[Yulcat-l] LGBTQ Tag Roll-Out

[Joan Swanekamp]

Dear Cataloging Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce the roll-out of a new initiative designed 
to improve access to Yale University Library's extensive holdings of 
material related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer 
(LGBTQ) topics.  On October 1 staff in Acquisitions, CMS, and 
cataloging units throughout the Library, will begin adding a new tag 
in the MARC 690 field, "LGBTQ resource," to records for material 
having LGBTQ content.  A scope note and guidelines for adding the 
tag, along with a brief summary of the considerations that led to its 
creation, can be found in Policies & Procedures 
at 
<http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/LGBTQ070607.doc>http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/LGBTQ070607.doc 
.  When you review this documentation, please particularly note that 
the tag should be present in records for any item that has either 
been bannered (by a selector/curator or Acquisitions staff) for LGBTQ 
content or has a relevant LGBTQ subject heading.

A macro for this new tag has been created and can be downloaded from 
PCAmigo.  Instructions for loading and running the macro are at:

<http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/macroexpress/macxyaletip8.html>http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/macroexpress/macxyaletip8.html 


If you have any questions about the implementation of this new 
initiative, please do not hesitate to contact either of us.  Thank you.

Joan Swanekamp
Chief Catalog Librarian, Catalog and Metadata Services

Tom Bolze
Catalog Librarian, Rare Book Team

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