[SAC-FAST] Re: SAC Subcommittee on FAST

[Sherman Clarke]

> 6.If there are chronological headings, do the time periods
> make sense for the item being described?  (Given the way these
> examples will be created,
> i.e., deconstructing LCSH, the chronological headings will
> represent LCSH time periods, not the exact period covered by
> the item as FAST is intended to do; so I'm not sure what we
> can evaluate here.)

Since the chronological headings could not be reconstructed with their 
topic, we should perhaps consider recommending that FAST would fit 
better if they moved to giving the exact period covered by the item, 
rather than fussing with the pre-existing chronological subdivisions. 
This does invite more variety in chronological subdivisions and it 
would be good to have indexing that would be smart about time periods. 
For example, it would find an item with "1913-1922" if you searched 
1910s or 1920s or 20th century or pre-1945.

Sherman