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Some of the old Regional variants of NLM do precisely this: e.g. the old South Thames (East) one used bits of LC for social work (HM), management (HF) and Education (L, LB, LC). You could contact individual NHS library networks for details. Best wishes Catherine Try our new search engine for midwifery information - RCM Midwifery Search <http://www.rcm.org.uk/info/pages/library.php?id=1#search> Catherine Ebenezer Information Systems Manager Royal College of Midwives 15 Mansfield Street London W1G 9NH Tel: 020 7291 9213/9221 Fax: 020 7312 3536/020 7323 4192 E-mail: mailto:[log in to unmask] Web site: http://www.rcm.org.uk <http://www.rcm.org.uk/> A company limited by guarantee: reg. no. 30157 in England ________________________________ From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hixon Beverley (RD7) HWPH-TR Deputy Librarian Sent: 02 March 2007 13:58 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: classification schemes Why not use Library of Congress? NLM uses unused letters from LC so it should dovetail nicely and look similar to library users. There is a free outline at the Library of Congress and you could cheat by using class no. from the LC catalogue. You probably would have to buy some schedules though, maybe just H for social science ones, unless someone was discarding theirs and subscribing to the web version. Might be worth an e-mail to Lis-Link asking if any university library has one they're not using. Beverley Beverley Hixon Deputy Librarian John Jamison Library Postgraduate Centre Wexham Park Hospital Slough SL2 4HL Tel:01753 634190 mailto:[log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Stock Sara (RDE) Essex Rivers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 02 March 2007 13:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: classification schemes Dear all Has anyone got any thoughts and suggestions on using classification schemes alongside NLM? NLM is fine for all the clinical stuff we have, but our non-clinical collection is rapidly expanding - management, education, social work - and I'm finding NLM less and less useful for these subjects. Part of my problem is that apart from Dewey (I'm a public library escapee) I'm not familiar enough with any of the other schedules to decide that one of them is worth using. And as the Librarything blog has noted http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/08/angry-about-classificatio n.php you can't get full schedules for free anywhere. So can anyone suggest a cheap and easy solution (other than inventing my own scheme which I really do not have time to do)? Thanks Sara Sara Stock BA (Hons) DipLib MCLIP Library Services Manager Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust Colchester General Hospital Turner Road Colchester Essex CO4 5JL T 01206 742146 E [log in to unmask] W www.essexrivers.nhs.uk <http://www.essexrivers.nhs.uk/> and http://collibrary.blogspot.com <http://collibrary.blogspot.com/> A Helicon Accredited Library This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation. HWPH Notice: ------------------------------ Recipients should be aware that all emails sent and received by this Trust are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and therefore may be disclosed to a third party, subject to the requirements of the DPA and confidentiality of patient information. Please inform us if this message has gone astray - before deleting it - by emailing mailto:[log in to unmask] with RETURN as the subject-line. For further information about Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust visit http://www.heatherwoodandwexham.nhs.uk. ------------------------------