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ALA Midwinter21 January 2012

Dallas

Julianne BeallAssistant Editor, DDCLibrary of Congress jbea@loc.gov

DDC Translations: An UpdateDDC Translations: An Update

OverviewOverview

• DDC 23 Family: Editions planned / in progress

• Indonesian Abridged Edition 15

• Vietnamese: Abridged Edition 14 first, now DDC 23

• Arabic DDC 23

• Swedish mixed DDC 23

ArabicArabicDDC 23DDC 23(2012)(2012)

ArabicArabicDDC 23DDC 23(2012)(2012)

ItalianItalianDDC 23DDC 23ItalianItalianDDC 23DDC 23

NorwegiNorwegianan

DDC 23DDC 23(2012)(2012)

NorwegiNorwegianan

DDC 23DDC 23(2012)(2012)

Swedish Swedish Mixed Mixed DDC 23DDC 23(2011)(2011)

Swedish Swedish Mixed Mixed DDC 23DDC 23(2011)(2011)

IndonesiaIndonesiann

A15A15

IndonesiaIndonesiann

A15A15

200 200 Religion Religion

ClassClass(2012)(2012)

200 200 Religion Religion

ClassClass(2012)(2012)

GuideGuide(French)(French)(2012)(2012)

GuideGuide(French)(French)(2012)(2012)

A15A15 (2012)(2012)

A15A15 (2012)(2012)

DDCDDCSummariSummari

eses(2011)(2011)

DDCDDCSummariSummari

eses(2011)(2011)

Afrikaans

Arabic

Chinese

French

German

Norwegian

Portuguese

Russian

Scots Gaelic

Spanish

Swedish

. . .

(2012)

Afrikaans

Arabic

Chinese

French

German

Norwegian

Portuguese

Russian

Scots Gaelic

Spanish

Swedish

. . .

(2012)

DDC 23 Family:Editions planned /in progress

DDC 23 Family:Editions planned /in progress

VietnameVietnamesese

DDC 23DDC 23(2013)(2013)

VietnameVietnamesese

DDC 23DDC 23(2013)(2013)

FrenchFrenchDDC 23DDC 23FrenchFrenchDDC 23DDC 23

GermanGermanDDC 23DDC 23GermanGermanDDC 23DDC 23

DDC 23DDC 23(2011)(2011)DDC 23DDC 23(2011)(2011)

Indonesian translation: Abridged Edition15 plus expansions from DDC 23

Indonesian translation: Abridged Edition15 plus expansions from DDC 23

• Start with everything from Abridged Edition15

• Add records from DDC 23 for T2—5981-T2—5986

• Incorporate the full development from DDC 23 for 297

• Expand 305.899 to include notation from T5—9912, T5—992, T5—9922+, T5—9928, and T5—995

• Make a similar expansion based on the parallel T6 notation under 499 and 899

• Incorporate the full development from DDC 23 under 959.8

Vietnamese translations: Abridged Edition 14 first . . . .Vietnamese translations: Abridged Edition 14 first . . . .

• Abridged Edition 14 expanded in similar ways for the Vietnamese translation (published in 2006)

• Interoperable expansions sometimes went beyond DDC 22

• Expanded notation and captions can be seen in the Abridged Edition 14 parts of dewey.info

Vietnamese translations: . . . . now DDC 23Vietnamese translations: . . . . now DDC 23

• Meanwhile, the National Library of Vietnam is working on a translation of DDC 23

• As before, parts will go beyond DDC 23, e.g., T2—597+

• Expected to be published in early 2013

Arabic DDC 23Arabic DDC 23

• New Arabic translation of DDC 23 under way at Bibliotheca Alexandrina

• Publication expected by end of 2012

• Expansions of 297.1-.8 Islam will appear in 200 Religion Class and be incorporated in DDC 23 in WebDewey

• Expansions for Koran, Islamic religious law, Mecca

• Provisions for Shiite sects Alawis and Alevis now under review

• Expansions for Islamic law in 340s under development

Swedish mixed DDC 23Swedish mixed DDC 23

• DDC data in Swedish as framework

• English-language classes from full edition to complete hierarchies

• Standard terminology for instructions in the language of each record (e.g., “Klassificera här:” / “Class here”)

• Separate indexes featuring the terminology available in each language

• National Library of Sweden launched a preliminary version under the new WebDewey 2.0 interface in mid-December 2011

894.5722South Sámi literature(cont.)

894.5722South Sámi literature(cont.)