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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">A number of you have noted the presence of FAST headings in cataloging copy. For background, see the announcement from OCLC included at the end of this message. For YUL, per the SACO Committee:
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Retain FAST headings in cataloging copy; please do not delete them from OCLC records.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#1F497D">There are no immediate plans to add FAST headings to original cataloging records.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#1F497D">At this time, retention of other non-LCSH 6xxs is still under discussion, so continue to remove them from cataloging copy.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Do not remove non-LCSH 6xxs from records cataloged by YUL.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Records returned from MARS/Backstage will retain FAST headings. Backstage will not process the headings and will not send us authority records for FAST terms.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">FAST headings will appear in bib records as either 650, 651 _7 [topical and geographic terms] $2 fast, or, 648 07 or 17 [chronological heading] $2 fast.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">FAST Examples in Orbis: <o:p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#1F497D">648 example: Influence of the fiscal system on income distribution in regions and small areas.
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="color:#1F497D">650 _7 and 651 _7 example: China-Saudi Arabia relations, 1990-2012.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">If you want to see more, try a keyword or builder search on
<i>OCLCF</i> in Staff Orbis; however, in many of the cataloged records with OCLCF in 040, staff have removed the FAST headings.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">Steven Arakawa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sterling Memorial Library. Yale University
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(203) 432-8286 <a href="mailto:steven.arakawa@yale.edu">
<span style="color:blue">steven.arakawa@yale.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers electronic discussion list. [mailto:OLAC-L@OCLC.ORG]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Weitz,Jay<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OLAC-L@OCLC.ORG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OLAC-L] OFFICIAL: OCLC is enriching WorldCat records with FAST headings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">OCLC is systematically adding FAST headings to selected WorldCat records.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">This message provides a brief description of the FAST enrichment activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">For more detailed information, please see information posted at the URL listed below (“More detailed information about this enrichment….”)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#282828"> </span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#282828">What is FAST?</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) is a fully enumerative faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), a widely-used subject-access vocabulary published
and maintained by the Library of Congress. The development of FAST has been a collaboration of OCLC and the Library of Congress with advice from members of the ALCTS/SAC/Subcommittee on FAST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#282828">Enriching WorldCat records with FAST headings</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">Beginning in September 2013, OCLC is systematically adding FAST headings to WorldCat bibliographic records. The records affected will already have LCSH assigned, and the routines will be applied only to records
that are attributed as being English-language-of-cataloging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">FAST-enriched WorldCat records will include “OCLCF” in the MARC 040 subfield “d” (ǂd), have one or –- more likely -- several 6xx fields with a second indicator of “7” and subfield “2” (ǂ2) that contains the
string, “fast.” Additionally, subfield “zero” (ǂ0) will be present in the machine-process-added FAST headings -- this provides the FAST authority record number.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">The processes performing this FAST enrichment work in WorldCat will run as background processes and should not adversely impact system performance. OCLC will initially prioritize the enriching records originally
created by the Library of Congress and then will apply the FAST enrichment process to records from other sources. For the initial run, records will be excluded from FAST enrichment until at least six months from date of entry have elapsed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#282828">Why is OCLC systematically adding FAST to WorldCat Records?</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">OCLC Research and other agencies have been experimenting with using FAST for a variety of purposes and in a range of application for many years. FAST has repeatedly proven itself to be remarkably effective for
clustering, indexing, analysis, and navigation of WorldCat data. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">The FAST headings have been drawn from a non-production, enriched copy of WorldCat maintained by OCLC Research. And as such, these FAST enrichments have not been easily available to many OCLC applications and
also to interested third parties. This enrichment of WorldCat will permit more applications and agencies to take advantage of FAST.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">Going forward OCLC has plans to make FAST available in its cataloging tools. In particular, a FAST assignment feature will be released in early 2014 in an updated version of OCLC WorldShare Metadata Record Manager,
which is currently available to WMS libraries and will be available to all cataloging subscribers in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#282828">More information:</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">More detailed information about this enrichment of WorldCat is available here:
<a href="http://www.oclc.org/en-US/news/announcements/2013/enriching-worldcat-with-fast.html">
http://www.oclc.org/en-US/news/announcements/2013/enriching-worldcat-with-fast.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">Please contact OCLC-Support at <a href="mailto:support@oclc.org%3cmailto:support@oclc.org">
support@oclc.org<mailto:support@oclc.org</a>> with any questions or concerns related to this announcement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">Eric Childress<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">OCLC Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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