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OBERLIN LCRI CUMULATED 24-27
rev. 12-10
Apply the optional provision of the rule.
24.8:CSB74
Exhibitions, fairs, festivals, etc.
Ambiguous Entities
Treat the ambiguous entities listed below under the provisions of 24.7,
AACR2, tagging them as X11.
Festivals and celebrations
Folk festivals and celebrations
Events 1
Before August 1996, some fairs, festivals, etc., were established either as
name or subject headings, tagged X11 or X50 respectively. After July 1996, establish all
such events as name headings, tagged X11. Do not retain the pre-August 1996 heading as a
reference, unless it is a valid AACR2 reference. Note that a qualifier of the type
specified by 24.4B may be necessary when the name does not convey the idea of a fair,
festival, etc.
LC practice: Convert headings for fairs, festivals, etc., existing in the
subject authority file to name headings as needed. In converting subject authority
records to name authority records, copy the subject authority record into the name
authority file. Add the control number of the subject authority record as a 010z; revise
the form of heading and the tagging; delete any 053 field; evaluate existing references
(revise or delete), add additional references as appropriate, delete any 550 field 2 ;
retain any 670 field(s) as is (including "Work cat." preceding the citation), add a 670
field that justifies the heading chosen (item being cataloged or LC database citation);
and change FFD 8 to value n, code FFD 12 as appropriate, and add the cataloger's code in
FFD 25. Submit a proposal to delete the record from the subject authority file to the
Subject Headings Editorial Team, Cataloging Policy and Support Office. (NACO libraries:
Submit the proposal to Cooperative Cataloging Team, Regional and Cooperative Cataloging
Division.)
111 2# $a National Folk Media Festival d (1988: c Nairobi,
Kenya) 3
111 2# $a International Folk Festival (Duluth, Minn.)
111 2# $a International Folk Festival (Saint Paul, Minn.)
111 2# $a Fiesta San Antonio
111 2# $a Athens Black-eyed Pea Jamboree
1 Defined here as an activity that is formally convened, directed toward a common goal,
capable of being reconvened, and has a formal name, location, date, and duration that can
be determined in advance of the date.
2 Note that the order of fields when copying a subject authority record differs from the
traditional order of fields for name authority records. Do not reorder the fields.