Karen quoted Julia:
> I am not wed to "kit" as a term. If people think "set" ...
Too me, "set"in the library context means a multivolume monograph,
as in a set of encyclopedias.
And then asked:
>Would you use the GMD "kit" if the title of the thing already had
>"kit" in it?
Yes. Such redundancy is not uncommon in other genre as well. It's
uncontrolled and controlled vocabulary; one can not replace the other.
>Is there a related subject heading or genre that would
>help people search for such an item
No. We should have a 655 for kits. But that would not replace the
need for the GMD type of early warning, as we have both
245$h[electronic text] and 655 - $aElectronic books, both 245$h
[videorecording] and 655 7 $aFeature films.$2lcgft.
> Do any systems index the $h as a sort of genre?
Yes. I like a genre index combining 655, 6XX$v, and 245$h. But music
cataloguers continuing to put genre terms in 650 causes a lot of
needed headings to be missed.
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