News and announcements

16 Sep 2011 A half-day seminar on Dewey in Scotland : the Dewey Decimal Classification and Scotland's information environment will be held at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. The event is free. Details and registration information are available.
8 Apr 2011 The fifth annual EDUG meeting was held at the Kungliga biblioteket - National Library of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden. An agenda is available.
7 Apr 2011 A symposium The Dewey journey in Europe – a case study of classification in the 21st century was held at the Kungliga biblioteket - National Library of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden. The presentations, programme, and further information on the conference is available.
27 Apr 2010 A symposium Bridging the class(ification) divide: the new DDC languages and retrieval possibilities was held at the Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. Presentations are available.
26 Apr 2010 The fourth annual EDUG meeting was held at the Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. Minutes of the meeting are available.
22 Feb 2010 The EDUG Technical Issues Working Group launched an online survey of applications of the DDC to help EDUG to plan its activities, including seminars, and determine priorities for technical development.
28 Apr 2009 A symposium Dewey goes Europe: on the use and development of DDC in European libraries was held at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, Austria. A programme is available.
27 Apr 2009 The third annual EDUG meeting was held at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, Austria. Minutes of the meeting are available.
12 Aug 2008 The first meeting of EDUG 930: Archaeology Working Group was held during the World Library and Information Congress 2008, at the Hilton Hotel, Conference Centre, Québec City, Canada, from 10.30-12.30. An agenda, discussion paper, and report of the meeting are available. Meetings of EDUG 340: Law Working Group and EDUG 370: Education Working Group were also held at the same time.
Aug 2008 New perspectives on subject indexing and classification: essays in honour of Magda Heiner-Freiling (ISBN: 978-3-933641-99-1) was published by Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
9 Apr 2008 The second annual EDUG meeting was held at the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Minutes of the meeting are available.
12 Jun 2007 The inaugural meeting of the European DDC Users Group was held at the Swiss National Library in Bern, Switzerland. Minutes of the meeting are available. There is also a report of the meeting on the Dewey blog.