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FYI- Does anyone knows when this proposal was presented?
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Subject: Re: NEW YORK (N.Y.) POLICY CHANGE
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The following was sent to me, but not the list, in response to my request.
Michael Klossner
Ark State Library
On 26 Mar 1996, DAVID LUCAS GRAVES wrote:
> I am forwarding you under the table and without comment the
> following message from our policy office. It should answer your
> question. I have had to adjust the margins, so let me know if it
> comes through with words cut off.
>
> Lucas Graves ([log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask])
> Special Materials Cataloging Division
> Library of Congress
> Washington, DC
> *****************************************************************
> To: Cataloging Directorate Team Leaders and other recipients
> (PLEASE FORWARD TO APPROPRIATE STAFF)
> From: CPSO
> Subject: New York (N.Y.) as a geographic subdivision
>
> In the absence of any negative reaction to CPSO's proposal to
> begin dividing New York City through New York (State), we have
> decided to implement this change now. Effective immediately,
> please begin using the form --New York (State)--New York when you
> wish to divide a topic by New York City. Existing bib records
> that use --New York (N.Y.) directly after topics have been
> submitted to the appropriate file maintenance staff for
> correction. Following is the complete text of an article that
> will appear in the next issue of Cataloging Service Bulletin and
> of Library of Congress Cataloging Newsline:
>
>
> NEW YORK (N.Y.) AS A GEOGRAPHIC SUBDIVISON
>
> As part of an ongoing effort to simplify subject cataloging
> practice, the Library of Congress has eliminated the exceptional
> treatment for New York (N.Y.) as a geographic subdivision. The
> city of New York is now assigned as a geographic subdivision
> through New York (State) rather than directly after topics, as in
> the following example:
>
> Arts--New York (State)--New York
> (not Arts--New York (N.Y.))
>
> This change does not affect the subject headings New York
> Metropolitan Area, New York Region, and New York Suburban Area,
> since these headings encompass the tri-state area consisting of
> parts of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. These headings
> will continue to be assigned directly after topics, as in the
> following example:
>
> Housing--New York Metropolitan Area
> (not Housing--New York (State)--New York Metropolitan Area)
>
> Also unaffected is the treatment of New York City boroughs,
> counties, and city sections as subject headings.
>
> To reflect this change in practice, the following instruction
> sheets will be updated in the fifth edition of the Subject
> Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings, scheduled for publication in
> 1996: H 830, H 836, H 1250, H 1334.5, H 1360, H 1427, H 1558,
> H 1925, H 1955, and H 2230.
>
> The Library is also in the process of updating its existing
> bibliographic records to conform to this changed practice.
>
>
>
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