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Generally, SSEES cutters are only letters and are the first three letters of the author’s name, or title .There are also many specific uses of cutters to classify materials instead of or in addition to the normal filing cutter as well as classmarks where there is no cutter; check the schedules for instances of this. Follow previous usage if necessary to promote colocation of editions, etc. Break conventions, if considered necessary, to distinguish between too many books at the same place. (never an editor's name). Cutters can also be used to bring out subjects when a book is about a particular person; this is then followed by a second cutter for the author or title.
Procedure for Assigning a Cutter
Author main entry. First three letters of first author’s family name.
Edited work . First three letters of first editor’s family name. No or no obvious author or editor. First three letters of title, ignoring initial articles.
Some specific cases:
Mac and Mc names. Use the form of name used in the heading, so MacDonald would be MAC, and McDonald would be MCD. Do not standardise or add additional letters.
Two letter names. Use the two letter name as is, e.g. Ng would be NG. Literary works by an author where the stem of the classmark is the number for that author's works, do not take a cutter. e.g. At ENGLISH Q 25 works by Bernard Shaw will not take a cutter, but critical works about Shaw’s writings would take the cutter of the author/editor.
Works in any field about a particular person. Use a cutter for the the person who is the subject of the work followed by a second cutter for the author or title, e.g. for a work about Dostoevsky by Smith, use DOS SMI.