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: dtal, DocAPC, thoms029, GPappadopoulis, LenFlack, lakanta, dilsiam, ousia, nineta, Justin-brown, boogzer, Iconida, VesnaC, lasses, lunajada, gangleri, talotikky, hexram, Ariell, sbasch, nadifo, melmore, jlmilligan, matchis, SassyBrit, emelyj, RSard, clutter, TruthSeeker, AllanMirwis540 total

Created: Jul 8, 2008 by timspalding; Language: English

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