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From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:27 AM
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Subject: [PCCLIST] Subject authority records for validation purposes
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As announced in the CDS bulletin of May 25 2007 <
http://www.loc.gov/cds/notices/2007-05-25-Subject_Authority_Validation_Recor
ds.pdf > CPSO has begun a project to create subject authority records for
every subject string appearing in bibliographic records to aid Library of
Congress catalogers, and external users in the validation of LCSH subject
heading strings. Effective immediately subject authority records are being
created for valid subject strings obtained from bibliographic records.
Formerly, these subject strings did not prompt the creation of subject
authority records, because they contained free-floating subdivision[s].
Some of these records are being created manually by the Cataloging Policy
and Support Office staff, and some will be generated by machine, but all of
them will be reviewed before distribution occurs. We anticipate at least 200
records per month at the start of this project. These records will NOT be
printed in the annual editions of LCSH (the "red books"). The records can
be identified by the legend "[proposed validation record]" appearing at the
end of the 1xx string. This legend will be removed once the records have
been approved and distributed. Additionally each record will contain a 667
field with this data: "Record generated for validation purposes."
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