>We use the 1995.9 also and it does present a problem in that so many titles >have very similar call numbers, making shelving a challenge. However, they >are grouped somewhat sensibly. Musicals are together, foreign films, >comedies. What other PN number would they use?
PN1997 and PN1997.2, then Cuttered for title. PN1997 and PN1997.2 are nominally the LC classification for scripts, but some collections class the films or the video manifestations of the films there. The advantage is that the cataloger doesn't have to split hairs as to which genre a title belongs to when multiple genres apply, and although the Cutters can run pretty long in a robust collection, everything is in alphabetical order. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:[email protected] VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
