Over the past year we've been developing ways for library workers to be more involved in reviewing and creating proposals to revise the DDC. A lot of people have talked about wanting to help but aren't sure how they can get involved. There are different options depending on your interest:
- The editors publish draft proposals ("exhibits") when we submit them to the Editorial Policy Committee for review. You can find these at http://oc.lc/deweyexhibits and we welcome your feedback—we want to hear how proposed changes would impact your library.
- As the editors work with Dewey users to create proposals, we disseminate the drafts to each other and to a group of DDC experts via email regularly. If you’d like to be a part of giving us feedback before the drafts are made public, please let us know via the poll below.
- We're looking for more Dewey users to help us create proposals. We've created a site with a checklist of how an exhibit is made and examples of recent exhibits to give you a sense for the research that goes into revising the DDC: http://oc.lc/deweycontributors. For a small change, this might take just a few hours' worth of work; larger revisions will likely require more back and forth.
Have just a little time to spare? Help us review draft proposals in general or in your area of expertise. Have a concern about an outdated area of Dewey? Work with us to research how we can update the schedules to benefit your library's users and library users around the world!
If you'd like to get involved in any way, please fill out this quick form to let us know!
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