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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#1F497D">Attention staff at
<b>small libraries</b> managing collections with 20,000 or fewer items:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#1F497D">Hi! I just found out the abridged Dewey Decimal Classification book was just updated and is now available for purchase from OCLC. The last time it was updated was in 2004. I
 thought small libraries would want to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">A new abridged version of the Dewey Decimal Classification is now available to purchase.  Abridged Edition 15 presents a logical abridgement of the recently
 released DDC 23 and includes many parallel updates to content and structure. These changes reflect the many changes to the body of human knowledge that have occurred since Abridged Edition 14 was published back in 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">The abridged edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification is ideal for libraries with collections of 20,000 titles or fewer. The system provides the right
 level of detail needed to classify the materials in those collections, and is compatible with the unabridged edition should your collection expand and require deeper classification detail.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Joan Mitchell, DDC Editor in Chief, recently conducted an information session covering the many new topics and significant updates to selected fields
 available in Abridged Edition 15.  You can access a recording of the webinar via the details below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">In this session, you will learn how Abridged 15:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Greatly increases classifier efficiency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Is more intuitive for the way classifiers work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Benefits libraries with smaller collections, with its selected major updates and new numbers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=52767757&rKey=eef11aa954f7cff4">View</a> the Abridged 15 Sneak Preview Webinar online at:
<a href="http://tiny.cc/vmaf2b">http://tiny.cc/vmaf2b</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">To learn more about Abridged 15 including how to order, visit Dewey on the Web at:
<a href="http://www.oclc.org/us/en/dewey/">http://www.oclc.org/us/en/dewey/</a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">Questions? Contact: Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) at
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">1-800-848-5800 or <a href="mailto:support@oclc.org">
support@oclc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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