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removed "...mostly in New England" from "The Cutter Expansive Classification, although adopted by comparatively few libraries, mostly in New England" and added citation to article that states "As of 2002, EC remains the primary classification scheme in four libraries: Charleston Library Society, Charleston, SouthCarolina; Forbes Library, Northampton, Massachusetts; Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke, Massachusetts; and Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Illinois" |
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</ref> Cutter completed and published an introduction and schedules for the first six classifications of his new system ([https://books.google.com/books?id=L10oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Expansive Classification: Part I: The First Six Classifications'']), but his work on the seventh was interrupted by his death in 1903.<ref>LaMontagne, Leo E. ''American Library Classification: With Special Reference to the Library of Congress''. Hamden, CT, Shoe String Press. 1961, p. 210.</ref>
The Cutter Expansive Classification, although adopted by comparatively few libraries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journals.ala.org/index.php/lrts/article/viewFile/5419/6654|title=The Contracting World of Cutter's Expansive Classification|last=Winke|first=R. Conrad|date=2013|website=American Library Association
<blockquote>Cutter produced the best classification of the nineteenth century. While his system was less "scientific" than that of [[J. P. Lesley]], its other key features – notation, specificity, and versatility – make it deserving of the praise it has received.<ref>LaMontagne, Leo E. ''American Library Classification: With Special Reference to the Library of Congress''. Hamden, CT, Shoe String Press. 1961, p. 215</ref></blockquote>
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Initial letters Qa–Qt are assigned Q2–Q29, while entries beginning with numerals have a Cutter number A12–A19, therefore sorting before the first A entry.<ref>{{cite web|title=LC Cutter Tables |url=http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/tables/lccutter.htm |website=Queen Elizabeth II Libraries |publisher=Memorial University of Newfoundland |accessdate=14 August 2014 |
So to make the three digit Cutter number for "Cutter", you would start with "C", then looking under ''other consonants'', find that "u" gives the number 8, and under ''additional letters'', "t" is 8, giving a Cutter number of "C88".
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