CMC In-house Classification System

SECTION 1: Materials Formats

The CMC and CURRLAB (Gulf Coast) collections are divided into the following materials formats:

Activities Kits Maps (CMC) Media (CMC)

Multimedia CMC Oversize (CMC) Realia

Teachers Resource (CMC) Tests Textbooks Appendix A | B | C | D

Note on Kits and Games:

AACR2 defines a kit as “An item containing two or more categories of material, no one of which is identifiable as the predominant constituent of the item.” These may also be called “multimedia.” BibServices will use this definition in applying the term “kit” in the call number and the GMD (see section II, Kits, for a call number example).

AACR2 defines a game as “An item or set of materials designated for play according to prescribed or implicit rules and intended for recreation or instruction.” Although some games may contain multimedia components and technically fall under the definition of kits, BibServices will designate games as games in the call number and the GMD (see section VII, Realia, for a call number example).

 

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SECTION 2: Call Number Patterns

A. Call Number Classification for Subject Area: See Appendix A.

B. Grade Level^1,2. See Appendix B for grade, level and unit abbreviations. The grade level often will not be relevant to Special Education materials; at other times grade or age will be used. Regular Education textbooks use grades. See Appendix B


C. Publishers: For a complete list of publishers, see Publisher List.

D. Codes for item formats designate the form/description of accompanying material. See Format Style Sheet for list of codes. Only codes on the list are authorized (for example, I:3, IV:4, etc.). Submit new codes as needed for review. See Appendix D

E. Number: All numbers should be three digits.

F. Cutter: For textbooks, cutter by publisher (see Publishers’ List). For kits and activity books Cutter by main entry. This can be by either author or title and usually appears on the 3rd line of the call number. If Cuttering by author, always add work marks for title. (Example:
Mathematics Skills by Joe White; Cutter .W55Ms) Use the first letters of the first two most significant words in the title. First letter is capitalized. For multivolume works, add part number to 4th line of the label: Vol., No., Gr., etc. (See Appendix B for enumeration abbreviations)

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I. Activities, Kits, Learning Games, Oversize, Multimedia, Teacher Resources, Tests

A cutter (as opposed to an accession number) is used in the call number for the following types of material: ACTIVITY, KIT, LRNGAME, OVERSIZE, MULTIMED, TRES, and TEST ( Hattiesburg campus Curriculum Materials Center ) and ACTIVITY, KIT, LRNGAME, and OVERSIZE (USM Gulf Coast Curriculum Lab). The material type is located at the top of the call number in all caps. Appendix C lists the subject areas/terms and abbreviations for the material types listed above. The subject in the call number appears just below the material type. The cutter for author main entry or title main entry will be below the subject, then the year and grade if they appear on the material being cataloged.

Call number format :

Author main entry:	Titel main entry:
Capitalize the first letter of the author's last name. Then use cutter table for the next two numbers. Use the first two most significant words in the title. Capitalize the first letter and use lowercase for the second letter.	Capitalize the first letter of the title using the most significant words. Then use the cutter table for the next two numbers.

 

Example:

(Author main entry) Days of knights and damsels by Laurie Carlson

(Title main entry) Best of Notes plus

 

ACTIVITY SocStud C37Dk 1998 Gr.K-3

Material Type Subject Cutter (Author main entry) Year Grade

ACTIVITY LangArt B47 1989 Gr.1-3

Material Type Subject Cutter (Title main entry) Year Grade

All call numbers for the material types listed above will follow this pattern.

Location on labels :

The spine label for Gulf Coast Library CURRLAB materials should have CURRLAB at the top of the spine label in all caps. The spine label for Cook Library Curriculum materials should begin with the material type at top of spine label in all caps.

 

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II. Maps

Map Subject Area Number

MAP SS #009

 

 

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III. Media

Cassette Number	CASS.ED# #217
Picture Number	PIC #123
Computer Software Number	CF #204
Learning Game Subject Cutter	LRN.GAME SpecEd F67
Transparency Number	TRAN #123
Pamphlet Number	PAMPHLET #043
Audio CD Number	CD #002

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IV. Realia

Realia Term Number

REALIA Puppets #12

REALIA Toys C001

 

Realia Term Number

REALIA Globe #007

REALIA Games C019

 

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V. Textbooks

Home location	CMC	CURRLAB
Education Textbooks Math Subject Area Number Addison Wesley Copyright year Grade 3, Level 2, Unit 11 Pupil's ed. Textbook10 Volume 2	LT 2300 .A23 2005 CMC G3L2U1 1:3 Vol.2	LT 2300 .A23 2005 G3L2U1 1:3 Vol.2

 

Home location	CMC	CURRLAB
Education Textbooks Special Ed. SS (subject area number) Addison Wesley Publishing Copyright year Age 6-11, Unit 2 Pupil's ed. Textbook Volume 2	LT 3070 .A23 2005 A6-11U2 1:3 Vol.2	LT 3070 .A23 2005 A6-11U2 1:3 Vol.2

 

 

 

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SECTION 3: Appendices. Click on the links below to go to the appendices.
Appendix A: Call Number Classification for Subjects in Textbooks
Appendix B: Call Number Abbreviations for Grade, Level and Unit
Appendix C: Call Number Abbreviations for Subject Areas/Terms for Activity, Kits, Learning Games, Oversize, Multimedia, Teacher Resources, & Tests
Appendix D: Call Number Codes for the Format Style Sheet (example, III:40 pupil ed. workbook)

 

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¹ In Special Education materials, age is used most often instead of grade. Sometimes age and/or grade are omitted. See Appendix B for specific grade levels and for a list of abbreviations
² For explanation of the terms Primary, Elementary, and Secondary, see Bibliographic Formats and Standards.
³ Note: Abbreviations for Subject Areas for activity books, kits, learning games, oversize, multimedia, teacher resources & test. See Appendix C.
⁴ Note: Use Appendix D for CMC Format Style Sheet Codes.
⁵ See Appendix A, Call Number Classification for Subjects for Textbooks.
⁶ Author main entry cutter, followed by a second cutter for the first letters of first 2 significant words of title. Do not use articles.
⁷ Note there is no space between "T." and "Res."
⁸ In Unicorn system, "TEXTBOOK" is a not a part of call number, but an item type.
⁹ See publishers' List for complete list of publisher codes