CANADIAN DOCUMENTS
LOCALLY-ASSIGNED CALL NUMBERS
Use these guidelines to assign local Canadian document classification
numbers when a number is not printed on the piece or is not available
on an OCLC record. When a number is available for an earlier title of
a serial, continue to use that number for later titles unless a different
number has been assigned by Canada Government Publishing.
For all numbers established according to these guidelines, do not
add an "x" to indicate a locally-assigned government documents
classification number.
These guidelines are based in part on a scheme suggested by Canada
Government Publishing in 1984. This local adaptation of the suggested
scheme calls for numbers based on a major government division and ignores
subordinate bodies under those divisions.
Guidelines
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Refer to the list of one or two letter class codes with
corresponding government divisions. Base number on the highest
government division. If two divisions of equal ranking are
mentioned, base the number on the first-named.
- For serials, use [class code] 101-[sequential number]/
Example: A101-1/
- For numbered monographic series, use
[class code] 104-[sequential number]/[series number on piece].
Use when cataloged as one record or individually.
Example for individually cataloged titles:
EnlO4-1/C2063
Example for titles cataloged as a single record:
EnlO4-lc/ $v [series no.]
- For other monographs, use
[class code] 108-[sequential number/ [year of publication].
For numbers assigned by Acquisitions, add an "a" after the
sequential number. For numbers assigned by Cataloging,
add an "c" after the sequential number.
Examples:
SC108-la/1993
SC108-1b/1993
The numbers which are assigned locally will fall after Canadian
Government Publishing numbers for each major government division
making it possible to identify and change local numbers at a
later date.
Last updated 8/1/95