----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Joanna Dyla" <jd...@stanford.edu> To: "Emma" <ekoro...@stanford.edu>, "Greta" <gdegr...@stanford.edu>, "Heidi Lerner" <ler...@stanford.edu>, "Inna" <iguda...@stanford.edu>, "Jane" <z...@stanford.edu>, "Kay" <kt...@stanford.edu>, "Margaret H" <margaret.hug...@stanford.edu>, "Casey" <cmul...@stanford.edu>, "Robert" <rrohr...@stanford.edu> Cc: "Ai-Lin Yang" <aya...@stanford.edu>, "Margaret L" <m...@stanford.edu> Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2011 2:49:07 PM Subject: [Fwd: [PCCLIST] Timeline for new LCGFT coding]
Catalogers, Please see the announcement of the forthcoming revision of the genre/form authority records. --Joanna [From the LC web page] The new genre/form authority records will have an LCCN prefix of “gf”(e.g., gf2010000015), and the then-deprecated “sh” LCCN (e.g., sh2010025010) will be retained in MARC 21 field 010$z. The new MARC coding in the authority records will be as follows: 008/11: z (“Other”) 040 $f lcgft After the new authority records are distributed, all LCGFT terms used in bibliographic records should be coded: 655 -7 $a [Term]. $2 lcgft -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [PCCLIST] Timeline for new LCGFT coding Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:15:23 -0500 From: Young, Janis <j...@loc.gov> Reply-To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <pccl...@listserv.loc.gov> To: pccl...@listserv.loc.gov [This message is being sent to multiple discussion groups. Please excuse the duplication.] Since 2007 the Library of Congress’ Policy and Standards Division (PSD) has been developing genre/form terms, which are distinct from subject headings because they describe what something is as opposed to what it is about . To date, PSD has approved genre/form terms in four areas: moving images, sound recordings, cartographic resources, and law. Terms in three other disciplines, music, literature, and religion, are also in development. As a first step toward formally separating the genre/form terms from LC subject headings list, PSD titled the new thesaurus the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials ( LCGFT ) in June 2010. No earlier than March 1, 2011 , PSD will revise the LCCNs and MARC 21 coding of the genre/form authority records to indicate that they are LCGFT terms, not LCSH headings. To accomplish this, all existing genre/form authority records with an sh prefix in the LC Control Number (LCCN) will be cancelled and replacement records for them will be issued simultaneously. For the full announcement of these plans, including a description of the new coding, please see http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/gf_lccn.html . The firm date for the reissuing of the records will be announced when it has been determined. Questions or comments on these plans or on the genre/form projects in general may be addressed to Janis L. Young, LC’s genre/form coordinator, at j...@loc.gov . Further information on LC's genre/form projects can be found at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genreformgeneral.html . Janis L. Young Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress -- Joanna K. Dyla Head, Metadata Development Unit Metadata Department Stanford University Libraries 650-723-2529 jd...@stanford.edu -- Heidi G. Lerner Hebraica/Judaica Cataloger Metadata Development Unit Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 e-mail: ler...@stanford.edu ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120
