News and announcements

27 Apr 2010	A symposium Bridging the class(ification) divide: the new DDC languages and retrieval possibilities will be held at the Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. A programme is available. A registration form with further information is available.
26 Apr 2010	The fourth annual EDUG meeting will be held at the Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. An agenda is 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. Unapproved 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.