<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hello, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Library of Congress is making bibliographic records available for free. This includes Name and Subject authorities. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">See: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/cds/products/marcDist.php" target="_blank">http://www.loc.gov/cds/<wbr>products/marcDist.php</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">I understand there is interest in improving the efficiency of the functionality of the LCSH/LCNAF imports. All full i</span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">mport of all the headings would surely create a lot of overhead with many potentially unused headings, but m</span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">ight data assist in efforts to improve the import function of subject headings? </span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">As I told Christine, as a data geek, I'm thrilled to have this new data - just not sure how in practical terms to use it. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif">Thoughts? </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif">Monique - </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></p></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2">Monique Leahey Sugimoto<br>Archivist & Adult Services Librarian</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2">Palos Verdes Library District<br>701 Silver Spur Road<br>Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274<br>P: 310-377-9584 ext 213<br>F: 310-541-6807<br><a href="http://www.pvld.org" target="_blank">www.pvld.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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