Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly List 30 (July 23, 2008) and 31 (July 30, 2008).
In which I thank the Library of Congress for giving me my reproductive rights! And other fun and useful new authorities.
150 Feces in art [Not Subd Geog] [sp2008004962]
Next up?:
FECES IN ART CRITICISM
RT GIULIANI RUDOLPH W.
(A) 150 Haunted lighthouses [May Subd Geog] [sp2008004989]
053 BF1476
550 BT Haunted places
550 BT Lighthouses
Provenance: Haunted lighthouses and how to find them, which is not even the only book in WorldCat with "haunted lighthouses" in the title.
"Insurance, Assessment; Insurance, Bank; [and similar headings]
"The Cataloging Policy and Support Office has undertaken a project to update all of the inverted headings of the type Insurance, [ ... ] to natural language forms and to re-evaluate the reference structures associated with these headings. The revisions will be appearing on weekly lists in batches over the course of the next several weeks. Existing bibliographic records will be updated shortly after the revised authority records are approved."
And there are like a million of them, including BICYCLE INSURANCE, BOILER INSURANCE, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH, CHILD, EXPLOSION, and FOREIGN LOAN.
(A) 150 Metacognitive therapy [May Subd Geog] [sp2008005032]
053 RC489.M46
450 UF MCT (Metacognitive therapy)
550 BT Cognitive therapy
Whoa.
150 National socialism and mathematics [May Subd Geog] [sp2008005193]
680 This heading may be geographically subdivided by Germany only when further subdivided by a locality within Germany.
450 UF Mathematics and national socialism
550 BT Mathematics
And whoa.
151 Queensboro Bridge (New York, N.Y.) [sp2007009574]
667 This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.
451 UF 59th Street Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
451 UF Blackwell's Island Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
451 UF Fifty Ninth Street Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
550 BT Bridges—New York (State)
What, no reference to FEELIN' GROOVY?
150 Reproductive rights [May Subd Geog] [sp2008005212]
680 Here are entered works on the basic human right to determine freely the number and the spacing of one's children, as well as such related issues as affordable access to abortion and contraception, education about contraception and sexually transmitted infections, and freedom from coerced sterilization and contraception.
450 UF Reproductive freedom
550 BT Human rights
550 RT Abortion
550 RT Birth control
550 RT Contraception
550 RT Human reproduction
550 RT Involuntary sterilization
Someone at LC obviously felt strongly about this! Encompassing scope note, and I appreciate the inclusion of HUMAN RIGHTS and INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION.
150 Socialist feminism [May Subd Geog] [sp2008005196]
550 BT Feminism
I believe I've seen some documentation from Mr. Berman on this one! The authority record cites Wikipedia.
150 Tarpaulins [May Subd Geog] [sp2008005213]
450 UF Tarps
550 BT Protective coverings
Provenance, The Blue Tarp Bible. Glory be!