GEN: V for Fiction?

["Lyle, Nancy" <NLyle@TUSD.K12.CA.US>]

Cataloging Gods and Goddesses,

I have noticed recently that the MARC records (from Marcive) for some
fiction books contain the subfield v for fiction instead of the general
subdivision x. According to my reference sources, the subfield v is used for
genre.

Then in our Winnebago DOS catalog, the subject is shown as CATS, FICTION
instead of CATS-FICTION.  A friend who has Winnebago Spectrum says that in
her catalog the v subfield doesn't appear at all, the subject is just CATS.


Have any of you noticed this?  Is this a change in the LC standard?  Should
x be used in some cases and v in others?  How are you handling this?

Thanks for your input.

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                                      Nancy Lyle, Librarian
                               Torrance High School Library
                                 Torrance, California 90501
                                         (310) 533-4387
                                    nlyle@tusd.k12.ca.us

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