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Subject:        Cartographic subdivisions discussion paper
Date:   Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:07:33 -0400
From:   Janis Young <[log in to unmask]>
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the duplication.]

In February, 2009, the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) of the
Library of Congress announced the beginning the genre/form project for
cartographic materials. As with previous projects, PSD is reexamining
current subject headings and subdivisions to determine whether any
changes should be made to their structure and/or to the ways that they
are assigned.

PSD is requesting input from the library community regarding a possible
change to the structure of most of the form subdivisions in the area of
cartography.  A discussion paper that provides an analysis of the
current subdivision structure, the impact that the genre/form project
will have on cataloging and resource discovery, and a solution to
ameliorate the negative impacts, has been posted on PSD’s genre/form
web page, http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genreformgeneral.html.

Interested parties are invited to send their thoughts on the proposal
to Janis L. Young, genre/form coordinator, at [log in to unmask], or to
PSD’s general e-mail account, [log in to unmask]  Comments will be
accepted through August 10, 2009.

Janis L. Young
Policy and Standards Division
Library of Congress
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