Re: GEN: Redundant subject headings

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

Just for the record (I've written to Lawrence with more detail
already).

Adding --Sears on the end of a subject heading is a mistake on the
part of the vendor. It should **never** appear attached to a subject
heading in a formatted public display, whether on a card or an
OPAC. You might want to see it in a MARC display, but that's the
only place.

Dan Robinson
HW Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On 20 Nov 00, at 11:02, Lawrence Newton wrote:

>         I know this issue doesn't rank up there with
> important things like who our next president will be,
> or what happened to Curious George's tail, but it
> really bothers me:
>         Our school district purchases cataloging records from
> venxors, rather than using centralized processing
> (something else I've been complaining about for
> years).  .......... but
> my main complaint is with the subject headings; more
> than one company (and I can name names) gives the LC
> children's, the LC adult's, and the Sears subject
> headings, all in the same record.
>         I get records with things like "CATS--FICTION",
> "CATS--FICTION--SEARS" and "CATS--FICTION--JUVENILE
> LITERATURE" all in the same record.
............
>         Our cataloging specifications specifically state that
> we want only LC children's headings, but the jobbers
> include them all anyway.  How much trouble could it be
> to program only one set of headings for each customer?
>  Maybe one of the vendors could address this.
>         Am I being nitpicky, or does this bother anybody
> else?

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