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<DIV><SPAN class=781145017-22052007><FONT color=#0000ff>At the Folger, we
subdivide Genre Terms indirectly by place of publication (or of event, as in an
auction or lecture or sermon), and then by year. However, I am seriously
reconsidering the wisdom of using the year rather than a century to subdivide.
Since the whole string is a heading, and most opacs give results by
headings first, then by titles within those headings. Having the term
splintered into headings that contain just a few records is actually a lot more
difficult to browse. As far as the place of publication goes, a good many of
them are "England--London" or "Italy--Venice" so that doesn't create the same
problem of broken headings.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=781145017-22052007><FONT color=#0000ff>Most of the terms from
other thesauri, RBMS as well as AAT, &c., we do not subdivide at
all.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=781145017-22052007><FONT color=#0000ff>We will be re-evaluating
this practice, along with all of our other practices and policies, with our new
curator of books comes on board. I would be happy to hear what others do,
and even more so, why; what seems to work and what doesn't.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'">______________________________________________________<BR>Deborah
J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<BR>Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee<BR>Head
of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library<BR>201 East Capitol St., S.E.,
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Will Evans<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 22 May, 2007 13:33<BR><B>To:</B> 'DCRM
Revision Group List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DCRM-L] Subdividing Genre
Headings.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=364133217-22052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>This looks
great.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=364133217-22052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=364133217-22052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Thanks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=364133217-22052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Will</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <B>On Behalf
Of </B>Stephen R. Young<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:29
PM<BR><B>To:</B> DCRM Revision Group List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DCRM-L]
Subdividing Genre Headings.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Will,<BR>The policy we
follow in cataloging for the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is
available at the following Website:
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<DD><A href="http://www.library.yale.edu/BeinCatM/genre.htm"
eudora="autourl">http://www.library.yale.edu/BeinCatM/genre.htm</A>
<BR><BR></DD></DL>At 12:59 PM 5/22/2007, you wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Speaking of genre
headings.<BR><BR>We are in the process of reviewing how we subdivide some
of the genre<BR>headings that we use. <BR>Would anybody on the list be
willing to share their practices?<BR><BR>Thanks in
advance.<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>Will<BR><BR>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<BR>Will
Evans<BR>Rare Materials Catalog Librarian<BR>Biography & History
Bibliographer<BR>Boston Athenaeum<BR>10 1/2 Beacon Street<BR>Boston, MA
02108<BR> <BR>Telephone: (617) 227-0270, ext. 243<BR>Fax: (617)
227-5266<BR><A href="http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/"
eudora="autourl">http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/</A><BR> <BR>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP><BR>Stephen R. Young<BR>Rare Book Team Leader<BR>Catalog and
Metadata Services<BR>Sterling Memorial Library<BR>Box 208240<BR>New Haven,
CT 06520-8240<BR><BR>Tel.: 203-432-8385<BR>Fax: 203-432-7231<BR><BR>E-mail:
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