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Dear Sarah, I missed your original enquiry, so have replied here. Sion Hill Library is the Art and Design library at Bath Spa University College. Are we the only library in the country with books classified by Broxis? Please note that our main site library at Newton Park has never used Broxis, so I'm answering for Sion Hill only. (1) DDC 20 (2) Broxis Classification Scheme. We still have a large number of books classified by Broxis, although for many years all new books have been classified by Dewey. We are slowly reclassifying but can only do this in the summer breaks. (2a) The library moved when Corsham School of Art became part of Bath College of Higher Education, and merged with another library which used Dewey. Also, it was decided that students were more familiar with Dewey. We couldn't continue with 2 systems, so one was chosen. (3) Broxis is tailor-made for art and design while Dewey is vague on (especially) developing areas of computer graphics etc. Students are alarmed by an alphabetical system, though, and find the faceting hard to follow along the shelf. (4) Yes. Dewey will be used but some of the stock will still appear as Broxis until we get round to reclassifying. Helen Rayner Campus Librarian Sion Hill Library Bath Spa University College -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Currier [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 30 April 2001 13:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Classification schemes in Art Libraries Dear all, Some of you may remember an informal study carried out by myself and subsequently by Kerry Watson, on the reclassification of art libraries. Queries were sent to this list and many helpful responses were received. Firstly, many thanks to those who responded. I am now writing an article for the Art Libraries Jounral, based on this research and subsequent research at the Centre for Digital Library Research's HILT (High Level Thesaurus) Project (http://hilt.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/) I would like to make one more call on your valuable time: if anyone who hasn't previously responded to the Art School's request for information, could take the time to answer a few simple questions it would be much appreciated! This is not a formal survey, simply an attempt to gain a general overview of practice and opinion in the Art Libraries community; 5 minutes of your time would be all that I would think needed. Please feel free to send me the reponses directly, or to the list. (1) What classification scheme does your library use? (including what version or ed.) (2) If this is a change from a previous scheme, what was the previous scheme? (2)a Why did you change? (3) What is your opinion of the merits and faults of the class scheme(s) your library uses (has used)? (4) Do you offer or plan to offer online access of any kind to your catalogue or collections? If so, what classification schemes do you (will you) use? For those who have already responded, I may get in touch individually to further clarify a couple of issues. Once again many thanks. I hope the ensuing article will be of benefit to all. Kind regards, -- Ms. Sarah Currier Research Assistant HILT (High Level Thesaurus) Project (http://hilt.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/) Centre for Digital Library Research Andersonian Library, University of Strathclyde 101 St. James Road, Glasgow G4 0NS United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)141 548 4586; Fax: +44 (0)141 548 2102 E-mail: [log in to unmask]