Hi Trina,

Great question! This was a topic of some conversation at ALA MAGIRT meetings last summer, and perhaps some of the people who were there will share their thoughts here too. As I recall, the consensus, to the extent there was one, was that LC G-schedule classification allows more granularity and is easier to use, but that ultimately it's up to the institution to decide what works best for them.

As for myself, working at a public library with a large map collection, we've had some internal conversations about this. LC was being used when I arrived, and I agree completely with that. Our genealogy maps were classified DDC, but we're starting to move away from that. It'll take time to reclassify things, and being in a public library I'm happy to share offline more specifics of our thinking if you'd like.

Full confession, showing my Colorado bias, I first saw UNCG as 'University of Northern Colorado - Greeley', but I suspect that's not where you're studying. lol

Best wishes on your capstone project!

Craig