--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:09:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Sue Ann Lewandowski <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Cataloging: Road maps Sender: Sue Ann Lewandowski <[log in to unmask]> To catalogers in MAPS-L Land: I am revising some map records after a few-month hiatus. I noticed in OCLC's authority file today that "|v Road maps" is not listed as a valid subdivision under the heading "Road maps." This doesn't mean that "|v Road maps" isn't valid, but I would have preferred to see it listed as such in the authority record. The record only lists "Roads |v Maps" as valid and the 450 is "Road maps |w nne" with "nne" meaning "the cross reference was formerly an AACR2 heading" (quote paraphrased from the 1994 NACO participants' manual). [Bleh. I sure wish that there were better subdivision information in OCLC records in general, anyway!] I looked in the Subject cataloging manual and the latest Free-floating subdivision book and "|v Road maps" appears in both as a valid subdivision. Also, "|v Road maps" is not listed as a changed or cancelled free-floating subdivision in any recent CSB. Does anybody know if the use of "|v Road maps" has been discontinued very recently? I could add the subject: "Roads |z [Place] |v Maps" easily enough, but I think that it doesn't provide very good access to patrons, so I don't want to do it if I don't have to. Thanks, Sue Ann . } { Sue Ann Lewandowski, MLS .} N209 Love Library, Cataloging/Maps { University of Nebraska--Lincoln } Lincoln NE 68588-0410 {. 402-472-3545, 472-5131 (fax) } [log in to unmask] { } . . --- End Forwarded Message ---