but not in DDC

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Questions or comments?

• 340 LawYvonne Jahns, Deutsche Nationalbibliotheky.jahns@d-nb.de

• 370 EducationAnne-Céline Lambotte-Mousseron, Université de la Méditerranée anne-celine.lambotte-mosseron@univmed.fr

• 930 History of ancient world Magdalena Svanberg, National Library of Swedenmagdalena.svanberg@kb.se