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# Every fully cataloged record in the CCS database must have at least one | # Every fully cataloged record in the CCS database must have at least one LCSH heading, or at least one 655 heading if no 600-651 headings apply. | ||
# Every record for a single work of prose fiction in the CCS database must have at least one | # Every record for a single work of prose fiction in the CCS database must have at least one LCSH heading AND any 655 headings that are appropriate; every record for a textual collection in the CCS database must have at least one 655 heading. | ||
# Always add a 655 for concepts that are expressed in 6XX $v, when one is authorized | # Always add a 655 for concepts that are expressed in 6XX $v, when one is authorized. Continue using 6XX $v. | ||
# Be as specific as possible (e.g. $v Fiction --> 655 Science fiction; use of specific 655 Pop-up books & 655 Textured books instead of general 655 Toy and movable books) | # Be as specific as possible (e.g. $v Fiction --> 655 Science fiction; use of specific 655 Pop-up books & 655 Textured books instead of general 655 Toy and movable books) | ||
# Always code "[Language] language materials" as, e.g. "655 _7 French language materials.|2local", never as, e.g. "650 _1 French language materials." or "655 _1 French language materials." | # Always code "[Language] language materials" as, e.g. "655 _7 French language materials.|2local", never as, e.g. "650 _1 French language materials." or "655 _1 French language materials." | ||
# Always code genre headings in 655, regardless of thesaurus of origin (e.g. "655 Large type books" not "650 Large type books") | # Use $v Specimens only for realia. | ||
# Do not include age, audience, gender, geographic, or national origin elements in 655 (e.g. "655 Short stories" instead of "Short stories, American" or "Short stories, African (French)"; "655 Graphic novels" instead of "Graphic novels|zJapan"; "655 Science fiction" instead of "Science fiction|xWomen authors"; "Songs" instead of "Children’s songs"; "655 Fiction" instead of "Youth’s writings") | <!--# Always code genre headings in 655, regardless of thesaurus of origin (e.g. "655 Large type books" not "650 Large type books") | ||
# Do not include age, audience, gender, geographic, or national origin elements in 655 (e.g. "655 Short stories" instead of "Short stories, American" or "Short stories, African (French)"; "655 Graphic novels" instead of "Graphic novels|zJapan"; "655 Science fiction" instead of "Science fiction|xWomen authors"; "Songs" instead of "Children’s songs"; "655 Fiction" instead of "Youth’s writings")--> | |||
Revision as of 16:10, 14 October 2015
- Every fully cataloged record in the CCS database must have at least one LCSH heading, or at least one 655 heading if no 600-651 headings apply.
- Every record for a single work of prose fiction in the CCS database must have at least one LCSH heading AND any 655 headings that are appropriate; every record for a textual collection in the CCS database must have at least one 655 heading.
- Always add a 655 for concepts that are expressed in 6XX $v, when one is authorized. Continue using 6XX $v.
- Be as specific as possible (e.g. $v Fiction --> 655 Science fiction; use of specific 655 Pop-up books & 655 Textured books instead of general 655 Toy and movable books)
- Always code "[Language] language materials" as, e.g. "655 _7 French language materials.|2local", never as, e.g. "650 _1 French language materials." or "655 _1 French language materials."
- Use $v Specimens only for realia.