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1. (10 points) Consider the following exhibit from the Sears List of Subject Headings. If the record were in the MARC authority format, you would see one 150 field, one 360 field, four 450 fields, six 550 fields, and one 680 field. In the spaces below, tell me the contents of each field.
   
   

   Legends (May subdiv. geog.)

   398.2

   	May be used for individual works, collections, or materials about tales coming down from the past, especially those relating to actual events or person. Collectiosn of tales written between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries and dealing with the age of chivalry or the supernatural are entered under Romances.
   	UF	Folk tales
   		Stories
   		Tales
   		Traditions
   	SA	names of individual persons or sacred works with the subdivision Legends; legends of particular ethnic or religious groups, e.g. Jewish legends; and names of individual legendary characters, e.g., Bunyan, Paul (Lengendary character); to be added as needed
   	BT	Fiction
   		Literature
   	NT	Celtic legends
   		Fairy tales
   		Grail
   		Jewish legends
   		Mythology
   		Norse legends
   		Tall tales
   	RT	Fables
   		Folklore
   		Romances
   		Saints

   
   

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2. (10 points) Consider the following Library of Congress subject heading in OCLC MARC authority format. List all of the public see (or search under) and see also (or search also under) references (i.e., the references as they would appear in the OPAC) that would result from downloading this record into an online catalog.
   
   

   ARN: 2094754

   Rec stat:	c		Entered:	19860211
   Type:	z		Upd status:	a		Enc lvl:	n		Source:
   Roman:			Ref status:	a		Mod rec:			Name use:	b
   Govt agn:			Auth status:	a		Subj:	a		Subj use:	a
   Series:	n		Auth/ref:	a		Geo subd:	i		Ser use:	b
   Ser num:	n		Name:	n		Subdiv tp			Rules:	n

   	1	010			sh 85075780
   	2	040			DLC |c DLC |d DLC
   	3	005			19950419113521.0
   	4	150	0		Legends
   	5	360			|i subdivision |a Legends |i under subjects, e.g., |a Martyrs--Legends; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Legends
   	6	450	0		Folk tales
   	7	450	0		Traditions
   	8	450	0		Urban legends
   	9	550		0	Exempla |w g
   	10	550		0	Fiction
   	11	550		0	Folk literature
   	12	550		0	Homitletical illustrations
   	13	550		0	Literature
   	14	550		0	Tales

   
   

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3. (6 points each) Indicate the letter representing the best answer. Feel free to add any rationale for your answer, though I can't promise it will make any difference. If you want to choose more than one answer, you may.
   
   

   3a.	Which heading(s) is/are, according to Cutter, the most appropriate for a book on spinning wheels?
   	A.	SPINNING WHEELS
   	B.	CRAFTS--HANDICRAFT--SPINNING--TOOLS
   	C.	HANDICRAFT
   	D.	YARN

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   3b.	Which heading(s) is/are example(s) of the concept of pre-coordination.
   	A.	JOURNALISM
   	B.	PRIORITIES OF CLAIMS AND LIENS
   	C.	JOINT OWNERSHIP OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
   	D.	LIFE

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   3c.	What would be the correct Library of Congress subject heading(s) for a book primarily examining the literary output of A. N. Roquelaure?
   	A.	ROQUELAURE, A.N.--CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
   	B.	ROQUELAURE, A.N.
   	C.	ROQUELAURE, A.N.--BIOGRAPHY
   	D.	AMERICAN FICTION-- ROQUELAURE, A.N.--HISTORY AND CRITICISM

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   3d.	Which heading(s) would seem to be designed for use in a post-coordinated environment?
   	A.	GARDEN ORNAMENTS AND FURNITURE
   	B.	GAZETTEERS
   	C.	GARDENING IN THE SHADE
   	D.	GENEAOLOGY

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4. (9 points) List and briefly discuss three of Cutter's subject cataloging principles.
   
   

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5. (6 points) List two ways in which a thesaurus differs from a traditional subject heading list.
   
   

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6. (6 points) Discuss the differences in the way Sears and LCSH implement geographic subdivision.
   
   

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   LCSH:

   
   
7. (5 points) In both Sears and LCSH, one heading is always assigned to an individual biography. What is it and how is it formed?
   
   

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   How is it formed?:

   
   
   
8. (10 points) List a problem with assigning subject headings to a work of fiction, and then describe one situation when one could be justified in assigning subject headings to fiction.
   
   

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9. 
   

   (20 points) Welcome back to the GMCMPL (or SL or AL or SchL). This must be better than earning your living by drug-running, though you have considered that possibility. The board continues to flex their muscle; perhaps Prozac would help.

   The board's latest foray into technical services has to do with subject headings. Having just tried out the online catalog (two years after its installation), a vocal group has convinced the other board members that "them subject headings just make things hard. All you have to know to find anything in this place is that there keyword searchin'." Once the board realized how much time and money is spent on subject cataloging (you should assume that includes subject authority work-i.e., the process of adding see and see also references to the catalog-even though that concept would seem to be beyond the mental grasp of the board), they voted unanimously to have you abandon all subject cataloging. However, they are willing to listen to a presentation from you on the subject (no pun intended).

   In the space below and on the back, if necessary, discuss what you will say to the board. If you agree that subject cataloging ought to be abandoned, list your reasons and explain what will replace it and how. If you think that subject cataloging ought to be retained, give reasons why you feel that way. Please feel free to argue from either perspective, but be sure to support your argument.

   
   

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