Forest Press publishes Dewey Table 2 revisions

A new publication, Table 2. Geographic Areas: Great Britain and Republic of South Africa, is now available from OCLC Forest Press. The publication contains revisions of two of the geographic area tables that appear in edition 21 of the Dewey Decimal Classification.

"The new tables reflect the changes in the administrative units of Great Britain and the creation of new provinces, as well as the elimination of homelands in the Republic of South Africa," said Joan S. Mitchell, executive director, OCLC Forest Press, and editor in chief, Dewey Decimal Classification. "The number of relocations has been kept to a minimum as a service to users. The revisions include updated Relative Index entries, as well as a new Manual note for Great Britain."

Winton E. Matthews Jr., assistant editor, Dewey Decimal Classification, was the primary reviser of the table for the Republic of South Africa. Ross Trotter, project officer, British Library Acquisitions Processing & Cataloguing, drafted the initial version of the revision for Great Britain; Mr. Matthews worked closely with him on the final table. The editors consulted with librarians in Great Britain and the Republic of South Africa, as well as with other experts in the field, to provide revisions that reflect the needs of Dewey users.

Table 2. Geographic Areas: Great Britain and Republic of South Africa is U.S. $20.00, UK £13.50. The Table 2 revisions are also available in Dewey for Windows, Version 1.20; and as a PDF file on the Dewey Web site.

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