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  1. Preferred term correction - correct coding when flipping LCSH to LCGFT

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    I agree that this issue needs attention. The ability to link to LCGFT authorities when coded for LCSH also creates confusion for terms that are present in both (e.g., "Periodicals").

    I believe the root cause of this problem is that there are two sets of LCGFT authorities in the Community Zone: one correctly identified as members of LCGFT and one identified as LCSH. See, for example, gf2014026986 (screenshot attached). I opened a ticket with Ex Libris and the response I got was "When LOC authorities were added to the Alma CZ after discussions with customers, it was identified that some institutions use genre authorities as LC subjects, while others use them as Genre. As a result, it was decided to include these authorities in both vocabularies."

    I've had feedback from some colleagues that their institutions may have mixed application of LCSH/LCGFT due to historical practices, but I agree that the vocabularies should be handled separately. I would rather see misapplication of the vocabularies treated as the outlier, not the other way around.

  2. Incorporation of All Indigenous Syllabics from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Unicode Block (Revisited)

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