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The Expansive Classification uses seven separate schedules, each designed to be used by libraries of different sizes. After the first, each schedule was an expansion of the previous one,<ref>Miksa, Francis L., ed. ''Charles Ammi Cutter: Library Systematizer". Littleton, CO, Libraries Unlimited. 1977, p. 58.</ref> and Cutter provided instructions for how a library might change from one expansion to another as it grows.<ref>Cutter, C. A. [https://books.google.com/books?id=L10oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Expansive Classification: Part I: The First Six Classifications'']. Boston, C. A. Cutter. 1891–93, p. 21–23.</ref>

==Summary of the Expansive Classification Schedulesschedules==

===First Classificationclassification===

The first classification is meant for only the very smallest libraries. The first classification has only seven top level classes, and only eight classes in all.

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* '''YF''' [[Outline of fiction|Fiction]]

===Further Classificationsclassifications===

Further expansions add more top level classes and subdivisions. Many subclasses arranged systematically, with common divisions, such as those by geography and language, following a consistent system throughout.<ref>https://archive.org/details/cu31924092476229</ref>

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On the third line a capital Y indicates a work about the author or book represented by the first two lines, and a capital E (for English&mdash;other letters are used for other languages) indicates a translation into English. If both criticism and translation apply to a single title, the number expands into four lines.

=== Cutter Numbersnumbers (Cutter Codescodes) ===

{{Expand section|examples and additional citations|date=August 2011}}

One of the features adopted by other systems, including Library of Congress, is the Cutter number. It is an alphanumeric device to code text so that it can be arranged in alphabetical order using the fewest characters. It contains one or two initial letters and Arabic numbers, treated as a decimal. To construct a Cutter number, a cataloguer consults a Cutter table as required by the classification rules. Although Cutter numbers are mostly used for coding the names of authors, the system can be used for titles, subjects, geographic areas, and more.

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! || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9

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| S || a || ch || e || h-ih–i || m-pm–p || t || u || w-zw–z

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| Qu || || a || e || i || o || r || t || y

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| other consonants || || a || e || i || o || r || u || y

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| vowels || b || d || l-ml–m || n || p || r || s-ts–t || u-yu–y

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| additional letters || || a-da–d || e-he–h || i-li–l || m-om–o || p-sp–s || t-vt–v || w-zw–z

|}

Initial letters Qa-QtQa–Qt are assigned Q2-Q29Q2–Q29, while entries beginning with numerals have a Cutter number A12-A19A12–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 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814173419/http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/tables/lccutter.htm |archivedate=14 August 2014 |df= }}</ref>

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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* Cutter, Charles A. ''Rules for a Dictionary Catalog''. W. P. Cutter, ed. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. London: The Library Association, 1962.

* Cutter, William Parker. ''Charles Ammi Cutter''. Chicago: American Library Association, 1931. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1969.

* Foster, William E. "Charles Ammi Cutter: A Memorial Sketch". ''Library Journal'' 28 (1903): 697-704697–704.

* Hufford, Jon R. "The Pragmatic Basis of Catalog Codes: Has the User Been Ignored?". ''Cataloging and Classification Quarterly'' 14 (1991): 27-3827–38.

* Immroth, John Philip. "Cutter, Charles Ammi". ''Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science''. [[Allen Kent]] and Harold Lancour, ed. 47 vols. New York, M. Dekker [1968-1968– ]

* LaMontagne, Leo E. ''American Library Classification: With Special Reference to the Library of Congress''. Hamden, CT, Shoe String Press. 1961.

*Slavis, Dobrica. "CUTT-x: An Expert System for Automatic Assignment of Cutter Numbers". ''Cataloging and Classification Quarterly''. Vol 22, no. 2, 1996.

* Tauber, Maurice F., and Edith Wise. "Classification Systems". [[Ralph R. Shaw (Librarian)|Ralph R. Shaw]], ed.. ''The State of the Library Art''. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers U. Graduate School of Library Service, 1961. 1-5281–528.

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