-------- Original Message -------- Subject: LC begins cartography genre/form project Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:50:23 -0500 From: Janis Young <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]> CC: Barbara B Tillett <[log in to unmask]>, Beacher J E Wiggins <[log in to unmask]> [Message being cross-posted to various lists. Please excuse any duplication.] In November 2008, the Library of Congress’ Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate (ABA) managers approved the Policy and Standards Division’s (PSD’s) timeline and plan for five new genre/form projects: cartography, law, literature, music, and religion. In accordance with that timeline, PSD and the LC Geography and Maps Division are now in the initial stages of creating genre/form authority records (MARC tag 155) for cartographic materials. A list of sample cartography genre/form headings and the timeline report, as well as general information about the projects, may be viewed on LC’s genre/form web site, <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genreformgeneral.html>. Comments and questions may be sent to Janis Young at [log in to unmask]