Difference between revisions of "Literary Form"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Ccsrfischer (talk | contribs) |
m |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''Guidelines for Literary Form in Polaris''' | '''Guidelines for Literary Form in Polaris''' | ||
The Literary Form facet in PowerPAC is populated by the Literary Form fixed field in a bibliographic record. The Database Management Committee reviewed recommendations from both the PAS and Technical Services Advisory groups.<ref>Database Management, January 8, 2018</ref> | |||
*For print materials only, libraries will assign at minimum a literary form of either 0 (Not fiction) or 1 (Fiction). | *For print materials only, libraries will assign at minimum a literary form of either 0 (Not fiction) or 1 (Fiction). | ||
*Libraries can use more specific values Short | *Libraries can use more specific values (Short Stories, Poetry, etc.) if desired. | ||
*It is recommended that novels should be coded as 1 (Fiction) instead of f (Novels). | |||
==References== | |||
<references /> | |||
[[Category:Polaris specific topics]] | [[Category:Polaris specific topics]] | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 16 November 2020
| The rules on this page have been approved in concept by the SCRAP committee, but the exact wording is still being adjusted. Please use these rules. Please send any feedback to SCRAP. |
Guidelines for Literary Form in Polaris
The Literary Form facet in PowerPAC is populated by the Literary Form fixed field in a bibliographic record. The Database Management Committee reviewed recommendations from both the PAS and Technical Services Advisory groups.[1]
- For print materials only, libraries will assign at minimum a literary form of either 0 (Not fiction) or 1 (Fiction).
- Libraries can use more specific values (Short Stories, Poetry, etc.) if desired.
- It is recommended that novels should be coded as 1 (Fiction) instead of f (Novels).
References
- ↑ Database Management, January 8, 2018