Hi all,

   I’ve looked at the lists and the scope notes, and I humbly disagree with Paige about the use of the term “charts.”  The scope note specifically states that it is used for graphic representations of data.  I think that the term we would use is “Aeronautical charts” which has a “UF Navigational charts.”

  Regarding the term “land surveys,” how might this be different from “cadastral maps?”  Would “land surveys” apply to maps that we would describe as about “land-use?”  Might one possibly have a map that uses both of these terms?

  Also, I’m not sure that “guidebooks” would ever be applied to resources cataloged as cartographic materials. I would probably use “tourist maps” for such things.  Opinions, anyone?

Thanks, and happy Friday!

Louise 

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Subject: Fwd: [PCCLIST] LC to approve "general" terms for LCGFT (some are carto-related)

I am forwarding this to MAPS-L because as I reviewed the Tentative List of forthcoming f/g terms I discovered some that are related to cartographic resources that we catalogers need to be aware of, and add to any local lists that one might be keeping for use. They are:

Added Terms:

Charts (though it appears this is meant in the broader sense, the use note could encompass cartographic charts IMO)

Facsimiles

Land surveys

Tactile works

Existing Terms with Additions/Changes

Cartographic materials for people with visual disabilities (added the Broader Term of "Tactile works")

Gazetteers (added the Broader Term of "Reference works")

Other Added Terms That Might Apply in Specific Circumstances:

Census data

Guidebooks

Passenger lists (I'm thinking of these either accompanying a historical map/atlas, or a part of)

Postcards (i.e., for cartographic postcards)

I tried to be comprehensive here but may have overlooked one or two terms that might go in the "Other" category above. I hope this helps fellow catalogers (and maybe slightly is of interest to others?)

Paige

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From: "ANN W. COPELAND" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 12:26:55 PM
Subject: Fwd: [PCCLIST] LC to approve "general" terms for LCGFT

FYI. Annie

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Since early 2007, the Library of Congress has been developing Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), whose terms describe what something is rather than what it is about, as subject headings do.  In January 2015 the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) will approve approximately 175 “general” genre/form terms for inclusion in LCGFT.  The terms describe works such as abstracts, dictionaries, periodicals, and yearbooks, which are not specific to a particular discipline, and also include some other terms that do not fall neatly into a particular discipline (e.g., Logic puzzles; Passenger lists). 

The “general terms” project was a partnership undertaken by PSD and the ALA/ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee’s Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation, which formed the General Terms Working Group, and PSD thanks the members of the Working Group for their time and effort.

For more information on the project and the Tentative List of terms, please see http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genre_form_general_terms.html. 

The terms appear on Tentative List 1513, to be approved on January 12, 2015.  PSD is requesting comments on the proposed terms; please email Janis L. Young at [log in to unmask] through January 9, 2015. 

Janis L. Young

Policy and Standards Division

Library of Congress