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

[Whittaker, Beth M]

Well, don't I feel silly, then?

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Cc: Gabel, Linda; Westberg, Susan; Patton, Glenn
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS Thesaurus Work?

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

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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
> 
>