[SAC-FAST] conversion of subdivision to heading
Sherman Clarke
sherman.clarke at nyu.edu
Mon Jun 13 17:34:03 EDT 2005
On record 850, I noticed that the LCSH form subdivision "-- Congresses"
on the original record had become the form heading "Conference
proceedings" on the FAST record. The LC/SAF authority record
for "Conference proceedings" does say:
680 __ |i Here are entered works about the proceedings of conferences
or congresses. Texts of the proceedings of conferences or congresses
are entered under the appropriate subject heading with the subdivision
|a Congresses.
Since conference proceedings are not my passion, I thought I'd check
one of my passions -- exhibition catalogs -- to see if they were being
treated the same way. The LC/SAF record does have a parallel scope note
about subdivision usage. Among the FAST samples, I found several
examples of the FAST heading "Catalogs -- Exhibition catalogs" where
LCSH would have had "-- Exhibitions".
This is surprising to me: it doesn't introduce any new words for
keywording over just "Exhibition catalogs. $2 fast"; it isn't parallel
to "Conference proceedings"; builds in a broader term.
Sherman
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