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APPENDIX E: CUTTER TABLE

This Cutter Table is from page 26 of the "Subject Cataloging Manual : Shelflisting" G 060, rev. 10/06/86.

CALL NUMBER

4. Create the cutter . Determine the filing position of the work and use the Cutter Table and auxilary tables to create the Cutter.

a. Cutter Table .

1. After initial vowels

     for the second letter: b    d    l-m  n    p    r    s-t  u-y
     use number:            2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
   

2. After initial letter S

     for the second letter: a    ch   e    h-i  m-p  t    u    w-z
     use number:            2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
   

3. After the initial letters QU

    
     for the second letter: a    e     i   o    r    t    y
     use number:            3    4    5    6    7    8    9
   

   For initial letters Qa-Qt , use 2-29
   

4. After other initial consonants

     for the second letter: a    e    i    o    r    u    y
     use number:            3    4    5    6    7    8    9
   

5. For expansion

     for the letter:        a-d  e-h  I-l  m-o  p-s  t-v  w-z
     use number:            3    4    5    6    7    8    9
   

   
   

The following examples show cutters that could be used only when the entries already shelflisted conform to the table above. In most cases, the cutters must be adjusted to the file an entry correctly and to allow room for later entries.

Vowels--------------------------|-------S-----------------------------

  IBM            .I26 |    Sadron         .S23    
  Idaho          .l33 |  * Scanlon        .S29
* Llardo         .l4  |    Schreiber      .S37    
* Import         .l48 |  * Shillingburg   .S53    
  Inman          .I56 |  * Singer         .S57    
  Ipswich        .l67 |    Stinson        .S75    
* Ito            .I87 |    Suranyi        .S87    
  lvy            .I94 |    Symposium      .S96    

Q---------------------------------|------Consonants----------------

* Qadduri        .Q23 |    Campbell       .C36
* Qiao           .Q27 |    Ceccaldi       .C43
  Quade          .Q33 |  * Chertok        .C48
  Queiroz        .Q45 |  * Clark          .C58
  Quinn          .Q56 |    Cooblestone    .C63
  Quorum         .Q67 |    Cryer          .C79
  Qutub          .Q88 |    Cuellar        .C84
* Qvortrup       .Q97 |    Cymbal         .C96

*These cutters reflect the adjustments made to allow for a range of letters on the table, e.g., l-m , or for letters not explicitly stated, e.g., h after an inital consonant.