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; Matthews worked closely with Trotter 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.
The Table 2 revisions are also available in Dewey for Windows, Version 1.20, and on
the Dewey Web site at www2.oclc.org/oclc/pdf/table2.pdf.
To order Forest Press products in the U.S., contact OCLC Forest Press, 6565 Frantz Road,
Dublin, Ohio, 43017-3395. Orders may also be placed through the Dewey web site
or via e-mail (orders@oclc.org) or by calling (800) 848-5878, ext.
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