Winter Olympic Games

Official sites like Olympic.org and Vancouver 2010 are good sources of information about the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.  There are many other sources of news, e.g., “2010 Winter Games” (Vancouver Sun), “Vancouver Games” (CNN), and “Winter Olympics” (Telegraph). Not surprisingly, news sources in most countries give fullest coverage to their own athletes.

Comprehensive works about the Winter Olympic Games are classed in 796.98 Winter Olympic games, e.g., The Winter Olympics and The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. 

Works that cover many activities at specific games are also classed in 796.98.  The entry has an arrange-chronologically note: “Arrange specific games chronologically.” At 796.98093–796.98099 Geographic treatment is the note: “Do not use for specific games; class in 796.98.” Examples of works about specific games classed in 796.98 are The Kids' Guide to the 1994 Winter Olympics (held in Lillehammer, Norway), White Gold: The U.S. Olympic Team at the XIX Olympic Winter Games (held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA), and The XX Olympic Winter Games February 10-26, 2006 Torino, Italy: Team Handbook and Media Guide by the Australian Olympic Committee. 

Also at 796.98 Winter Olympic games is the scatter note: “Class a specific activity with the activity, e.g., skating 796.91.” Examples are Olympic Ice Skating, classed in 796.91 Ice skating; Olympic Figure Skating: Greatest Performances in History, classed in 796.912 Figure skating; and Snowboard, classed in 796.939 Snowboarding.

Comments

[Jean-Sébastien Girard]

What would one do with works specifically interested with a given country's performances or relations to the Olympics? Would 796.98093–796.98099 be appropriate then?

[Juli]

The numbers 796.98093–796.98099 can be used freely except for specific games, e.g., Winter Olympics in Europe 796.98094. Works that focus on a country’s relations with the International Olympic Committee with respect to trying to get the Winter Olympics held in the country—if not limited to a specific game—or works about a long-term drive to build up a strong national Winter Olympics team—can be classed in 796.98093–796.98099. Works that focus on a country’s performance in the Winter Olympics, however, may focus on the athletes as individuals, and that leads to use of T1—0922 Collected persons treatment. In the preference table at the start of Table 1, T1—092 Persons comes before T1—093–099. The scope note and class-here note at T1—092 have hierarchical force and thus apply to T1—0922 Collected persons treatment:

“Biography, autobiography, description and critical appraisal of work . . . .
“Class here treatment of individuals”

Notation from Table 2 can be added to T1—0922 express the country, e.g., Austrian Winter Olympics athletes 796.980922436.

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what is:Also at 796.98 Winter Olympic games is the scatter note: “Class a specific activity with the activity, e.g., skating 796.91.” Examples are Olympic Ice Skating, classed in 796.91 Ice skating; Olympic Figure Skating: Greatest Performances in History, classed in 796.912 Figure skating; and Snowboard, classed in 796.939 Snowboarding???? this annoying!!!!!!