[Evergreen-catalogers] FAST subject headings

[Sarah Childs]

I've been stripping them. They do seem redundant, and to my mind, even 
if they were useful in the future, they'd be much more useful if they 
were in all records, rather than just those added from late 2013 onward.

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Sarah Childs
Technical Services Department Head
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
250 North Fifth Street
Zionsville, IN 46077
317-873-3149 x13330
sarahc at zionsville.lib.in.us

On 2014-01-17 11:24, Mary Llewellyn wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 
> What, if anything, do you think about the FAST subject headings 
> (Faceted
> Application of Subject Terminology)? Examples from one bib record (the
> headings with subfield 2 with the term "fast"):
> 
> 
> 
> =650 \0$aMonkeys$vJuvenile fiction.
> 
> =650 \0$aPublic aquariums$vJuvenile fiction.
> 
> =650 \0$aMarine animals$vJuvenile fiction.
> 
> =650 \1$aMonkeys$vFiction.
> 
> =650 \1$aAquariums, Public$vFiction.
> 
> =650 \1$aMarine animals$vFiction.
> 
> =650 \7$aMarine animals.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01009386
> 
> =650 \7$aMonkeys.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01025486
> 
> =650 \7$aPublic aquariums.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01715633
> 
> =655 \7$aFiction.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423787
> 
> =655 \7$aJuvenile works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411637
> 
> 
> 
> Do you keep them? Do you strip them? . We've been removing them before
> loading the records, but should we? They seem to be redundant to the 
> regular
> LCSH in our current catalog, but is there development coming that will 
> make
> them more useful?
> 
> 
> 
> This is a description of what's going on:
> http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/fast-cataloging-and-discovery-e-forum-summary
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for any insights about your approach to FAST.
> 
> 
> 
> Mary
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> Mary Llewellyn
> 
> Database Manager
> 
> Bibliomation, Inc.
> 
> 24 Wooster Ave.
> 
> Waterbury, CT 06708
> 
> mllewell at biblio.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
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