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Call numbers: General Considerations
Cuttering
      General considerations   
      Subarrangement by main entry  
      Established Cutters or Cutters limited by LC convention  
            Topical Cutters in the narrow sense
            Cutters specified in the classification schedules but not established
            Topical/geographical Cutters as part of the classification
             Creating Cutters when LC Cutter Table cannot be used
     Double and complex Cuttering: Biography and criticism
            Creators of literary, artistic and musical works
                   Individual artists, A-Z
                   Ancient Greek and Latin authors  
            Literary works: Cuttering for words beginning with "A" when cuttering begins at "A6"
            Individual biography
            Biography and criticism of literary authors, Z5-999
Dates in Call Numbers
  Multivolume works  
  Congressional hearings  
   Continuing resources
Series
  Series classed together and series classed separately
  Series classed together vs. multivolume monographs
Volume Enumeration
  Multivolume monographs
  Series classed together
Letter extensions in existing call numbers
Oversize Notation
  General rule
  Exceptions  
  Adding the oversize symbol
Using CLAMSSThe FOLIO Call number generator
  Appendix
  Cutter Sanborn Cutters and LTS Olin Historical Practices
  When to use pre-October 1997 practice for cuttering
  Using pre-existing Cutter Sanborn cutters on new items  

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   Olin and Uris Library: A-P classification shelved in Olin ; Q-Z shelved in Uris Library.
   

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   Obsolete and locally invented class numbers

   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 scope

   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  When assigning accession numbers, catalogers should use the automated media shelflisting system, CLAMSSFOLIO Call number generator. See also  LTS Procedure #19 , Computer Disk Processing, LTS Procedure #25, Processing Videorecordings, LTS Procedure #13 , Sound Recordings Processing and LTS Procedure #21a , Microform Processing for details.
   Archival materials	RMC and Kheel Center use local classification systems.
   Congressional hearings	See Exception in LTS Procedure #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 #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.

   
    

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   Classifications located in Annex

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   General rule

   CUL catalogers add a notation to the call number of a book that is oversize. For what constitutes an oversize item for a given location, consult the Oversize chart.

   Use of oversize designation is in most cases determined by the largest size (i.e. height or width) of the item as it appears in the collation statement. For Olin and Uris, widths over 20 cm are considered oversized.
   

    

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   Exceptions
   
   • A supplement to a monograph should be put in the same size category as the monograph.
   • A work with an oversize atlas, or a multivolume work of variant sizes, should be put in its largest size category.
   • Each volume in a series classed together will keep the same size notation in the call number as those items in the series that have been previously cataloged; the same is true for multivolume works that are not received as a set. Newly received items in this third category should never result in a routine reclassification, for oversize purposes, of already cataloged pieces in the set. When necessary, Access Services Dept. staff will shelve a dummy in the stated location with the rest of the series/multivolume work, referring to the actual location of anomalously oversized parts of the set.

    

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   Adding the oversize symbol

   The position of the oversize symbol (+, ++, +++, tiny, #, flat, folio) in both the holdings record and on the spine lablel of the item, varies depending on the location. See the Oversize chart.
   

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When assigning accession numbers to videorecordings and microforms in designated locations, catalogers should use the automated media shelflisting system, CLAMSS Generate call number function in FOLIO.
The first indicator of the 852 field for accession-type call numbers should contain an 8 to indicate "other scheme."call number type should be "other".

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