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

[dooleyj]

Gack. I'm glad to see that my totally erroneous memory played a role in
getting all this good information beyond the original question out in the
open. How's that for a self-serving reaction to being wrong? :) I guess I
optimistically wanted to believe that we had actually gotten somewhere with
the conversations two years ago. Glad to hear that Ryan is interested in
moving forward.

Best to all, Jackie


> From: Ryan Hildebrand <ryan.hildebrand at mail.utexas.edu>
> Reply-To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 16:31:31 -0500
> To: DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>, 'John Attig' <jxa16 at psu.edu>
> Cc: "'Gabel, Linda'" <gabell at oclc.org>, "'Westberg, Susan'"
> <westbers at oclc.org>, "'Patton, Glenn'" <pattong at oclc.org>
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] FW: OCLC Form/Genre Revisions and Pending RBMS Thesaurus
> Work?
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> --
> Ryan Hildebrand
> Book Cataloging Dept. Head
> Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Curator
> Harry Ransom Center
> University of Texas at Austin
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> Austin, TX 78713-7219
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> 
> -----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-----
> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
> Behalf Of dooleyj
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:31 PM
> To: John Attig; DCRM-L
> 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
> 
> --
> 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
>> 
>> 
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