The Editorial Policy Committee meets in person once a year to review proposals to revise the DDC, but there are also periodic online meetings. The most recent online meeting was EPC 142A took place from February 10-March 6, 2020. EPC reviewed four proposals and one discussion paper; you can find the full text of those proposals at oc.lc/deweyexhibits. The results of EPC 142A:
- EPC 142A-S28.1 286.63 Restoration movement—Specific denominations: approved
- EPC 142A-S36.1 362.88 Victims of crimes; 364.1 Criminal offenses: approved with two changes: the class-elsewhere note at 362.8855 was revised to "Class victims of intimate partner abuse, spouse abuse, parent abuse, domestic violence in 362.8292"; in addition, comprehensive works on human trafficking and human smuggling were moved to 364.1551
- EPC 142A-S52.1 Cartography, map making vs. Maps: approved
- EPC 142A-S62.1 Sanitary engineering for rural and sparsely populated areas: approved with one correction: Waste technology—rural should be listed at 628.4091734.
- EPC 142A-S98.1 ANC presidents discussion paper: There were several comments about the discussion paper, with two EPC members weighing in to say this change would be an unwelcome precedent, one preferring manual-like notes at each number from 968.052 through 968.064 in the schedules, and one comment generally in support of the suggested revisions. As mentioned in the proposal text, a fuller proposal will be created for EPC 143.
Two of these revisions (S28.1 and S52.1) have already been implemented in WebDewey, the other two will be published in the next few weeks. Please let us know if you have any questions about these changes or about the revision process itself.
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