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When LC implemented form subdivisions, they made the "mistake" of determining that some subdivisions should be considered form/genre by default (that is, they're coded $v in LCSH) while recognizing that they might sometimes be used as topical subdivisions. A purer implementation would have added new subdivisions for any of those could reasonably be both topic or form use, and inventing new subdivisions when there was ambiguity. For example, "--Exhibitions" could be kept as a topical subdivision. "-- Exhibition catalogs" could be added as a form subdivision. Alternatively, one could have determined that form should be handled by form headings rather than by subdivisions. The Canadian Centre for Architecture has done this so an exhibition catalog will have a 655 and the topical headings will not have a subdivision about the catalog-ness. Your catalogers are "right" that "--Art and the war" is coded as a form subdivision though that shouldn't mean it can't be used topically. Practically speaking, such a topical use is likely to be "maintained" if you are doing any kind of routine authority processing, locally or vendor. As my friends like to say to me, get over it. Sherman Clarke NYU Libraries [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Jurist <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2006 5:55 pm Subject: [ARLIS-L] Subject subdivision question for catalogers > We are putting in a form/genre subject heading & I'm noticing some > > weird (to me) things appearing in it. > > According to the catalogers here the subdivision "art and the war" > > should be a $v. Why is this a form/genre when it's a book & it's > *about* the war? > > It would make sense for individual works of art, but it makes no > sense to me for a book. > > What is the rationale behind this? Has $v replaced $x in a > significant number of headings? > > csj > (out of cataloging for a long time) > __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]