----------------------------Original message---------------------------- FYI- Does anyone knows when this proposal was presented? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Re: NEW YORK (N.Y.) POLICY CHANGE /* Written 9:51 pm Mar 26, 1996 by [log in to unmask] in jambo:autocat */ /* ---------- "Re: NEW YORK (N.Y.) POLICY CHANGE" ---------- */ 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. > > > /* End of text from jambo:autocat */