For Part 1, we had to identify what the Dewey Numbers meant, and then summarize the book, based on those numbers. For Part 2, using the subjects identified in Assignment 8 (Subjects), we were to find a Dewey Number for those books, as well as explain why we chose those Dewey Numbers.
Dewey Decimal Classification Assignment
Part 1: Using WebDewey and any other resources you can think of, summarize what each part of the following call numbers tells us about the resource. (60 points)
1. 022.314 (Public libraries going green)
000 = Computer science, information & general works
020 = Library & information sciences
022 = Administration of physical plant
022.3 = Buildings
022.31 = Buildings for specific kinds of institutions
022.314 = Public library buildings--planning
This
book is about planning of the buildings which house public libraries?
2. 551.21094912 (The volcano that stopped the world)
500 = Science
550 = Earth sciences & geology
551 = Geology, hydrology, meteorology
551.2 = Volcanoes, earthquakes, thermal waters and gases
551.21 = Volcanoes
551.21
= Volcanoes--Iceland
This
book is about the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, who’s 20120 eruption shut down
western Europe, and parts of Canada.
3. 616.89156 (Family therapy : the treatment of natural systems)
600 = Technology
610 = Medicine & health
616 = Diseases
616.8 = Diseases of nervous system and mental disorders
616.89 = Mental disorders
616.891
= Therapy
616.8915
= Group and family psychotherapy
616.89156 = Family psychotherapy
This
book is about how family therapy can help with the treatment of mental
disorders.
4. 738.127 (The ceramic spectrum : a simplified approach to glaze and color development)
700 = Arts & recreation
730 = Sculpture, ceramics & metalwork
738 = Ceramic arts
738.1 = Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials
738.12 = Materials
738.127 = Glazes
This
book is about glazing as a ceramic arts technique.
5. 297.43824 (The complete idiot’s guide to Rumi meditations)
200 = Religion
290 = Other religions
297 = Islam, Babism, Bahai Faith
297.4 = Sufism (Islamic mysticism)
297.43 = Sufi worship
297.438 = Subdivisions of Sufi
worship
297.4382 = Devotional literature--Islam--Sufi, . . .
297.43824 = Meditations--religion--Islam--Sufi, . . .
This
book is about meditations within the Sufi religion?
6. 952.04 (Social conditions in Japan after World War II)
900 = History & geography
950 = History of Asia
952 = Japan
952.04 = 1945-1999
This
book is about the history of Japan, specifically after the Second World War.
Part 2: You assigned LC subject headings and call numbers to the following resources in previous assignments. Refer back to the subject heading assignment now. Construct a Dewey call number for each of the following resources. Use Web Dewey, Classification Web, LC authorities, and any other resources for your work. (40 points)
1. Nietzsche and depth psychology / edited by Jacob Golomb, Weaver Santniello, and Ronald Lehrer.
600 1 0 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, $d 1844-1900
600 1 0 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, $d 1844-1900 $x Psychology
650 _ 1 insights in psychotherapy
650 _ 1 psychoanalysis
Dewey Number: 150.195092
100 = Philosophy &
psychology
150 = Psychology
150.1 = Philosophy and theory;
systems, viewpoints
150.19 = Systems, schools,
viewpoints
150.195 = Psychoanalytic systems
150.195092 = Psychoanalysts
This book is about the
psychoanalyst Friedrich Nietzsche.
2. Israel’s border wars, 1949-1956 : Arab infiltration, Israeli retaliation, and the countdown to the Suez War / Benny Morris.
650 _ 0 Arab-Israeli conflict $y 1948-1967
650 _ 0 Irregular warfare $z Israel $y 1949-
650 _ 0 Guerrilla warfare $z Israel $y 1949-
650 _ 0 Sinai Campaign, 1956 $z causes
Dewey Number: 956.94052
900 = History & geography
950 = History of Asia
956 = Middle East (Near East)
956.9 = Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus,
Israel, Jordan
956.94 = Palestine; Israel
956.9405 = 1948-
956.94052 = 1948-1967
This books is about the history
of Israel, specially from 1949-1956, which is a set of years contained entirely
within the 1948-1967 window.
3. History and methods of ancient & modern painting / James Ward.
650 _ 0 painting $x history $y Italy
650 _ 0 painting $x methodology $y Itay
Dewey Number: 759.5
700 = Arts & recreation
750 = Painting
759 = History, geographic
treatment, biography
759.5 = Italian painting, . . .
This
book is about the history and methodology of painting in Italy.
4. Religion and revelation : a theory of revelation in the world’s religions / Keith Ward.
650 _ 0 Revelation $x comparative studies
Dewey Number: 202.117
200 = Religion
202 = Doctrines
202.1 = Objects of worship and
veneration
202.11 = God, gods, goddesses,
divinities and deities
202.117 = Relation to the world
This
book is a comparative study of revelations in religion
(I had
to look up what they meant for “relation to the world” for this one)
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