Fwd: RE: Re: [SAC-FAST] Fwd: [CCS-SAC:917] SAC Meetings Schedule/Annual 2005

[qiangjin at uiuc.edu]

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>Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 15:06:11 -0400
>From: "Kammerer,Kerre" <kammerer at oclc.org>  
>Subject: RE: Re: [SAC-FAST] Fwd: [CCS-SAC:917] SAC Meetings 
Schedule/Annual 2005  
>To: <qiangjin at uiuc.edu>
>Cc: "O'Neill,Ed" <oneill at oclc.org>
>
>Hi Qiang,
>  I wanted to let you know that I posted a new file to the 
FAST wiki.
>It is a new version of the 5,000 marc records, but I 
implemented a
>change in the conversion rules.  For all records created 
prior to the
>year 2000, I changed the subfield code from $x to $v for form
>subdivisions, prior to converting to FAST.  The result is 
better
>conversion of old coding of form subdivisions.  For example, 
for the
>heading in record #14:
>
>16 600 10 $a Beckett, Samuel, $d 1906- $x Bibliography.
>
>The old conversion file contained
>600 17 $a Beckett, Samuel, $d 1906- $2 fast
>650  7 $a Bibliography $2 fast
>
>The revised processing produces:
>600 17 $a Beckett, Samuel, $d 1906- $2 fast
>655  7 $a Bibliography $2 fast
>
>
>I hope that makes the review easier to understand.
>
>Kerre