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Build the Open Shelves Classification

Description: I hereby invite you to join the Open Shelves Classification (OSC), a free, "humble," modern, open-source, crowd-sourced replacement for the Dewey Decimal System.

Much of the work here is being done on the Open Shelves Classification Wiki, a sub-wiki of the LibraryThing Wiki.

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Most recent members: rouzejp, Jo-AnneVandermeulen, AntoineMDevine, Shoofly, Anne51, psmithhowe, maddy14, LibraryKev, duanewilliams, windmoonclayton, dannybrown76, ScanningDarkly, roma_boy, lizzietaylor1099, cmyers84, the_bastard, TBergen, SASGeek, jennagirl, LouisvilleMetro, echoui, TraceyRolfe, dtal, DocAPC, thoms029, GPappadopoulis, LenFlack, lakanta, dilsiam, ousia — 560 total

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Topics		messages	Last message
Travel & Geography		6	otylya, November 23
Autobiography vs Memoir		6	sueone, October 17
Results?		11	mattsya, September 24
Dissertations		1	AllanMirwis, September 15
Music		45	yue, September 10
Paranormal & Occult		5	alijaybee, September 6
Design		12	yue, September 3
Add a LT field for a classification other than DDC or LC??		2	westher, August 24
Atlases, Books of quotations etc.		12	nautilus_library, July 14
Top-level categories		303	TheIronRose, July 10
Open shelves?		17	TheIronRose, July 10
How should the optional facet be used?		15	TheIronRose, July 10
Linguistics and Languages Top Level Category		2	polutropon, June 22
OSC gets leaders: Welcome David and Laena		8	quyet, June 5
Art -> Art and Design		22	quyet, June 5
Shelf-order: How important is that to you?		20	oldfolkgc, May 27
Archaeology?		16	oldfolkgc, May 27
History		77	Munchkinguy, May 25
Religion		110	BarkingMatt, May 12
How Dewey works		20	vpfluke, May 10
Economics		23	vpfluke, May 10
..... Tomorrow, the World!		2	ClassifyThis, May 3
Art		59	abbottthomas, May 3
Proposed Lower Levels		24	DeusExLibrus, April 27
Things That Don't Fit in the Current Top-Level Model		41	Munchkinguy, April 17
Film & Television		40	comfypants, April 17
A LITERATURE top-level... do we need it?		107	comfypants, April 16
Anthropology& Sociology		5	comfypants, April 10
Performing Arts		7	comfypants, April 10
General Knowledge		6	sqdancer, April 10
Biography & Autobiography		55	Halieus, April 10
Science		34	vpfluke, April 7
Fiction		49	vpfluke, April 7
More Leaders Needed!		5	cyderry, April 7
What is this?		8	imbibo, April 5
Agriculture		6	ElijahMeeks, April 4
Humor		18	abbottthomas, March 22
Politics & Government		3	conners, March 20
Sports & Recreation		11	conners, March 20
Poetry		8	conners, March 20
Philosophy		16	conners, March 20
Mathematics		11	conners, March 20
Computers		13	conners, March 20
Career		3	conners, March 20
Food & Drink		10	conners, March 20
Literary Criticism		6	conners, March 20
Business		6	conners, March 20
Pets		34	conners, March 20
Antiques & Collectibles		10	conners, March 20
Languages & Linguistics		13	conners, March 20
Self-Help		10	conners, March 20
Issue with Pets and Science as top level categories.		10	conners, March 20
Law		10	conners, March 20
Gardening		5	conners, March 20
Findability vs. Accuracy		15	conners, March 20
Raise your hand if you're a librarian		99	conners, March 20
Wiki Edits		10	conners, March 20
OSC Process		43	conners, March 20
Category analysis		6	astherest, February 28
Family & Relationships		5	astherest, February 26
Health & Fitness		5	jlelliott, February 25
Guidelines for Second-Level Categories		1	ssd7, February 25
Architecture		9	BarkingMatt, February 24
Crafts & Hobbies		3	kd9, February 23
Politics, Political Science, Current Events		19	laena, February 23
Fiction and poetry		42	laena, February 23
Art, architecture		81	laena, February 23
Biography, Autobiography, Memoir		41	laena, February 23
Education		1	laena, February 23
House & Home		1	laena, February 23
Psychology		1	laena, February 23
Technology & Engineering		1	laena, February 23
True Crime		1	laena, February 23
OSC Testing begins...		312	laena, February 17
Bogus books		20	IaaS, February 13
Searching top-level categories on public library catalogues - Vent your frustration!		1	winniek1, February 8
OSC Testing Begins ... (#2)		209	cmbohn, February 8
What about nature?		20	laena, February 2
Extrapolating classification from work tags		7	laena, February 2
What about Children's books?		18	laena, February 2
Test results?		6	andyl, February 2
Science and Technology top-levels		10	laena, February 2
A proposed outline for fiction		71	laena, February 2
What are the limits of "Comics"?		44	Alixtii, February 2
Intended readership		4	KingRat, January 23
Journalism category?		4	pwaak, January 22
trivia		12	KingRat, January 22
Selecting Multiple books at one time for OSC?		6	njtrout, January 20
Where did it end?		4	timspalding, January 20
True seredipity		3	beatles1964, August 2008
Put facets to rest already		8	lubetzky, August 2008
Numerals, letters?		64	TheLibraryhag, August 2008
Summary proposal #1		38	ninjapenguin, August 2008
Classical classification stumbling blocks		101	nautilus_library, August 2008
The King is dead, long live the king		15	kiwimac, August 2008
Response to blog comment		11	laena, August 2008
Open Shelves Classification: The Kickoff		77	nautilus_library, August 2008
The first level		39	Tricoteuse, July 2008
License?		10	glendac, July 2008
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