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Subject:        Re: New cartographic genre/form terms
Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:23:07 -0500
From:   Fry, Michael <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Hello,
I'm not a cataloger, but I'm curious about Paige's comment last week
that "not everyone agrees [that form/genre headings are] useful or
needed". We plan to start implementing f/g soon, going forward and
retrospectively, so I'm interested in what the controversy (maybe too
strong a word?) is. Questions for the crowd:

   * If you aren't planning to implement f/g, why?
   * If you are, are you doing so fully or selectively? For new records,
     or retrospectively, too?
   * Finally, are you using the generic "Maps" heading so that each
     record has at least one genre heading?

Thanks.
mf

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