Cutter-Sanborn notation
The Cutter-Sanborn Notation ( CSN ) is a library classification tool which encodes the last name of an author or a title or other information. When “cutting” a word, its letters are converted into a combination of letters at the beginning of the notation and digits at the end of the notation using an encryption table. This type of notation is often used as a supplement if a basic notation is not individualized enough to be used as a signature in a systematic list. The Cutter-Sanborn notation was developed by Charles Cutter and Kate Emery Sanborn .
development
The original version of the Cutter table developed by Charles Cutter kept one to three first letters of a word and added one to two digits: If a word begins with a consonant (except "S"), the first letter was combined with two digits . For words that begin with a vowel or "S", the two first letters were combined with a number. If the word begins with "Sc", the three initial letters have been supplemented with a number.
This original version of the cutter table proved to be insufficient for larger library collections. So Cutter hired his former assistant, Kate Emery Sanborn, to develop the table further. Sanborn standardized the encryption so that every word is encrypted with its first letter and one to three digits afterwards.
| cutter | Cutter-Sanborn | |
|---|---|---|
| Abbot | Starting at 2 | A131 |
| Anne | An7 | A613 |
| Beard | B34 | B368 |
| Smith | Sm5 | S642 |
| Schopenhauer | Sch6 | S373 |
Application example
The Cutter-Sanborn notation is used, for example, in combination with the Regensburg composite classification (RVK) . In this the notation EC 7120 stands for comic / graphic novel . If there are several comics and graphic novels in the library, the RVK notation can be supplemented with a CS notation. For example, in the graphic novel “ Watchmen ” by Alan Moore, this would look like this : EC 7120 M821 . The initial notation EC 7120 remains and is supplemented by M821 , the "cut" version of the surname Moore. If there are several works by Moore, the notation could in turn be supplemented by a "cut" version of the title, etc.
literature
- Charles Cutter, Kate E. Sanborn: Three-figure author table . Huntting, Chicopee 1969.
- Mohinder Partap Satija: History of Book Numbers. In International Classification , published by the International Society for Knowledge Organization , No. 2, Volume 14, 1987, pp. 70-76.
Web links
- “ Cutterjo ” from the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt for creating a Cutter-Sanborn notation
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mohinder Partap Satija: History of Book Numbers . In: International Society for Knowledge Organization (Ed.): International Classification . tape 14 , no. 2 , 1987, pp. 71 ( ergon-verlag.de [PDF]).
- ^ Taken from: Mohinder Partap Satija: History of Book Numbers . In: International Society for Knowledge Organization (Ed.): International Classification . tape 14 , no. 2 , 1987, pp. 71 ( ergon-verlag.de [PDF]).
- ↑ Generated by the " Cutterjo " of the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.