281.5-281.9 Eastern churches & 340 Law

281.5-281.9 Eastern churches & 340 Law

ALA Midwinter Conference January 16, 2010

Julianne Beall

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (1)281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (1)

Issues in DDC treatment of Eastern Christianity

• lack of clarity in some structural details

• multiplicity of names by which a church may be known

• use of names/characterizations for broader group of churches than it actually applies to

• use of names/characterizations rejected by church referred to

• need to expand for specific Orthodox churches

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (2)281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (2)

Branches of Eastern Christianity (comprehensive number 281.5)

• Eastern Catholic churches (281.52*)

• Oriental Orthodox churches (281.6–281.7)

• Assyrian Church of the East (281.8)

• Orthodox (a.k.a. Eastern Orthodox) churches (281.9)

Note: St. Thomas Christian churches cut across the above classification; comprehensive number at 281.54*

*Proposed expansion

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (3)281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (3)

Specific Orthodox churches—current:

281.94-281.99   Treatment by continent, country, locality

Add to base number 281.9 notation 4–9 from Table 2, e.g., Russian Orthodox Church 281.947, Orthodox Church in America 281.97

281.947 Russian Orthodox Church

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (4)281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (4)

Specific Orthodox churches—proposed:

281.94-281.99   Specific autocephalous, autonomous, independent churches

Add to base number 281.9 notation 4–9 from Table 2 for the country of the seat of the church, e.g., Russian Orthodox Church

281.947, Orthodox Church in America 281.973; then, for

geographic treatment, add 0* and to the result add notation 4–9

from Table 2, e.g., Russian Orthodox Church in Canada 281.947071

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (5)281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (5)

Specific Orthodox churches—proposed—cont.:

281.947 Russia

Number built according to instructions under

281.94–281.99

Class here Moscow Patriarchate, Russian Orthodox Church

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (6)281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (6)

Specific Orthodox churches—proposed—cont.:

281.973 United States

Number built according to instructions under 281.94–281.99

Class here Orthodox Church in America (OCA)

Class specific Orthodox churches affiliated with a patriarchate or other national church with the patriarchate or church, e.g., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)

281.94961073

281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (7)281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (7)

Proposal out for review by:

•Libraries in Egypt, Greece, Russia

•Scholars in Australia, Canada

340 Law340 Law

Proposals from European DDC Users’ Group (EDUG) 340 Law Working Group

• European Union law

• Criminal courts and criminal procedures

• Other topics: Juristic acts, theory of sources of law, legal professionals

• Response from DDC editors; discussion by EPC; more discussion papers under development

European Union law (1)European Union law (1)

Proposed expansions under 341.2422 European Union (examples) & proposed relocation

341.242 22 Organization

341.242 222 Council of the European Union

341.242 224 European Parliament [formerly 341.2424]

341.242 226 European Commission

341.242 228 Courts of the European Union

European Union law (2)European Union law (2)

Founding treaties of European Union: provide notes to clarify where they should be classed

341.242 202 65 Multilateral treaties

Number built according to instructions

under 341.2–341.7

Class here texts of founding treaties, e.g., Treaty Establishing the European Community, Maastricht Treaty on European Union; texts of treaties amending founding treaties, e.g., Treaty of Nice . . . .

European Union law (3)European Union law (3)

Existing provisions under 342 Constitutional and administrative law: which can be used for EU law? For effect of EU law on national laws of member states?

342.02 Basic instruments of government

Class here constitutions . . . .

342.2 Regional intergovernmental organizations

Add to base number 342.2 notation 3–9 from Table 2, e.g., constitutional

and administrative law of European Union 342.24; then to the result add the numbers following 342 in 342.001–342.09 . . . .

342.2402 Basic instruments of government

Criminal courts and criminal procedures (1)Criminal courts and criminal procedures (1)

Need provision for special procedures for terrorist suspects. Current:

345 Criminal law

345.02 Crimes (Offenses)

Class here terrorism . . . .

345.023-345.028 Specific crimes and classes of crime

Add to base number 345.02 the numbers following 364.1 in 364.13- 364.18 . . . .

Criminal courts and criminal procedures (2)Criminal courts and criminal procedures (2)

Proposed solution: provide a specific number for terrorism under 364.1. Current:

364.1 Criminal offenses

Class here . . . . terrorism as a crime