[PW] mapping a call number

[Daphne Drewello]

Kevin O"Kelly wrote

> I am working in cataloging this morning. I noticed that another library in 
> my network had assigned "Kabul Beauty School"--a memoir about an American 
> hairdresser opening a salon in Afghanistan--the call number 
> 305.4869709581090511.
>
> Now curiousity has driven me to try and 'map out' this number.
>
> 305.48697 is 'Muslim women.'
>
> 958.1 is 'Afghanistan.'
>
> 09 is 'person treatment.'
>
> What does 0511 signify?

  I think '092' is "person treatment".  "090511" indicates the years 
"2000-2009".

Like I have a clue about cataloging.................


Daphne Drewello
Alfred Dickey Library
Jamestown, ND