And it is still the rule if you are following the LCSH conventions as
specified in its rulebook, the Subject Headings Manual. The first subject
heading is also tied closely to the classification number assigned.
Adam
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On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Mike Tribby wrote:
"For fields like subject, I believe there was a convention that the most important
subject (the one upon which the primary classification number was based) had the first
position in the record. Since many modern systems permit or even force re-ordering tags
in numerical order, that positional value can and often is easily lost. Many of us
stopped lamenting this a long time ago, but was it valuable?"
Yes.
Mike Tribby
Senior Cataloger
Quality Books Inc.
The Best of America's Independent Presses
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