Starting three weeks from today, the DDC Editorial Policy Committee (EPC) will hold their annual meeting, from 9-11 July. At this meeting, Meeting 145, they will consider a slate of exhibits with proposed changes to the classification. The following exhibits are available for review at our Google Drive page:
- EPC 145-S29.1 Qur'an and branches of Islam
- EPC 145-S32.1 Radicalism
- EPC 145-S32.2 Christian nationalism
- EPC 145-S34.1 Institutions of the European Union
- EPC 145-S36.1 Social problems (discussion paper)
- EPC 145-S36.2 Vaping and vaping devices
- EPC 145-S94.1 Ukrainian history
- EPC 145-T1.1 T1--0285 Computer applications
- EPC 145-T1.1a T1--0285 Computer applications, other standard subdivisions, geographic information systems
- EPC 145-T1.1b Libraries and archives; Journalism and publishing
- EPC 145-T1.1c Sociology and anthropology
- EPC 145-T1.1d Other social sciences
A special note on that last group: EPC 145-T1.1 is one very large exhibit about the use of standard subdivision T1--0285 and its builds throughout the schedules and tables. The base EPC 145-T1.1 document lays out the general issues involved, and exhibits T1.1a-T1.1d give specific recommendations broadly related to T1--0285 in those areas. So for example, EPC 145-T1.1b is not about general issues related to libraries and archives or journalism and publishing, but about how T1--0285 is used for those disciplines.
At their meeting, EPC will discuss and vote on these proposals. If you have feedback, we welcome comments here, via email, or directly to EPC members. While we'll always do our best to accommodate later comments, it's best to make your voice heard before the first day of the meeting, 9 July.
If you'd like to propose a change for EPC's future consideration, just check the DDC contributors page at oc.lc/DeweyContributors to get started. I hope to hear from you!
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