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The Evolution of Dewey &
WebDeweyThe Future is Now
Andrea Kappler
Cataloging Manager
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Evansville, IN
Brief “Digital” Dewey History
DOS (Electronic Dewey) Windows (Dewey for Windows) Web (WebDewey)
1993 – Electronic Dewey
Unveiled at Midwinter 1993 DDC 20 MS DOS CD-ROM product Keyboard commands Screen displays very different from print Dewey Limited local notes capability Hard to “window” in a DOS environment Hard to update More of a cataloging curiosity than a cataloging tool
1996 – Dewey for Windows
DDC 21 Windows CD-ROM product Mouse friendly – select windows, scroll, drag
& drop, expand/minimize windows Screen displays include “Show Page” view Local notes capability All documentation online Hard to update Becoming a cataloging tool
2000 – WebDewey
DDC 21 Subscription Web product (available through CORC) Internet connection & mouse needed Screen displays show hierarchical structure of
numbers No local notes Much improved online help Browser environment– lots of windows! Kept up-to-date by OCLC/Forest Press Cataloging power tool!
Favorite Features in 2001
Separate Browse and Search screens Boolean searching Hierarchical display of numbers Hypertext links
Dewey class numbers LCSH authority records
Buttons for Tables, Browse, Notes, Terms, & a new search box always visible
Timer Updated by OCLC/Forest Press
Wish List from 2001
Search history button Option to revise a Boolean search Link to OPAC Work area (for building numbers) Larger timer; maybe flashing when time down to 5
minutes Local notes, local notes, local notes! More built numbers Links back to older editions, especially when
numbers are discontinued
Wishes Granted
Search history button Revise Boolean searches Link to OPAC Work area Timer flashes when time remaining is down to 5
minutes Local notes!! More built numbers Links back to discontinued numbers in older editions
Search History lets me revise or repeat a search
Revise a search
636.7083 searched in my OPAC
Create local notes: institutional or personal
Cool Stuff I Wish I’d Wished For… Logon saved in a cookie Related links Quick tips (on the Search screen) Launch WebDewey from Connexion Client Really long WebDewey session (2 hrs. vs. 40 min.
from within Connexion Browser session) Collapsible hierarchy & other user preferences Improved mappings:
Subject headings for children SM – Statistical Mappings PPT (People Places & Things) mappings EM – Editorial mappings – most authoritative
Helpful links
Logon saved in a cookie
Timer
More links
Launch WebDewey from OCLC’s Connexion Client
Set user preferences
Change DDC display options
Mappings & links to definitions
For 2006– I Challenge Dewey to… Provide more frequent updating (monthly, weekly, daily, hourly?) Incorporate the Dewey Blog
Provide a link to the Dewey Blog on opening screen Link numbers in Blog discussions to WebDewey
Integrate local notes with schedules & tables Link back to older editions for discontinued numbers (I don’t like
the Excel spreadsheet) Provide links to Relative Index terms Allow more user feedback:
Contributions of built numbers Tagging/Folksonomies for Relative Index term suggestions Direct line to EPC members
Add Dewey class numbers to LCSH authority records
The Future is Now…
Collaborative nature of the Web Consider changing WebDewey’s name?
Web2.0Dewey WikiDewey
