Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Cataloging News

Did you hear that many libraries are abandoning the Dewey Decimal system for Netflix categories? The Cronk of Higher Education writes about it here.

Dewey Decimal CategoryNetflix Category
000 – Computer science, information & general worksSci-Fi & Fantasy
100 – Philosophy and psychologySpecial Interest
200 – ReligionFaith & Spirituality
300 – Social sciencesGay & Lesbian
400 – LanguageForeign
500 – Science (including mathematics)Sci-Fi & Fantasy
600 – TechnologyDocumentary
700 – Arts and recreationMusic & Musicals
800 – LiteratureRomantic Comedy
900 – History, geography, and biographyCerebral Drama

Maybe Google will clean up their meta-data and start using the Netflix system too (better than nuthin').

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ha ha! still I'll flunk science, even if it's sci/fi and fantasy. oh well...

Anonymous said...

that was me. suzique