Section VII, Chapter A
Classification Practice
1. GENERAL RULE
Fondren Library follows the LC classification tables and LC practices, with the following determinations of options and exceptions for certain types of works. Most government documents retain the Superintendent of Documents classification number. For local practice in call numbers for non-book materials see: Call Numbers for Music Sound Recordings, Rice Theses, and Cataloging Visual Materials.
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With changes in form of entry occasioned by adoption of AACR2 or RDA and changes in LC practice, many already established classification numbers will not seem to properly reflect the author’s name. This is true for all schedules, but it is most glaring in the literature schedule. We will not reclassify or recutter but will leave the classification as it stands (unless LC reclassifies or recutters).
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We will attempt to classify new law books for which no LC classification exists as yet according to subject category (i.e., in a class other than K). If this is not possible such materials will be classified using numbers and tables from the UC classification schedule but substituting the appropriate letter prefix from the LC law classification outline. (All LC classification schedules for law are now established and should be used – 10/16/14))
4. PARTICULAR CLASSIFICATION POLICIES
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LC Class for Rice University. Fondren Library classifies Rice University at LD4711.R27-.R365 (reflecting the name Rice University, rather than at LD 6350LD6053, which LC has established reflecting the name William Marsh Rice University). Table III is used to subdivide. For LC copy the LD6053 call number is accepted. For member copy and original cataloging use LD4711.
5. DATES IN CALL NUMBERS
LC COPY. For books with Library of Congress copy, we will accept LC’s call number as is, whether with or without date. We accept LC’s call numbers to minimize conflicts with its shelflist.
MEMBER COPY AND ORIGINAL CATALOGING. For books with member copy and for books requiring original cataloging, we will follow LC’s current practice as described in: Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting, section G140 (p.5), with the following exception: When there are missing or questionable dates (e.g., 197-?), fill in missing digits with zeroes, but do not add the letter z to the end of the call number.