WebDewey a mixed translation Harriet Aagaard The National Library of Sweden EDUG meeting 22 May 2014 The Dewey project 2009 2011 Magdalena Svanberg projectmanager Projectgroup ID: 417616
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The Swedish WebDeweya mixed translation
Harriet Aagaard
The National
Library of Sweden
EDUG meeting
22 May 2014Slide2
The Dewey project 2009 - 2011
Magdalena Svanberg, projectmanagerProjectgroup 6 persons
9.3 years of work (for one
person)Mixed translation - 40 %SAB (the Swedish Classification System)The Abridged editionAll superordinate classes to translated classesAll tablesTrainingMappings2014-05-22Sidnummer 2Slide3
The Swedish Dewey project - goals
Translate DDC
to Swedish using the mixed modelMap
Swedish subject headings to DDCUpdate and revise the existing conversion table SAB-DDCDevelop tools for joint search and navigation of material with SAB codes and material with DDC numbersTrain librarians. Started May 20092014-05-22Sidnummer 3Slide4
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Why
a mixed translation?Slide5
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40 %Slide6
Index: öl (beer)
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Beer - Commercial processingSlide7
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Index: beerSlide8
Missing
641.23 Interdisciplinary number
641.873Aspect – home
brewing 2014-05-22Sidnummer 8Slide9
Solution: translation2014-05-22
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?Slide11
Pros & Cons
+Economy
Dewey in SwedenUpdates takes less time
-Risk for bad classificationClassification takes more timeWebDeweySearch – possible to search in Swedish?Linked data – in Swedish?Subject access in the future webLibrisUpdates takes more timeLearning more complicated2014-05-22Sidnummer 11Slide12
Searching the index
Search the Swedish indexSearch
the mappings to the Swedish Subject
HeadingsSearch the English index2014-05-22Sidnummer 12Risk of missing information & numbersClassification takes more timeSlide13
The plan for a mixed translation2014-05-22
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Schema
Index, TablesManualSlide14
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Do Swedish librarians understand
English?Slide15
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A lot
of instructions In the Notes and in the Manual toRead& understand!Slide16
Comments2014-05-22
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Social
lawNB: Social law and social legislation is used broadly in DDC. Our definition is usually more narrow. For works on Socialtjänst (Social services) see 344.03Slide17
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Translation
Stay with the EnglishSlide18
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Backlog1172 update
pages ~ 11720 entries1083 update
pages before April 20, 20122014-05-22
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Goal – update to Number
building
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60 %Slide23
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Subject
acessLinked dataDDC in Swedish!Slide24
Thank you!
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harriet.aagaard@kb.se
dewey@kb.se
+4610-7093612