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Update on Genre/Form Projects at the Library of Congress
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Transcript of Update on Genre/Form Projects at the Library of Congress
Update on Genre/Form Projects at the
Library of Congress
Janis L. Young
Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Library of Congress
January 2008
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Agenda
• Achievements of the moving image project
• Issues and problems encountered
• Future steps
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Achievements
• Records: Approximately 200 records have been approved and released since September 2007
• Policy: H 1913, Moving Image Genre/Form Headings, has been drafted, revised, and published
• Positive feedback about the amount and quality of information dissemination and opportunities for comment
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Resolved issues:Moving images
• Moving image works for the hearing and sight impaired– Reinstatement of headings Video recordings
for the hearing impaired and Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
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Resolved issues: Moving images
• Geographic subdivision– Arguments against: not part of the genre or the
form; country of production elsewhere in record; possible misinterpretation of meaning
– Arguments for: system limitations; co-produced works may be hard to find; evidence that users utilize geographic subdivision
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Resolved issues: Moving images
• Geographic subdivision– Proposed change in policy: Geographic
subdivision of moving image genre/form headings will be permitted, to denote the country of production
– LC may not apply geographic subdivisions– Should not be interpreted as a precedent for
genre/form headings for other disciplines
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Resolved issues: Moving images
• Headings for language(e.g., Spanish language films; [. . .] films—Spanish)
– Arguments against: not part of the genre or the form of a work; language(s) of work available elsewhere in record
– Arguments for: system limitations; users may find it easier to find works in a specific language by using a heading, rather than limiting a search
– Recommended Policy: There will be no provision for the language of a work
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Moving image issues to be resolved
• “Crossover” terms– The projects are incremental, and LCSH is very
interconnected– When should headings that belong to more than
one discipline be created (e.g., Opera films)?– How far should the BT/NT/RT chains be
followed (e.g., Television adaptations: BT is Television scripts, a literary heading)?
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Moving image issues to be resolved
• Should topical form headings, coded 150, continue to be subdivided in all cases?
Current practice:650 Horror films—History and criticism.655 Horror films.
Future practice?650 Horror films.655 Horror films.
– If change is made, huge database maintenance and training issues will result
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Overarching issue
• Development being done in a live database– Policies may appear to be more stable than they
in fact are, and changes sometimes lead to confusion
– But, allows for community involvement and provides many opportunities for feedback and collaboration, two goals of the project
– Thank you for your patience!
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Future directions• Moving images
– More headings will be submitted and approved
– Revision to H 1913, Moving Image Genre/Form headings, will be released in Update package 1, 2008
• Non-musical sound recordings– SCM memo for radio programs is being drafted and
will be posted for comment
– Headings based on the Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide (RADFG) are being created
• Future projects?
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Future directions
• SACO genre/form proposals are not being accepted yet– 100+ additional headings being prepared in
CPSO– SACO libraries may continue to submit
headings coded 150, and CPSO will create additional genre/form authority records as appropriate