MR. DEWEY’S RULES FOR A CARD CATALOGUE.

• Mr. Dewey’s Rules for a card catalogue, printed in No. 2 of the Library notes, pp. 111–124, and reprinted as Columbia catalog rules, Boston, 1888, and again as Library School rules, Boston, 1889, “except for the enlargements, differ from the A. L. A. rules,” he says, “only in the following points:
  • We enter always under real name, omitting the exception that some books may go under pseudonyms. [Not Eliot, G., but Lewes or Cross.]  (1e
  • We follow the rule recommended as best in Cutter’s rules No. 40, putting under the name of the place local and municipal societies, though the corporate name may not begin with that word.  (1s
  • We give cities in their vernacular form instead of in English. [Wien, not Vienna.]  (2f
  • We do not capitalize common nouns in German, but follow the rule of the Library of Congress. [Wahrheit und dichtung.]  (5m
  • We give place and date at the end of the imprint entries instead of after edition, thus following the L. A. U. K. and Bodleian rules, the A. L. A. minority report, and the Library of Congress in putting those most important items in the most prominent place, instead of burying them back of minor items.
  • We give edition in English rather than in the language of the title, [Ed. 2, not 2^e Aufl.]  (4c
  • We use Arabic figures for all numerals, unless Roman are used on the title after names of rulers and popes.” [Charles 1, Leo 13.]  (9b