Date:         Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:47:46 -0500
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From:         Bruce D'Arcus <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: genres and governments records
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On Monday, December 1, 2003, at 01:27  PM, Rebecca S. Guenther wrote:

> We can go ahead and add them to the MARC genre list at:
> http://www.loc.gov/marc/sourcecode/genre/genrelist.html

So what would that look like in this list?  The below don't seem to map
well to the current list.

When Karen had originally suggested this, it came out of my query,
IIRC, about congressional hearings and government reports.

Also, what about adding "academic journal" now that we'll have the part
element with its ability to code journal articles?  If this is the
case, it suggests to me the genre for articles and such ought to be
coded on the "host."  Sound right?

Bruce

> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Karen Coyle wrote:
>
>> What you and I discussed was the list that states that the item is a
>> government document, and what level of government. This comes from a
>> code in the MARC 008:
>>
>> 28 - Government publication
>> A one-character code that indicates whether the item is published or
>> produced by or for a government agency, and, if so, the jurisdictional
>> level of the agency.
>> # - Not a government publication
>> a - Autonomous or semi-autonomous component
>> c - Multilocal
>> f - Federal/national
>> i - International intergovernmental
>> l - Local
>> m - Multistate
>> o - Government publication--level undetermined
>> s - State, provincial, territorial, dependent, etc.
>> u - Unknown if item is government publication
>> z - Other
>> | - No attempt to code
>>
>> CR would be "f" -- federal/national.
>>
>> kc
>>
>> On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 07:44, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
>>> About the example I posted from the Congressional Record:
>>>
>>> What should the genre for the CR be?
>>>
>>> Also, related, I recall having a conversation in which someone (maybe
>>> Karen?) said there was a list of genres for government documents like
>>> hearings and such that ought to be added to the standard MARC list.
>>>
>>> Question1:  can someone point me to the list?
>>>
>>> Question 2:  has there been any movement on adding the values to the
>>> MARC list?
>>>
>>> Bruce
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>> Karen Coyle
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