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  18th May 2020, 9:53 PM#1  REPORT  
23skidoo

Member since Jul 2014
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I'm just starting to index my book collection and I'm noticing that the Genres pull down options are missing a number of notable genres. First and foremost, "Westerns" is missing. So too is "Spy/Espionage", "War" and "Television" (the last relating to books about television; there is a "Cinema" option). I know we can't list every single genre option - but those are pretty major omissions.


  18th May 2020, 10:02 PM#2  REPORT  
Gill Sans SUBS

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and Hymns? But all these genres can reasonably be subsumed under the existing smaller list, with Class Number providing the fine graduations


  22nd May 2020, 2:03 AM#3  REPORT  
23skidoo

Member since Jul 2014
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Except class number isn't always available. I've been adding a number of books these past few days and about a quarter of them have no DDC number listed on the OCLC database, only LCC codes which we can't enter (and some books had no listing at all). And I'm noticing that DDC's aren't consistent and will differ between books that are clearly of the same genre. If there's going to be a science fiction option given in the drop-down there has to be a western option too as that's a major genre. I know it's possible to get too detailed, but you got one, you need to have the other. There should also be a category for Plays too.


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