[DCRB-L] Classification numbers

[Jane Gillis]

Regarding the question of classification in closed stacks libraries, I 
would ask:

--How much value does the classification add?  How much time does it take 
to add this value?
Would it be more useful, and not as time consuming, to add other access points?

--Do you have limited time/money to do cataloging?  If the whole collection 
is classed, how many fewer items get cataloged or what gets left out?

--Does the classification scheme really "apply" to the collection?
For example, a fine printing collection, with all the books classed in the 
LC classification scheme--this is probably not the way you would want to 
browse; you might want a classification scheme based on private printers, 
types of books, etc.

--Do you have some collections that, for whatever reasons, "stay 
together"?  If so, you can't "browse"  a subject area online.  There would 
be items you miss.

Jane Gillis

Jane Gillis | Rare Book Cataloger|  Sterling Memorial Library
Yale University | New Haven CT  06520
(203)432-2633 (voice) | (203)432-4047 (fax) | jane.gillis at yale.edu
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