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Subject:        Re: Creating 655s for old records
Date:   Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:12:43 -0400
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Hi Chris,

Yes, OCLC is working on this project, I believe I saw details from Jay
Weitz' most recent Enhance Meeting minutes just last week (which are
probably a month old and I just got around to reading). I can send you
that email if you'd like. Also remember that only those headings that
have authority records established for them can be re-worked in this
manner, going forward others will be "eligible" for retrospective
projects like this. The good news is that all (I believe) cartographic
f/g headings DO have authority records established, so for us working
with cartographic materials we don't have any obstacles in front of us.

I will forward your note on to John Attig on my end, he has been working
on getting our PSU bib. records brought up to speed with the new f/g
headings and converting old forms at the same time and I know he has a
routine worked out to cover most instances. Needless to say, there's a
good bit of old-fashioned record-by-record work involved, but we are
also looking at using MARCedit to do some of the heavy lifting. I'll let
John respond directly to you.

Paige

On 9/6/2011 10:01 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Creating 655s for old records
> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 06:36:49 -0500
> From: Christopher Winters <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> I'd be grateful to hear if any organization has put together a set of
> straightforward instructions for adding lcgft headings (655s) to older
> cartographic-materials records that it would be willing to share.
> Weren't OCLC or LC at least thinking along these lines? I'm imagining
> something like:
>
> if format = e or f
> and
> if 650 > Geology
> add 655 7 Geological maps $2 lcgft
>
> if format = e or f
> and
> if 651 $v = Maps, Topographic.
> change 651 $v to Maps.
> and
> add 655 7 Topographic maps. $2 lcgft
>
> and so on. Perhaps I've overlooked something, but I'm pretty sure that a
> few dozen such rules could deal with 99% of the records.
>
> Law librarians are apparently doing something like this--although lcgft
> headings in law look to be much harder to derive mechanically from
> elements in older records than is the case for cartographic-materials
> records.
>
> Thanks for any hints.
>
> Best,
>
> Chris Winters
>
> Christopher Winters
> Bibliographer for Geography, Anthropology, and Maps
> University of Chicago Library