<html>
<body>
Will,<br>
The policy we follow in cataloging for the Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library is available at the following Website:
<dl>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/BeinCatM/genre.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.library.yale.edu/BeinCatM/genre.htm</a> <br><br>
</dl>At 12:59 PM 5/22/2007, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite 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: stephen.young@yale.edu</body>
</html>