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Topic:  Coming to Terms with Genre/Form Access

 How can we make it easier for library users to find materials such as music, movies, video recordings, cartographic materials, and fiction? Resource discovery and access for library users is the primary objective of the "cataloging process". When new opportunities emerge for libraries to improve discovery and access for their patrons, libraries should respond and take advantage.

Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) is pleased to present a program on Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms. Traditionally, catalogers have assigned controlled vocabulary, such as Library of Congress subject headings to describe the content of works. Over the past few years, the Library of Congress has undertaken several projects to develop genre/form headings for library materials. Genre/form terms describe what an item is, not what it is about. Based on the initial success of its experimental moving image project, which created genre/form headings for films, television programs, and video recordings, the Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) management team approved five new genre/form projects in July 2008 that would be undertaken by its Policy and Standards Division. The new areas to be covered were cartography, law, literature, music, and religion. These projects, now underway, include the identification of relevant thesauri, creation of the genre/form terms, changes to MARC coding, and the development of written documentation and training tools.

The implementation of genre/form terms has major implications for library cataloging processes. Library workflows and systems may need to be updated or changed to accommodate the use and control of the new terms. How will authority records for these terms work with local systems? What will happen to legacy data such as the GSAFD headings? Our speakers will address these issues, and more. They will speak from the perspective of the Library of Congress, from an established automated authority control vendor, and from a practicing library involved in the cartographic aspects of this project.

Presenters:
	Janis L. Young, senior cataloging policy specialist and the genre/form coordinator for the Library of Congress'       Policy and Standards Division (PSD).
	Karen Anderson, Authority Control Librarian, Backstage Library Works, Provo, Utah.
	Paige G. Andrew, Associate Librarian at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, Maps Cataloging Librarian and a member of the Maps Cataloging Team, Cataloging and Metadata Services Department.

Date: December 9, 2011

Location:
Kent State University
Kent Student Center, Room 306
Kent, OH 44242-0001

Registration fee: $50.00, students $25.00
Registration and light refreshments: 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Program time: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Lunch and parking included with registration.
Registration forms and further information are available at: http://notsl.org

Kathleen F. Lamantia, MLIS
Technical Services Librarian
Stark County District Library
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Canton, OH 44702
330-458-2723
klamantia@starklibrary.org
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