-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Question about the new form/genre 655 headings Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:32:47 -0500 From: Chris Winters <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> I'm a little confused about correct practice for the new 655s. I'd be grateful for anyone's thoughts on the following: [1] It looks as though LC is insisting on including a 655 0 Maps. (see, e.g., OCLC 664808196) in the absence of a "thematic" 655. The implication is that from now on all map records _must_ have a 655. Is this right? (But see OCLC 664808195 for a counterexample.) [2] "Road maps" does not appear in the list of 655s I've seen, but see OCLC 664808197 which has both 655 0 Road maps. and a 650 0 Roads #z[Place name] #vMaps. Is this right? (Note also OCLC 664808194, which has a 655 0 Roads maps. .) Other recent LC records (e.g., 664808196, mentioned above) don't try to get "road maps" into a 655 at all. Is there a "correct" practice here? Thanks. Chris Winters University of Chicago Library