- Travel guides are defined as titles falling in the 913-919 range of DDC.
- Treat works published in the 910-912 range as regular non-fiction (e.g. World travel guides).
- Tourist travel guides are catalogued as monographs, with a separate bibliographic record for each new edition of a title.
- As of Nov. 6, 2023, when cataloguing travel guides, the main entry from the 245 $a will be used for cuttering and no authors/contributors will be entered in the 245 $c.
- No 1XX fields will be created.
- Accept vendor 245 construction and cuttering as-is, unless there is an egregious error which will impact customer discovery.
09X Dates
- Date is added to Dewey number after the cutter, e.g.
092 \\ 914.504 ITA 2023
245 00 Italy 2023.
- For revised editions if EPL has earlier edition(s) in its DDC classified collection. Add even if main entry differs resulting in different cutters or Dewey number has changed between editions
- For travel guides (whether tourist guides (914-919) or residential guides (940-990).
- Do not add dates to an author’s travelogue, travel diary or blog, etc.
09X DDC Travel/Geography
[913-919] Geography of and travel in specific continents, countries, localities
- Use up to 8 digits if required.
- No chronological divisions are used for monographs.
- Add date of coverage/publication to travel guides in monograph format, including both print and videorecordings.
092 \\ 918.304 CHI 2023
245 00 Chile & Rapa Nui (Easter Island) 2023.
264 \1 Carlton, Victoria, Australia :$bLonely Planet,$c2023.
246 Alternate Titles
- When Lonely Planet or Moon appears at the top of the title page, include a 246 in the record for Lonely Planet/Moon + title, e.g.,
245 00 Montréal & Québec City 2022.
246 3\ Lonely Planet guidebooks.$pMontréal & Québec City
246 3\ Montréal and Québec City
490/830 Series Statements
Series statements that duplicate information in the 246 fields are accepted as supplied by the vendor.
Sample Travel Guide Bibliographic Records:
Last revised: Sep. 20, 2024