Thanks, Donny. You are absolutely correct. I've used LCC at various special libraries over the years and it has been the correct choice in collections from 1,000 to 100,000 items.
Thank you, Sally ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sally Justis Barnum, MALS Research Developer The Centennial Campaign Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Ben Gurion Way 30 South Wells Street Rm. 3026 Chicago, Illinois 60606 312-357-4833 fax: 312-553-5483 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Jewish United Fund: Together we are the answer. Please make your gift to the 2013 JUF Annual Campaign today. DONATE NOW TO JUF | www.juf.org Help the environment and don't print this email unless you really need to! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Stuhlman Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] cataloging Using Library of Congress Classification I have used LCC in many synagogue libraries. It is not, I repeat not overkill. It is a standard for academic, public, and special libraries. LCC books will have the same call number in every library. If someone looks up a book in WorldCat and sees the call number they can check the call number or the shelf in every library that uses LCC. If the book has been cataloged, getting an LCC number and LC subject heading is easier than Elazar. LCC is much richer, that means the numbers are more granular than Elazar. With LCC you have an army of experts all over the world to assist you with the cataloging and classification. I have used LCC for my personal collection for more than 30 years. My collection has more than 5500 entries in my computer home catalog. I do not use LCC for all materials. It is not used for non print, broadsides, or some special collections. Dewey absolutely will not work for a small Judaic collections because too many books fall into the 296 class. Just my humble opinion. At 06:45 PM 08/13/2013, you wrote: >Dear Aliza, > >I had a similar situation 6 years ago when I set about recataloging and >automating our entire collection. I have worked in many libraries, >using Elazar, Weine, Dewey, LC, etc. I can say that LC is all wrong for >a small library like yours (and mine). It's like using a bazooka on a >fly and is far more appropriate for a large college or public library. >Now, if all of your materials are completely Jewish, then Elazar is >definitely the way to go (though some might make the case for Weine, >but I think that's more useful for mixed collections.) Daniel Stuhlman Chicago, IL ddstuhlman at earthlink.net Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/ Latest entry August 5 Podcast: http://ddstuhlman.podomatic.com __ 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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 [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran __ 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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 [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
