[DCRM-L] Subdividing Genre Headings.

[Robert Maxwell]

At BYU, for LCSH terms we follow the subdivision rules for LCSH, with the exception that we allow subdivision by period (century) even though in regular subject rules you would normally have to interpose "--History--[period]"--"History" doesn't make sense in the context of genre/form. If a period subdivision has already been worked out for LCSH (as with literature genre headings, e.g., Japanese poetry--1185-1600) we use that as is. For other thesauri we allow all headings to be subdivided by place and period (century), if it makes sense.

Bob


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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.
 
Most of the terms from other thesauri, RBMS as well as AAT, &c., we do
not subdivide at all.
 
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.
 

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This looks great.
 
Thanks!
 
Will

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Will,
The policy we follow in cataloging for the Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library is available at the following Website: 

http://www.library.yale.edu/BeinCatM/genre.htm 



At 12:59 PM 5/22/2007, you wrote:



Speaking of genre headings.

We are in the process of reviewing how we subdivide some of the genre
headings that we use. 
Would anybody on the list be willing to share their practices?

Thanks in advance.

Best,

Will

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