[DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS Thesaurus Work?

dooleyj dooleyj at oclc.org
Thu May 26 13:31:19 MDT 2011


John, the RBMS terminologies (or at least Genre Terms) *are* in the
Terminologies Services--or at least they were last I knew. Copying Susan
Westberg, who manages that, so she can weigh in. -Jackie

-- 
Jackie Dooley
Program Officer
OCLC Research

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> From: John Attig <jxa16 at psu.edu>
> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 15:20:13 -0400
> To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> Cc: OCLC Dooley <dooleyj at oclc.org>, "Gabel,Linda" <gabell at oclc.org>,
> "Patton,Glenn" <pattong at oclc.org>
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS Thesaurus
> Work?
> 
> 
> I was looking for examples of genre/form terms in various thesauri, and
> one of the sources I consulted was the OCLC Terminologies Service.  I
> was wondering why the Rare Books thesauri were not included.  Is this
> something worth pursuing -- particularly now that they are available in
> MARC 21 authority records?
> 
>          John Attig
>          Authority Control Librarian
>          Penn State University
>          jxa16 at psu.edu
> 
> 





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