Dewey Print Editions

The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is frequently updated by the Dewey editorial team. These changes are available in WebDewey the next day. Consequently, print editions, with their multiyear publication cycles, became obsolete very quickly. In an effort to provide libraries with the most up-to-date information available, OCLC has decided to discontinue publishing English-language print editions of the DDC. This means that:

• OCLC will sell remaining copies of English-language print products based on DDC 23 (including DDC 23, Abridged 15 and 200 Religion Class) until June 2018 or until current copies are depleted
• Updates will continue to be published via WebDewey, but will no longer be posted to the Dewey Services update page after June 2018
• Existing non-English Dewey print editions will continue to be available from our translation partners

Please know that the DDC will continue to be updated and expanded to meet the needs of the library community. WebDewey will continue to benefit from these changes and this decision will not impact or alter the important contributions of the Dewey editorial team.

If you have any questions regarding this change please review our FAQs or contact Sandi Jones.

Comments

[Filipe]

Hi, I'm a librarian from Brazil. Do you have the DDC 23 in portuguese? It´s possible to order from here?
Thanks
Filipe

[David]

How will this affect the notion of DDC edition numbers?
(For example, the ǂ2 value in a MARC 082 field.)

[Lionel Villalonga]

Bonjour,

L'ASTED détient encore de nombreuses copies des 4 volumes de l'éditions DDC 23 en Français.

Vous pouvez nous rejoindre à [email protected] (514-281-5012) pour obtenir vos 4 volumes en Français.

Lionel Villalonga, Directeur général ASTED inc.

[Rebecca Green]

As for the question on edition numbers: for the time being, everything remains ǂ2 23. This is consistent with the fact that changes have been distributed via WebDewey in the past, while retaining the same edition number. Indeed, the print DDC 23 was just a snapshot from a certain point in time; DDC 23 has always been dynamic. Sometime in the future, however, how we designate editions/versions may change.

[Sandi Jones]

Hello, Filipe-- Dewey has not been translated into Portuguese. If you are interested in purchasing Dewey in English, you can access the order form at http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/en/dewey-order-americas.pdf. If you are interested in another language, please let me know and I'll put you in touch with a regional rep. Current translations include French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese.