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kite · 11-23-2014, 04:53 AM

I'm looking for the experiences of calibre users whose libraries show both tags, and DDCand/orLCC. (Dewey Decimal Code, Library of Congress Code)

I'm currently wanting to have DDC (and LCC as it seems almost no extra work).
But if many people with say +500 non-fiction works don't find it DDC or LCC useful then I'll find something else to dream about.

If you've got both tags and DDC/LCC:

How much use do you make of this metadata both absolutely and relatively?
(If you use tags once a year and LCC twice then I'll be thinking that "twice as much use of LCC as use of tags" isn't worth putting much effort into.

How many non-fiction works are in your calibre library?
(I wonder if DDC/LCC become more useful as non-fiction libraries get larger.)

11-23-2014, 04:53 AM	#1
kite enturbulated Posts: 30 Karma: 130494 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Kobo Aura HD	Calibre users with Dewey and/or LCC and tags: Relative usefulness? I'm looking for the experiences of calibre users whose libraries show both tags, and DDCand/orLCC. (Dewey Decimal Code, Library of Congress Code) I'm currently wanting to have DDC (and LCC as it seems almost no extra work). But if many people with say +500 non-fiction works don't find it DDC or LCC useful then I'll find something else to dream about. If you've got both tags and DDC/LCC: How much use do you make of this metadata both absolutely and relatively? (If you use tags once a year and LCC twice then I'll be thinking that "twice as much use of LCC as use of tags" isn't worth putting much effort into. How many non-fiction works are in your calibre library? (I wonder if DDC/LCC become more useful as non-fiction libraries get larger.)