[DCRM-L] Final Controlled Vocabularies updates before Annual

[Carpenter, Jane]

Dear Colleagues,

The Controlled Vocabularies Community Discussion Blog http://rbms.info/cv-comments/ has been updated with new scope notes for 15 terms and revised scope notes for 3 terms:

Revised scope notes:

1.      Elegies

2.      Encyclopedias

3.      Fraternity rituals

New scope notes:

1.      Imaginary voyages

2.      Lectures

3.      Legal petitions

4.      Legislative addresses

5.      Legislative hearings

6.      Legislative proceedings

7.      Letters (Correspondence)

8.      Library catalogs

9.      Limericks

10.  Literature of prejudice

11.  Lodge rituals

12.  Logs

13.  Manuals (Handbooks)

14.  Manufacturers' catalogs

15.  Maps

The comment period for all new scope notes will run through June 24, 2016.  The Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group will meet in Orlando on Sat. June 25, 2016, and will review all comments at that time for possible revisions.  In addition to reviewing terms posted on the blog, we will be working in two groups to discuss newly-drafted scope notes for the remaining 72 terms of the Genre Terms thesaurus.

All are welcome to join us Saturday, June 25 in the Lake Sheen Room of the Hilton Orlando starting at 3:00 pm.



With thanks for your interest and comments,

Jane Carpenter and Ryan Hildebrand, Co-Chairs

Amy F. Brown, Genre Terms Scope Note Project Leader

RBMS Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group











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