National Library of New Zealand staff have created the following collection of tutorials for in-house training, and we are making these available to other libraries. The training programme requires no prior knowledge of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Tutorials can be used by a trainer to introduce the principles of Web Dewey to new cataloguers, or cataloguers can work through these at their own pace, or select which tutorial seems most relevant. Each module takes approximately an hour.

All tutorials are based on the WebDewey interface of version 23 of the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

• Session 1: Introduction to DDC 
  Principles of classification, the main parts of DDC 23, how to classify, the relative index, principles of hierarchy, the concept of  disciplines, interdisciplinary numbers, and comprehensive works
  
  
• Session 2: Introduction to number building and standard subdivisions 
  Table 1 standard subdivisions, basic principles of number building, and rules about zeroes, and tables of preference
  
  
• Session 3: Table 2 subdivisions, and history and geography 
  An introduction to geographic subdivisions, and to the 900 class
  
  
• Session 4:  Advanced number building 
  The concepts of ‘approximating the whole’, ‘class here’ & ‘including’ notes
  
  
• Session 5: Classifying literary works by a single author 
  An introduction to the 800s, Table 3, and Table 3A
  
  
• Session 6a: Classifying literary works by more than one author 
  An introduction to Table 3B and Table 3C
  
  
• Session 6b: Additional notes relating to literature and rhetoric 
  Extra notes and examples, including rhetoric and creative writing, collections of works from multiple literatures, and Māori and Pacific literatures
  
  
• Session 6c: Extra practice exercises from Table 3B 
  Practice exercises and model answers
  
  
• Session 7: Language, linguistics, nationalities, and ethnic groups 
  An introduction to the 400s, and tables 4, 5 and 6
  
  
• Session 8: Classifying law and legal materials 
  An introduction to the 340s

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