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

[Ryan Hildebrand]

We held off on the contribution of Genre Terms to the Terminologies project
because we wanted to complete the retrospective addition of scope notes to
terms which lacked them. We thought the project would be finished in a
rather short period of time, but that has certainly not been the case, in
part because its parameters have changed and we are now considering entire
term record and not just the scope note. I have as a topic on our agenda for
Annual to make a decision to send the terms as they stand, or hold off until
scope notes are completed. My hope is that the subcommittee will come up
with a position, which will be brought to BSC for a vote.

I'm glad this conversation is taking place beforehand. I'm happy to answer
further questions if I can. I am also happy to be enlightened by others if
I've misremembered anything.

-Ryan


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Ryan Hildebrand
Book Cataloging Dept. Head
Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Curator
Harry Ransom Center
University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box 7219
Austin, TX 78713-7219
512-232-1681
www.hrc.utexas.edu





-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Whittaker, Beth M
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:29 PM
To: DCRM Revision Group List; John Attig
Cc: Gabel, Linda; Westberg, Susan; Patton, Glenn
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS
Thesaurus Work?

Well, don't I feel silly, then?

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:31 PM
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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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Jackie Dooley
Program Officer
OCLC Research

dooleyj at oclc.org
949.492.5060 (work/home) -- Pacific Time
949.295.1529 (mobile)


> 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
> 
>