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Geraldine E. Ostrove
Bio: Geraldine E. Ostrove is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Controlled vocabulary & Resource Description and Access. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 8 citations.
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TL;DR: Music provides a particularly suitable discipline through which to explore the options in attempting to answer the many questions that arise as LC faces form/genre implementation, and questions touch on conceptual issues, content of authority records, topical uses of form headings, and how best to exploit the complexities of MARC coding.
Abstract: Form and genre data describing what library materials are, as distinct from topical data for what they are about, has now been specifically provided for in the MARC authority and bibliographic formats. While the Library of Congress Subject Headings list (LCSH) has always had vocabulary for forms and genres, now, at the request of the library community, the Library of Congress (LC) has begun planning to implement the separate treatment of form and genre data in its subject cataloging. Creation of subdivision authority records, including those for form subdivisions, is the first step. Since the 1940s, the controlled vocabulary for subject cataloging in the field of music has been LCSH, where there are thousands of form and genre headings for musical works. Thus, in attempting to answer the many questions that arise as LC faces form/genre implementation, music provides a particularly suitable discipline through which to explore the options. Questions touch on conceptual issues, content of authority ...
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TL;DR: This article provides a review of cataloging and classification publications that appeared in the last two years, and identifies trends and important developments in the area of cataloged and classification.
Abstract: This article provides a review of cataloging and classification publications that appeared in the last two years. The review considers the papers in two categories. Cataloging Theories and Practices covers descriptive cataloging, authority control, classification, subject cataloging, cataloging nonbook materials, electronic resources and metadata, and international cooperation. The second section covers other issues related to cataloging, including management, and education and training. Throughout the review, the author identifies trends and important developments in the area of cataloging and classification.
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TL;DR: The Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus (LCMPT) and the music portions of the library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT) are long-anticipated products in a history of problem-solving approaches toward faceted access to music resources as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus (LCMPT) and the music portions of the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT) are long-anticipated products in a history of problem-solving approaches toward faceted access to music resources. MLA’s Cataloging and Metadata Committee has collaborated with the Library of Congress for the past several years in a multiphase endeavor to design and build out these new vocabularies. Implementation within the Anglo-American music cataloging community began in 2014, and retrospective implementation (the programmatic assignment of faceted terms to legacy metadata) is currently being studied and pursued.
12 citations
TL;DR: A project utilizing the local form/genre heading, “property data,” and specific subheadings to help chemists, engineers, and those librarian assisting them to more easily locate library resources containing chemical and physical properties of substances is developed.
Abstract: We developed a project utilizing the local form/genre heading, “property data,” and specific subheadings to help chemists, engineers, and those librarians assisting them to more easily locate library resources containing chemical and physical properties of substances. This article describes the project and examines possibilities for improving access to physical sciences literature in relation to Library of Congress Subject Headings and ongoing developments in authority records for form/genre terms. It also introduces functionality of such headings in the new “next generation” catalogs.
5 citations
TL;DR: A project to add terms from Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music to records for scores for songs with piano in an academic library catalog to enhance discovery and enables deeper analysis of the collection.
Abstract: Medium of performance is a valuable way to find music materials, but it is challenging to search by medium in library catalogs. Songs for specific voice types are especially difficult to look for u...
5 citations
19 Apr 2017
TL;DR: The handout consists of an example of a catalogrecord for a tabletop game (including genre terms), an authority record for a genre term, a reference to a list of genre terms for tabletop games, and a bibliography of works on genre terms.
Abstract: The handout consists of an example of a catalog record for a tabletop game (including genre terms), an authority record for a genre term, a reference to a list of genre terms for tabletop games, and a bibliography of works on genre terms.
4 citations