[Genealib] Cataloging Ethnic Focused Genealogy Books

[Kristen Smith]

Our library has recently started cataloging our genealogy books using
our own cutters based on the ethnic/geographical focus of the book. For
example, the book Finding Italian Roots: The Complete Guide for
Americans by John Phillip Colletta has been assigned the call number
929.1 ITALIAN COL .  Many of these ethnic genealogy guides are fairly
straightforward.  However, we've recently acquired the book Finding Your
Ancestral Village in Slovakia, Czechy, Ukraine, Galicia and Hungary in
the Former Austro-Hungarian Empire by John A. Hudick.  Does anyone have
any advice how to categorize this work?  929.1 SLAVIC HUD?  Or 929.1
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN HUD?  Or 929.1 EASTERN EUROPEAN HUD?  Do other
libraries employ this kind of system to assist patrons browsing the
shelves?  If so, what designations to you use?

 

Thanks!

 

Kristen Newton Smith, M.L.S.

Reference Librarian

Algonquin Area Public Library

2600 Harnish Drive

Algonquin, IL 60102

 

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