MOBIUS Policy on Subject Cataloging
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Original Policy Document
All properly formulated and properly applied subject headings on cataloging records incoming from the national cataloging utilities will be retained by catalogers in MOBIUS member libraries. Subject headings not used by a library shall not be removed. The following 6xx fields will be retained:
600 - Personal Name
610 - Corporate Name
611 - Meeting Name
630 - Uniform Title
650 - Topical Term
651 - Geographic Name
653 - Uncontrolled Term
654 - Faceted Topical Term
655 - Genre/Form
656 - Occupation
657 - Function
658 - Curriculum Objective
For original cataloging purposes, MOBIUS catalogers are instructed to compose entries in 600-630 and 651 MARC fields according to AACR2 and Library of Congress practices. For entries in other 6xx fields, the appropriate thesaurus shall be followed. All first indicators in 6xx fields shall be retained. Second indicators shall be retained for the following subject authorities:
Indicator | Subject Authority |
0 | Library of Congress |
1 | LC Subject Headings for Children's Literature |
2 | National Library of Medicine |
3 | National Agricultural Library |
4 | Unspecified Source |
5 & 6 | National Library of Canada |
7 | Source Specified in Subfield ¬2 |
8 | Sears List of Subject Headings |
The above policy statements are based on input standards described in the OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards 2nd ed.