7. When cutters need to be assigned or adjusted, follow the LC Cutter Table. For many years SML used its own cutter table which was slightly out of synch with the LC table. This has sometimes resulted in difficulties integrating new call numbers from LC and member copy into the YUL file. As a PCC contributing library whose call numbers will be used by other libraries' shared cataloging units, it makes sense to follow what is generally recognized as standard practice here. The LC cutter table is in SCM: Shelflisting (it can also be accessed directly through a link on the Cataloger's Desktop Infobase list), and on the Cataloging at Yale web page/Tools & Resources at:
http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/lc-cutter-table [1]
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(1) |
After initial vowels for the second letter: |
B |
D |
L-M |
N |
P |
R |
S-T |
U-Y |
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use number |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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(2) |
After initial letter S for the second letter: |
A |
CH |
E |
H-I |
M-P |
T |
U |
W-Z |
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use number: |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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After initial letters Qu for the second letter: |
A |
E |
I |
O |
R |
T |
Y |
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use number: |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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For initial letters Qa-Qt use: |
2-29 |
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After other initial consonants for the second letter: |
A |
E |
I |
O |
R |
U |
Y |
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use number: |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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For expansion for the letter: |
A-D |
E-H |
I-L |
M-O |
P-S |
T-Y |
W-Z |
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use number: |
3 |
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5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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To apply the table: Select the row that applies to the first letter of the word used for cuttering
Examples:
Vowels |
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Q |
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Idaho |
.I33 |
Sadron |
.S23 |
Qiao |
.Q27 |
Campbell |
.C36 |
Inman |
.I56 |
Schreiber |
.S37 |
Quade |
.Q33 |
Ceccaldi |
.C43 |
Ipswich |
.I67 |
Stinson |
.S75 |
Qutub |
.Q88 |
Cryer |
.C79 |
8. WIGGLE ROOM. It is standard shelflisting practice not to use a 0 or 1 as the last digit of a cutter number. If the last digit is 0 or 1, cutter numbers that need to be inserted before the number ending in 0/1 may become very extended, and as a result a situation is created in an area of the file making it easier to misread the number and misshelve the book. The YUL file is of a size that certain basic strategies should be performed routinely to avoid 0/1 situations: