Oclc Dewey Cutter Program V1 10.6 May 2026

OCLC Dewey Cutter Program is a specialized software utility used by librarians and catalogers to automatically generate Cutter numbers for the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system. Software Overview

• Normalize input: remove punctuation (unless rule retained), normalize case, expand or strip diacritics per config.
• Identify primary entry (surname or title) and apply Cutter table mapping.
• Generate numeric Cutter segment based on leading letters and follow‑on characters.
• Append decimal or secondary Cutter elements for name collisions or works by same author.

Download Package

: The official installable executable typically presents as cutter110.exe .

• Main text field – “Enter text to cutter”
• Cutter output field – read-only result
• Option checkboxes:

  Conclusion

  The program strictly follows Dewey/OCLC tables, not the Library of Congress Cutter table (which is more granular). This can cause conflicts if a library mixes Dewey and LC Cutters.