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[–]ClockworkZombie 8 points9 points  (3 children)

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Dewey decimal is outdated, brah. LOC is way more flexible and probably better suited to cataloging such unique materials.

[–]ogami1972 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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Suggestion taken...actually, the american in me likes the idea of being classified by the LOC. Do you have a link I should research to find my number, or should I just google it?

[–]cdntux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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[–]librarianzrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Many small public and even academic libraries in the U.S. still use Dewey, btw. Especially in New England.

[–]carknerd 15 points16 points  (4 children)

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I'd be more impressed if you got a MARC record tattoo including physical description and provenance.

[–]MikeBabaguh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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I'm about halfway done with library school and I got a huge smile on my face when I understood this.

[–]ergotron 0 points1 point  (2 children)

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MARC? I respectfully suggest that this is an inane idea. However, it's your life.

[–]carknerd 3 points4 points  (1 child)

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Too late, already got the tattoo after being drunk at a cataloguer's convention.

[–]ergotron -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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Well, at least you don't sound like my cataloging department. Please don't adamantly refuse to learn anything new when you get older.

[–]kodemage 3 points4 points  (4 children)

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The last 3 letters should be the first three letters of your last name.

Say you were a serial killer named John Smith. Your dewey number would be 364.1523 Smi. Also, ~092 is for books about a specific person and it can be added to pretty much any other number.

Personally I'd go with something like 004 for computer science, 621 for applied physics, or 735 for sculpture.

[–]ogami1972 1 point2 points  (2 children)

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I've been thinking about this all day at work, the idea being to determine "what I am about". I have come up with:

  • Music

  • Politics

  • Community Service/ Social Services (I am big into community affairs, work for a non-profit, etc)

Ok, so last three letters I got, and I think I have my "subject". I just need some help with the numbers.

[–]kodemage 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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[damn it I typed a long comment and then reloaded the page by accident.

3 points:

  1. Music: 781[ or 2], 781.092 for a musician
  2. Politics: 320, 320.092 for a politician
  3. Social issues: ~305 or 360s,

if you can expand on non-profit/social service/Community Service I can find a more exact number for the issue you care about. If you care about homelessness for example I can say look int the 362's.

[–]ogami1972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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I work for Goodwill, am working towards working with disadvantaged kids, helping them get their GED and get a good job, etc. (I was a street kid in the mid and late eighties, and I want to pass on how I got out).

I am also really into music. Really. Like, you know how everyone has that friend that is really into music? I am much more into music than that guy. Was a dj for several years, ran a department that taught our clients to use the latest in computer music software, sings (amateur) almost constantly, in front of people. Sometimes, in the morning, I burst into improv musical-style singing in the front yard.

My ideal government would be a utopian socialist society with light fascism. I would like to see, for instance, there only being 3 types of car, issued to each driver, by the government, the child rearing performed by the state, extensive taxes coupled with the the concept of private business abolished, and all production handled by the state. I just want everyone to play by the rules, and everyone to have everything they need, and no one to be sad or desperate or feel less than the people around them.

edit: Ha! you reloaded, I accidentally hit "save" before I was done! Anyway, that sums me up. Let me know if you have any ideas, and thanks!

[–]librarianzrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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You could always go with Cutter Numbers...

[–]JediLibrarian 1 point2 points  (3 children)

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What are some key ways you would describe yourself? Ethnicity, nationality, gender, hobbies, etc? What year were you born in?

[–]ogami1972 0 points1 point  (2 children)

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I thought about it most of the day, and came up with Music, Politics, and service to the community. I was born in 1972, am a 4th generation Texan, male, with hobbies including ...shit, I don't have any hobbies, just work, really. Any ideas?

[–]JediLibrarian 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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So History of Texas would be 976.4. Music depends on the time period, but 780 is the start. Politics in the US is 320.97.

As you can see,there are several choices. We librarians often have hard choices on how to choose just one call number for a book, too

[–]ogami1972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Thanks!

[–]cheeseplz 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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Is there any reason you chose Dewey over Library of Congress? Just curious!

[–]ogami1972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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This idea actually stems from one of my favorite songs ("Fiction", by The Lucksmiths).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuTM2f1PgQc

[–]himtoo 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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Anatomy/physiology Depending where you get the tattoo will determine the lettering and, H for human Of course

[–]ogami1972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Upper left bicep, old typewriter font. I suppose I could get it on the bottom of my leg to replicate the "I am a book" angle, but my legs are pretty covered. The upper left bicep is the only blank appendage I have (that I show in public).

Thanks for the suggestion! All suggestions are welcome; it will most likely take a bit of time to settle on the number, so keep the suggestions coming!

[–]awprettybird 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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126 and the first 3 letters of your last name.

[–]ogami1972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Good suggestion! Thank you!

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    [–]ogami1972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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    hmm...that might be an ok idea. "If I were a book, what book would I be?" Thanks!
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