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<p class="MsoNormal">Forwarding for those of you who care about $v in general!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">andrea<span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">(Ms.) Andrea Cawelti<br>
Ward Music Cataloger<br>
Houghton Library<br>
Harvard University<br>
Cambridge, MA 02138<br>
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Phone: (617) 998-5259</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">FAX: (617) 495-1376<br>
E-mail: </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:cawelti@fas.harvard.edu"><span lang="FR">cawelti@fas.harvard.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Explore the complex history of composer Edmond Dédé and his opera,
<i>Morgiane</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#548235;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/arts/music/edmond-dede-morgiane-opera.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/arts/music/edmond-dede-morgiane-opera.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#548235;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Member of the Encoding Standards subcommittee</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#548235;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Music Library Association, Cataloging and Metadata Committee</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Houghton Library is currently open to the public, 10-5, Monday-Friday.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">For more information, please contact us:
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0579B8;background:#FAFAFA;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:houghton_library@harvard.edu"><span style="color:#0579B8">houghton_library@harvard.edu</span></a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Tomaras<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 27, 2025 10:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> PCCLIST@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [PCCLIST] ALA Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) Working Group Opposing the Removal of $v (Form Subdivisions) from Subject Headings in "Modern MARC" is looking for members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(Apologies in advance for cross-posting.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The ALA Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) Working Group Opposing the Removal of $v (Form Subdivisions) from Subject Headings in "Modern MARC" (apologies for the long group name!)
is looking for members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">This working group will promote awareness of the Library of Congress policy to not include $v (form subdivisions) in subject headings as part of "modern MARC"; and will advocate
for a reversal of that policy and retention of $v. Particular attention will be paid to investigating the effects of this change for non-academic libraries, articulating the usefulness of $v for users, and highlighting the negative impacts of the loss of this
subfield.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We're hoping for feedback from as broad a swath of libraries as possible: whether your library knew that the Library of Congress would be removing $v from subject headings for new
records; the utility of subjects with $v for your patrons; what the impact of this change is for your patrons (in the catalog, in reference work, etc.); whether you have the resources/ability to add back missing $v information if you think it's important for
your patrons; and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">And we'd love anyone interested to join the group! You don't have to be a SAC member to participate. Broad library membership and advocacy might be useful here, to best advocate
for a reversal of the policy and the retention of $v in subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Anyone interested, please contact working group chair Deborah Tomaras (<a href="mailto:Deborah.Tomaras@marist.edu" title="Deborah.Tomaras@marist.edu">Deborah.Tomaras@marist.edu</a>).
Thanks in advance for considering joining and/or giving feedback to help out!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Deborah Tomaras (she/her)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">James A. Cannavino Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Marist University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">3399 North Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Poughkeepsie, NY 12601<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:Deborah.Tomaras@marist.edu"><span style="color:black">Deborah.Tomaras@marist.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(845) 575-3000 x2408<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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