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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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”):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \0$aMonkeys$vJuvenile fiction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \0$aPublic aquariums$vJuvenile fiction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \0$aMarine animals$vJuvenile fiction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \1$aMonkeys$vFiction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \1$aAquariums, Public$vFiction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \1$aMarine animals$vFiction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \7$aMarine animals.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01009386<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \7$aMonkeys.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01025486<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=650 \7$aPublic aquariums.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01715633<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=655 \7$aFiction.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423787<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=655 \7$aJuvenile works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411637<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a description of what’s going on: <a href="http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/fast-cataloging-and-discovery-e-forum-summary">http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/fast-cataloging-and-discovery-e-forum-summary</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for any insights about your approach to FAST.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mary<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mary Llewellyn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Database Manager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bibliomation, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>24 Wooster Ave.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Waterbury, CT 06708<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>mllewell@biblio.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>