Re: Call No. For DVD movies based on printed titles

John is correct in that feature films don't seem to have a dedicated 
classification arrangement.
We keep the feature films behind the counter in closed stacks so 
accession numbers are fine.  The AV dept did change the accession number 
for films about seven years ago, from the old VC number (for 
videocassettes) to FF and a number.    We have little need to class 
them, but as my earlier post indicated, the other campus wanted LC call 
numbers for everything in the video recording collections, so PN1997 & 
PN1997.2.  They do keep the feature films behind the desk, so even there 
the need is minimal to classify them.   Feature films can be divided 
into genres, but sometimes the genre is unclear but the title is the 
main thing so they are in fact arranged by title.

bob mead-donaldson
florida international university

Myers, John F. wrote:
> Neither LCC nor DDC address the classification of feature films in a
> very satisfactory fashion.
>
> Many LCC libraries co-opt the screenplay class numbers (PN1997/PN1997.2)
> to serve their needs.  As others have posted, it is also not uncommon to
>
>   

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