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Subject:        OCLC QC Tip of the Month / July 2011 Recording available:
Genre/Form Headings webinar
Date:   Mon, 4 Jul 2011 14:57:02 -0400
From:   Goodson,Luanne <[log in to unmask]>
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[Cross-posted to multiple lists-- please excuse/ignore duplication]

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You are invited to view the recording of the webinar held on May 12,
2011 entitled: Genre/Form Headings. This webinar covers the definition
of genre/form headings, different sources of genre/form terms, searching
in Connexion (authority and bibliographic), and tagging/coding. It is
freely available, and you may view it at whatever time is convenient for
you. Access it here:
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/connexion/overview/websessions.htm

About the presenter: Linda Gabel has worked at OCLC since 1984 in a
variety of areas and is currently in WorldCat Quality Management. Among
her past responsibilities and projects are OCLC Contract Cataloging,
Connexion product management, Format Integration-- Phase 2, the
development of the CatExpress service, and the introduction of the
eSerials Holdings service. She has a masters in library science from the
University of Pittsburgh. Linda has served on several ALA committees,
primarily for ALCTS, including the subcommittee which produced the
second edition of "Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of
Fiction, Drama, Etc." (better known as GSAFD).

Genre headings are being used more frequently by libraries in
bibliographic records to indicate the type of material that is being
described in a record. In June 2010, the Library of Congress’ Policy and
Standards Division (PSD) determined that the new thesaurus, Library of
Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT),
should be formally separated from Library of Congress Subject Headings
(LCSH). In order to accomplish this, about 1600 records (deletes plus
reissues) were sent to OCLC as part of the May 24, 2011, Volume 26,
Issue 21 distribution of subject authorities via the MARC Distribution
Service (MDS).

Authority records for LCGFT terms are coded as follows:

LCCN prefix: gf

OCLC Fixed Field: Subj [008/11]: z (“Other”)

040$f: lcgft

Example:

008/11 z

010 gf2011026697ǂz sh2009025020

040 DLCǂb engǂc DLCǂf lcgft

155 Topographic maps

455 Hypsographic maps

455 Hypsometric maps

455 Relief maps

455 Topographical maps

555 Mapsǂw g

[Note that the deleted LCCN is being retained in field 010 $z, to
facilitate automatic updates.]

As of May 24, 2011, new coding should be used when assigning LCGFT terms
in bibliographic records. That coding is as follows:

655 #7 $a [Term]. $2 lcgft

Example:

Title: Survivor: Thailand.

655 #7 $a Survival television programs. $2 lcgft

655 #7 $a Nonfiction television programs. $2 lcgft

You can read information about genre/form headings at LC here:

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genreformgeneral.html



If you have questions, please send email to: [log in to unmask]






Luanne Goodson

Consulting Database Specialist

OCLC Quality Control Section

6565 Kilgour Place MC 139

Dublin, Ohio, USA 43017-3395