Technical Services Units:
For Works by or about more than one author:
Collections in more than one form 830.8 Criticism, history, and interpretation of more than one form 830.9
For Works by or about more than one author in Specific forms:
Collections of Poetry 830.81 Criticism and Interpretation of Poetry 830.91 Collections of Drama 830.82 Criticism and Interpretation of Drama 830.92 Collections of Fiction 830.83 Criticism and Interpretation of Fiction 830.93
[by] Ernst Alker 830.9
compiler, Marian Szyrocki 830.81
For Works by or about an individual author, the citation order is to first class together all the works by or about an author, then secondly to subdivide by the Book Number Scheme. The first component of the call number is accomplished using an abbreviated or modified Dewey class number and an author cutter number. This is followed by the locally devised UIUC book number:
Early to 1517 831 Reformation, etc. 1517-1750 832 Classic period, 1750-1830 833 Post classic & modern, 1830-1940/50 834 Contemporary authors not already established in the UIUC catalog, 1940/50- 835 German dialect literature 836 Collections of dialect literature 836.08 German-American 837 Collections of German-American poetry 837.081
Book Number Scheme for Individual Authors
A Bibliography B Biography C Correspondence D Critical works (Higher criticism) E Concordance F Lexicons G Grammatical works H Text critical works (Minor and textual) I Collected works or complete works J Translations of collected or complete works K Selections & fragments in the original (include prose of a noted poet & vice versa) L Selections & fragments in translation O Individual works, arranged alphabetically
I-L arrange by editor, or translator, or, failing these, by date.
Under I-L, add a work mark to the call number for a second title, with the same editor.
Under O keep editions of the same work separate by date.
by Pyritz 833G55
(a biography) by Wolff 833G55
(between Goethe and Carlyle) ed. by Norton 833G55
by Fambach 833G55
by Matthes 833G55
ed. by Zastrow 833G55
by Boyd 833G55
by Goethe (ed. by Beutler) 833G55
(translated into English by an unknown translator) 833G55
by Goethe (ed. by Fischer) 833G55
by Goethe (translated into Italian by Amoroso) 833G55
by Goethe (ed. by Beutler)
(use date as it appears in the 260 field [i.e., 1950; 195-; 19-], however, do not use brackets "[ ]" or "?")
by Goethe (translated into English by MacNeice) 833G55
(a criticism) by Rickert 833G55
Further examples of Works about an individual author:
by Use Graham 833S33
Wilhelm Bohm 833S33
by Thomas Carlyle 833S33
For a work which is a second criticism (by the same critic "K") of the same author "F", add a workmark from the title ("g" in this case) in order to distinguish between the two critical works. 834F9131
It can be hard to distinguish the Scandinavian languages, with Danish and Norwegian being
particularly similar. There is no single, simple way to distinguish Danish from Norwegian. Swedish
can be distinguished from the other two by the absence of the letter "ø". With Norwegian, there is
the further problem of distinguishing New Norse (Landsmal) from Norwegian (Bokmal, Riksiral). I
have been told by the person grumbling about our work that New Norse materials always state
somewhere (title page, verso of title page, etc.) that they are in "Nynorsk."
If the printout in hand has an LC class number:
PT7001-7099 = Scandinavian = 839.5 PT7601-8260 = Danish* = 839.81 PT8301-8961
= Norwegian* = 839.82 PT9000-9094 = New Norse* = 839.83 PT9201-9999 = Swedish = 839.7
* All three formerly classed together in 839.8
The language code in the fixed field "Lang" can also be used to identify which literature we are dealing with. The codes are:
dan Danish nor Norwegian (includes Nynorsk) swe Swedish
Many Danish books are published in København (Copenhagen); other places are Århus (Aarhus) and Odense. Most Norwegian books are published in Oslo, formerly called Christiania. Other places are Bergen and Trondheim.
Genre digits are now being added to the base class number. This, plus the use of specific numbers for Danish, Norwegian, and New Norse have been relatively recent changes in UIUC policy. When shelf-listing one must ascertain whether a particular author has already been established without use of the genre digits or even in the undifferentiated number (839.8) for Danish and Norwegian literatures. Continue to use such previously established numbers. For new authors, use the specific literature number with the appropriate genre digit.
If you have difficulty in determining language and/or form, please feel free to consult me about a problem title. If you prefer, you can give Scandinavian materials to me for classification.
892.49 Yiddish literature. Use -08 and -09 for collections and criticism. Do not use literary form divisions (genre #s). Class Yiddish language in 437.947 as in Dewey 19. 839.1 Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old Low Franconian, Old Low German 839.2 Frisian *839.3 Netherlands literatures 839.31 Dutch 839.32 Flemish 839.36 Afrikaans 839.4 Low German (Plattdeutsch) *839.5 Scandinavian literatures 839.6 Old Norse (Old Icelandic) *839.69 Modern Icelandic *839.699 Faeroese *839.7 Swedish *839.8 Danish and Norwegian (all Danish and Norwegian classified before 1980) *839.81 Danish literature (classified beginning 1980, for collections and for individual authors not previously established in the catalog) *839.82 Norwegian literature, Bokmal, Riksmal (classified beginning 1980, for collections and for individual authors not previously established) *839.83 Norwegian literature, Nynorsk, Landsmal (classified beginning 1980, for collections and for individual authors not previously established) *839.9 East Germanic literatures (Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian)
* For classes asterisked above, add to the base number, as appropriate, the following genre numbers:
Poetry 1 Drama 2 Fiction 3 Essays 4 Oratory 5 Letters 6 Satire and humor 7 Mixed prose, miscellany 8
Add, as appropriate, the form divisions -01-09 from Dewey 19 (the precursors to the current Standard Subdivisions), but do not extend beyond the first digit:
Philosophy and theory -01 Dictionaries, etc. -03 Serial publications -05 Organizations and management -06 Study and teaching -07 Collections -08 Criticism, history, and interpretation -09
Anthology of Scandinavian poetry 839.5108 Dictionary of Modern Icelandic literature 839.6903 History and criticism of Swedish drama 839.7209 Collection of Danish or Norwegian literature classed before 1980 839.808 Poetry by individual Danish or Norwegian author classed before 1980 839.81 History and criticism of Danish or Norwegian poetry classed before 1980; but also History and criticism of Danish literature beginning 1980 839.8109 Poetry of an individual Danish author beginning 1980 **839.811 History and criticism of Danish poetry beginning 1980 839.81109 Poetry of an individual Norwegian author (Nynorsk) beginning 1980 **839.831 Drama of an individual Danish or Norwegian author before 1980 839.82 Drama of an individual Danish author beginning 1980 **839.812 Drama of an individual Norwegian author (Nynorsk) beginning 1980 **839.832
** These classes are only for authors not previously established in the catalog;
established authors will retain the earlier classification numbers (i.e., Ibsen: 839.82).
by Bernhard Risberg 839.71
by Anton Blanck 839.71
ed. by Gunnar Harding 839.7108
by Lars Gustafsson (translated into English) 839.7109