Library Cataloging
News from LC.
- Lc To Add Subject Category Codes To Selected Subject Authority Records
The Library of Congress has announced they will add subject category codes to selected subject authority records. No earlier than August 2012, the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) of the Library of Congress will begin an experiment to add subject category...
- Additions To The Marc Code Lists For Relators, Sources, Descriptions
The code listed below has been recently approved for use in MARC 21 records. The code will be added to MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions. The code should not be used in exchange records until after February 16, 2008. This...
- Additions To The Marc Code Lists For Relators, Sources, Description Conventions
The code listed below has been recently approved for use in MARC 21 records. The code will be added to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.The code should not be used in exchange records until after December 10, 2008. This...
- Addition To The Marc Code Lists For Relators, Sources, Description Conventions
The code listed below has been recently approved for use in MARC 21 records. The code will be added to the online MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.This code should not be used in exchange records until after March 18, 2008....
- Genre/form Headings For Radio Programs
Adapted from the e-mail distributed to many lists. As the next step in the development of genre/form headings at the Library of Congress, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) would like to announce the beginning of a project to add genre/form...
Library Cataloging
Subject Authority Records
News from LC.
CPSO has begun a project to create subject authority records for every subject string appearing in bibliographic records to aid Library of Congress catalogers, and external users in the validation of LCSH subject heading strings. Effective immediately subject authority records are being created for valid subject strings obtained from bibliographic records. Formerly, these subject strings did not prompt the creation of subject authority records, because they contained free-floating subdivision[s].
Some of these records are being created manually by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office staff, and some will be generated by machine, but all of them will be reviewed before distribution occurs. We anticipate at least 200 records per month at the start of this project. These records will not be printed in the annual editions of LCSH (the "red books"). The records can be identified by the legend "[proposed validation record]" appearing at the end of the 1xx string. This legend will be removed once the records have been approved and distributed. Additionally each record will contain a 667 field with this data: "Record generated for validation purposes."
- Lc To Add Subject Category Codes To Selected Subject Authority Records
The Library of Congress has announced they will add subject category codes to selected subject authority records. No earlier than August 2012, the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) of the Library of Congress will begin an experiment to add subject category...
- Additions To The Marc Code Lists For Relators, Sources, Descriptions
The code listed below has been recently approved for use in MARC 21 records. The code will be added to MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions. The code should not be used in exchange records until after February 16, 2008. This...
- Additions To The Marc Code Lists For Relators, Sources, Description Conventions
The code listed below has been recently approved for use in MARC 21 records. The code will be added to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.The code should not be used in exchange records until after December 10, 2008. This...
- Addition To The Marc Code Lists For Relators, Sources, Description Conventions
The code listed below has been recently approved for use in MARC 21 records. The code will be added to the online MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.This code should not be used in exchange records until after March 18, 2008....
- Genre/form Headings For Radio Programs
Adapted from the e-mail distributed to many lists. As the next step in the development of genre/form headings at the Library of Congress, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) would like to announce the beginning of a project to add genre/form...