Classifying the Popular Music of Trinidad and Tobago

The classification of Caribbean popular music poses problems to cataloguers. The paper discusses the problems which have been encountered by cataloguers in Trinidad and Tobago using Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and Library of Congress Classification (LCC). Some of the creative solutions adopted to circumvent these issues are discussed. Further, the paper offers recommendations on howthe relevant sections of the classification schemes can be amended to provide for Trinidad and Tobago as well as Caribbean popular music