DDC Search tool Web Dewey Search Demonstration at

DDC Search tool – Web. Dewey Search Demonstration at the EDUG 2012 Symposium, 26 th april 2012, Bristish Library, Boston Spa 2021 -03 -06 Sidnummer 1

Why? • Big investments in classification - interest in using the full pontential • Browsing – taking advantage of the hierarchical structure of DDC • Searching – providing verbal access 2021 -03 -06 Sidnummer 2

For who? Main target groups: • Users with no previous experience of DDC • Reference librarians with little or no previous experience of DDC • Important also for librarians with little or no previous experience of DDC • Important for cataloguers 2021 -03 -06 Sidnummer 3

Web. Dewey Search • Developed by Pansoft • Partners: Pansoft, National Library of Sweden, National Library of Norway, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and OCLC • National Library of Sweden first to implement • Experiences from Melivil. Search and the Swedish Ämnesträdet, based on the Swedish classification system SAB. • One single library catalogue or multiple 2021 -03 -06 Sidnummer 4

What is in Web. Dewey Search? • Dewey data: Numbers, Captions, See refrences, Index entries • Number of hits crawled from the library catalogue(s) • To see the bibliographical records, one moves to the catalogue(s) 2021 -03 -06 Sidnummer 5

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Future work (1) • Improvement of the search tool • Improvement of the DDC data • API to embedd in other web services or catalogues • Integrate more in the search tool: Subject heading mappings, for example Svenska ämnesord (SAO) Mappings to other classification schemes, for example SAB • Support for DDC numbers from previous editions using the history data 2021 -03 -06 Sidnummer 10

Future work (2) DDC behind the scene • Using DDC numbers, other subject data, mappings between different classification systems and subject heading langugages to improve subject access in new and innovative ways. • Seamless and invisible 2021 -03 -06 Sidnummer 11

Questions? Comments? Magdalena Svanberg magdalena. svanberg@kb. se , +46 10 709 36 40 dewey@kb. se http: //deweysearchsv. pansoft. de/webdeweysearch/ 2021 -03 -06 Sidnummer 12