This is my  projects page for LIS 605 - Introduction to Cataloging and Classification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the written portion of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) quiz. Here, I evaluated the cultural bias of the DDC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the written portion of the Library of Congress Classification(LCC) quiz. Here, I presented the dillema of cataloging multi-disciplinary subjects, with hula as an example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the written portion of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) quiz. Here, I presented the dillema of making accurrate subject headings, with the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy as an example. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was an extra-credit assignment. Here, I summarized a scholarly article about how a historical fiction novel "Eaters of the Dead" has been initially mistakenly classified by the Library of Congress.