[DCRM-L] Subdividing Genre Terms

[Will Evans]

Hi Erin,
By elsewhere in the record are you referring to the 752 and perhap
other 6xxs?
Best,
Will


On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:19 AM Erin Blake <erin.blake.folger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We stopped subdividing 655s in 2014, but it wasn't just in anticipation of
> linked data. It was also in anticipation of faceted check-boxes appearing
> in a side-bar (which we are only now about to get, in 2022!) and to avoid
> duplication of effort: since places and dates appear in standardized form
> elsewhere in the record.
>
> That being said, we still subdivide manuscripts by century, at the request
> of the Curator of Manuscripts.
>
> Erin
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> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:12 AM Robert Maxwell <robert_maxwell at byu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> We still subdivide by country and/or century.
>>
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>>
>> Robert L. Maxwell
>> Ancient Languages and Special Collections Librarian
>> 6728 Harold B. Lee Library
>> Brigham Young University
>> Provo, UT 84602
>> (801)422-5568
>>
>>
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>> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Will Evans
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2022 7:56 AM
>> *To:* DCRM Revision Group List <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
>> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Subdividing Genre Terms
>>
>>
>>
>> For those that made a practice of subdividing genre headings (RBMS, GMGPC
>> terms in particular), are you continuing to do so? Or have you stopped in
>> anticipation of the switch to linked data?
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Will
>>
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>> Will Evans, MLIS
>>
>> National Endowment for the Humanities
>>
>> Chief Librarian in Charge of Technical Services
>>
>> Library of the Boston Athenaeum
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>> 10 1/2 Beacon Street
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>> Boston, MA   02108
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>> Tel:  617-227-0270 ext. 224
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Will Evans, MLIS

National Endowment for the Humanities

Chief Librarian in Charge of Technical Services

Library of the Boston Athenaeum

10 1/2 Beacon Street

Boston, MA   02108



Tel:  617-227-0270 ext. 224

Fax: 617-227-5266

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