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Scope
Classifications shelved in Olin and Uris
Obsolete and locally invented class numbers
Materials out of scope
Classifications located in Annex
Kroch
ILR
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Olin and Uris Library: A-P classification shelved in Olin ; Q-Z shelved in Uris Library.Anchor A1 A1
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Obsolete and locally invented class numbersAnchor A2 A2 As a general rule, do not use obsolete or locally invented class numbers. For later editions of works originally classified at these numbers, use the call number of the earlier edition OR assign a new, valid call number, whichever is easiest. If all works by an author previously processed at Cornell are in the cancelled ranges of PR for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India or Africa, you have the option of continuing to use that classification.
Historically, LTS Olin catalogers constructed skeletal call numbers consisting of classification letters for the areas of law not yet developed by LC and added a cutter for the main entry. These call numbers should now be used only for later editions of works originally classified at the skeleton K numbers.
See Call Number Examples for the format of a skeletal call number.
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Materials out of scopeAnchor A3 A3 Do not use this procedure to classify and shelflist the following types of materials:
Category Comments Accession numbers Some types of materials (e.g. microforms, videorecordings, and sound recordings) are assigned "accession type" numbers at certain locations. When assigning accession numbers, catalogers should use the automated media shelflisting system, CLAMSS. See also LTS Procedure #20 #19 , Computer Disk Processing, LTS Procedure #26#25, Processing Videorecordings, LTS Procedure #14 #13 , Sound Recordings Processing and LTS Procedure #23a#21a , Microform Processing for details. Archival materials RMC and Kheel Center use local classification systems. Congressional hearings See Exception in LTS Procedure #4#3b
Cornell theses See LTS Procedure #12 , Theses Processing Materials eligible for fast processing or fast cuttering Refer to the Fast-Cataloging -FOLIO (Procedure #3C) and Non-Fastcat Copy Cataloging (LTS Procedure #27#26) procedures as appropriate. Selected materials in GV1580-GV1799.4 (Dance), M (Music) Call numbers in the range GV1580-GV1799.4 should not be added to the Olin collection, but rather should be cataloged for the Music Library. Also for Music Library, see exception for certain call number range in LTS Procedure #3b..
Books classed in GV and M/ML in vernacular Asian languages (e.g. Tagalog, Indonesian, Chinese) should be cataloged for Kroch Asia.
All materials in the scores format are sent to Music Library regardless of the language of the text.
Classifications located in AnnexAnchor A4 A4
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The maximum that our spine labelleing labeling system will allow is 10 characters across, including an initial period, and 10 lines down.
Once you have created a call number, check verify its uniqueness by searching it against the online call number index in Voyagerour collection using the Call Number Browse search in the public catalog (Blacklight). If the call number created by the cataloger is identical to a call number already assigned to an item appearing in the index search result for the location in hand, modify the new call number by the addition of another digit (the expansion line in the LC Cutter Table may be used as a guide). This call number should be used both in the 050: 4: on the bib record and on the item in hand, with the exception noted in the Appendix of LTS Procedure #11 for certain PCC records.
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Multivolume monographsAnchor F1 F1 - Follow instructions in Format of MARC Holdings Records: Description.
- In the Textual Holdings Statement (866 field), for all language materials, CUL catalogers should use the designations appearing on the title page and/or the contents note, using the approved abbreviations (AACR2, Appendix B), or, if not covered by AACR2, the abbreviations can be found online at Abbreviations for Captions . If no designation appears on the title page, the volume enumeration should be recorded in square brackets without a supplied designation (Example: [1]; not [v.1]).
- In the item record, CUL catalogers should use the vernacular form of the enumeration. If no designation appears on the title page and the square bracket convention was used on the MFHD, supply a suitable designation on the item record (Example: MFHD = [1]; ITEM ENUM = v.1).
- When roman numerals appear on the piece, CUL catalogers should convert the roman numerals to arabic numerals in both the MFHD and the item records. (Exception: In rare cases, it may be necessary to retain roman numerals on the MFHD for clarity.)
- If such designations as "suppl.", "index", "atlas", etc. are used as part of the call number, they should be abbreviated using the approved AACR2 abbreviation, supplemented by our local Abbreviations . If there is no AACR2 abbreviation, and the designation will not fit on the spine label (i.e. it is more than 10 characters long), use a reasonable non-approved abbreviation or select an alternative term. If the designation on the item is in the vernacular, use a suitable English designation.
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Series classed togetherAnchor F2 F2 - The designation (also called the caption) will appear along with the call number in the 852 of the Mfhd.
- Use the designation as it appears in the 642 field of the series authority record and the 830 field of the bibliographic record. If the numbering, or any level of it, appears without a caption, supply a suitable English designation for use in the Enum field of the Voyager item record and on the volume.
- If all the items in the shelflist use an English caption rather than the vernacular caption appearing in the 642 field, continue to use the English designation.
- If there is no approved AACR2 abbreviation for a caption, and it will not fit on the spine label, use a suitable English caption.
- In a multi-volume work within a series classed, the 852 should include either a continuous span of numbers (EXAMPLE: BX3301 .A53 v.19-20) or else the individual numbers within the series (EXAMPLE: BR60 .C813 v.2, 15, 17, 34)
If the numbers are too many to fit easily into the space provided in the 852, a cataloger may use: BR60 .C813 v.2, etc.
- If only one volume of a multi-volume work within a series classed is being cataloged, the caption appearing in the 852 is not repeated in the Enum field of the Voyager item record. However, if more than one volume is being cataloged, and thus more than one number is recorded in the 852 of the Mfhd, record the number of the individual piece in the Enum field of each item record. (EXAMPLE: The Mfhd reads BX3301 .A53 v.19-20. There will be 2 item records with Enums for v.19 and v.20)
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