Re: Elitism - and Aristotle again! - in libraries (was "Elitism in libraries")

From: Karen Coyle <kcoyle_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:03:18 -0700
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Doesn't seem to be used. I just looked at some random records in MELVYL
and all of the 650's are coded "0" for "no level specified." Anyone know
what community uses this?

kc

Mark Ehlert wrote:
> Karen Coyle wrote in part:
>> I could see a value for "overall scope" subject headings, and "also
>> has something
>> about" subject headings -- coded differently so you could search at
>> different levels. Mann contracts "overall scope" with keyword
>> searching, but as you show below, there could be levels in between
>> those two that are useful.
>
> MARC21 has this, sorta, but doesn't go far enough with it, in my
> opinion.  The first indicator in the 650 field, for instance,
> includes coding for ranking of subjects as primary and
> secondary.  Sadly, few of the other 6XX have this feature.
>
>
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