LCSH is only subject headings, not genres. LCSH has been used in the past for
fiction and non-fiction genres, but that is now technically incorrect. Genres
are now covered by LCGFT. This is why I said you would have difficulty
covering both non-fiction subjects and fiction genres with any translation from
LCSH. You will still find fiction genres coded as subject headings in prior
decades, but going into the future you should expect those to disappear as they
are cleaned up.
To get both subject headings and fiction genres, you will probably have to look
at both LCSH and LCGFT.
Steve McDonald
steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Mark Watkins
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:42 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH, Bisac, facets, hierarchy?
>
> Very interesting thank you! It looks to be only Non-Fiction, does that sound
> correct?
>
> Thanks!
>
> mark
