LCSH Weekly Lists for 2008: 45 and 46, in which the Library of Congress welcomes ASSASSINS, CAPTIVE FROGS, HETEROSEXUAL MEN IN MOTION PICTURES, and POWER LINE BIRD STRIKES.
(C) 150 Advertising—Bottled water [May Subd Geog] [sp2008008070]
450 UF Bottled water—Advertising
This one is not in the authority file yet, so no explanation.
(C) 150 Advertising and women [May Subd Geog] [sp2008008079]
450 UF Women and advertising
550 BT Women
Seems long overdue, no? Suggested by Johns Hopkins University Press. Interesting.
(C) 150 Animals—Effect of off road vehicles on [May Subd Geog] [sp2008008053]
550 BT Off road vehicles
360 SA subdivision Effect of off road vehicles on under individual animals and groups of animals, e.g. Cattle Effect of off road vehicles on
Suggested by Oregon State University, to describe two books published in the 1970s: The effect of off-road vehicles on least terns and other shorebirds and Effects of off-road vehicles on vertebrates in the California desert.
150 Assassins [May Subd Geog] [sp 85008752]
* 450 UF Hatchet men (Assassins)
* 450 UF Hit men
* 450 UF Hitmen
* 450 UF Triggermen
Who doesn't love a colorful cross reference or three?
(C) 150 Captive frogs [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007736]
550 BT Captive amphibians
550 BT Frogs
There are also SHs for CAPTIVE GECKOS and CAPTIVE IGUANAS. Thank you University of Washington catalogers for so describing Mortality of New Zealand native frogs in captivity. Let my froggies go!
(C) 150 Chinese diaspora [Not Subd Geog] [sp2008007677]
053 DS732
680 Here are entered works on the dispersion of the Chinese people beyond China.
450 UF Chinese—Diaspora
450 UF Diaspora, Chinese
550 BT Chinese—Foreign countries
550 BT Human geography
550 RT Chinese—Migrations
360 SA headings of the type Chinese [place]
Helpful! Still listed in Authorities as proposed, by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a see also for CHINESE--MIGRATIONS.
(C) 150 Crash test dummies [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007744]
450 UF Anthropometric test dummies
450 UF Anthropomorphic test dummies
450 UF ATDs (Anthropometric test dummies)
450 UF Dummies, Crash test
550 BT Crash injuries—Research—Equipment and supplies
550 BT Mannequins (Figures)
There is already a SH for CRASH TEST DUMMIES (MUSICAL GROUP), in case you were worried. I love the term "anthropometric"!
155 Ethnic television programs [Not Subd Geog] [sp2007025609]
680 This heading is used as a genre/form heading for television programs that are made by or intended for a specific ethnic audience and that often feature ethnic experiences.
555 BT Television programs
I'd kinda like to see about half a dozen references, or even individual headings, for this one, by ethnicity, but kudos to LC for coming up with it on their own, rather than waiting for another library to propose it. Still, the phrasing sounds weird to me. Any suggestions for something better?
(A) 150 Heterosexual men in motion pictures [Not Subd Geog] [sp2008007515]
550 BT Motion pictures
You may be amused to know that there are a handful of HETEROSEXUAL MEN subheadings: --HUMOR, --PSYCHOLOGY, and --SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. This is a pattern change from MEN IN MOTION PICTURES. Pretty snazzy!! Based on Extra-ordinary men : white heterosexual masculinity in contemporary popular cinema
(C) 150 Hispanic American community college students [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007796]
450 UF Community college students, Hispanic American
550 BT Community college students—United States
Helpful, though of course I'd prefer LATINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS. Thanks again to Johns Hopkins UP.
(C) 150 Jewish sexual minorities [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007442]
450 UF Sexual minority Jews
550 BT Sexual minorities
I guess SEXUAL MINORITIES is what they're offering up instead of QUEER. It kind of cracks me up that the source is Hillel: The Hillel LGBTQ resource guide. Thank you U Dub gay cataloging Mafiosi!
(C) 150 Part time college students [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007521]
550 BT College students
550 BT Part time students
This will be helpful for zine cataloging, so muchas thanks, this time to catalogers at the University of Virginia.
150 Pink Panther television programs [sp2006002636]
* 550 BT Animated television programs
* 550 BT Television programs CANCEL
Can you believe The Pink Panther presents Christmas songs from your favorite animated Christmas shows is held only by the Library of Congress? I wonder why it was cataloged now. Just getting through the back log? Or did a patron (i.e. a member of Congress) request it?!?
155 Planet of the Apes films [Not Subd Geog] [sp2007005575]
555 BT Dystopian films
Why DYSTOPIAN instead of UTOPIAN? Depends on the POV, I guess, though to be fair, there is no SH for UTOPIAN FILMS.
(C) 150 Popular music in motion pictures [Not Subd Geog] [sp2008007788]
550 BT Motion pictures
Cataloger friends--why is this SH [Not Subd Geog]?
(C) 150 Power line bird strikes [May Subd Geog] [sp2005007492]
450 UF Avian power line strikes
450 UF Bird power line strikes
450 UF Bird strikes, Power line
450 UF Birds—Collisions with overhead electric lines
450 UF Birdstrikes, Power line
450 UF Collisions between power lines and birds
550 RT Overhead electric lines—Environmental aspects
Not in the Authority file yet, which I find very sad.
150 Slave insurrections [May Subd Geog] [sp 85123318]
* 450 UF Slave rebellions
The SH isn't new, just the cross-reference, which I think is a fine idea.
Remember: Changes to existing headings are indicated by an asterisk. (A) indicates proposals that were approved before the editorial meeting. (C) indicates proposals submitted by cooperating libraries.
MARC Organizations Code List to find out which institution's cataloger proposed the new heading. Look in the 040 field $a.