The Lower East Side Librarian Library of Congress Subject Headings of the month for Month 6, June 18, 2012 are:
I'm going to try to integrate or inform my coverage of new LCSH with the discussion published on the Tentative Monthly List from June 15, 2012. I'm finding the notes rather inadequate. I wonder if they'd bring me to DC once a month to take the minutes, which is something I'm pretty good at. Ask around.
This month in things that are broader and less specialized than butch and femme:
150 Baby bonnets [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001552] (C)
450 UF Bonnets, Baby
550 BT Infants' clothing
"Silver Dollar Tabor age 19 weeks" Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library
150 Baby booties [May Subd Geog] [sp2012000032] (C)
450 UF Baby bootees
450 UF Bootees, Baby
450 UF Booties, Baby
550 BT Footwear
550 BT Infants' clothing
CC licensed photo by JoshuaBloom
Oh. Wrong kind of booty. I thought that was a weird subject heading, even for LC.
150 Baby spoons [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001600] (C)
450 UF Toddlers' spoons
550 BT Infants' supplies
550 BT Spoons
680 Here are entered works on spoons designed for babies to feed themselves.
CC licensed photo by sanddyss
Oh. Wrong kind of baby.
150 Eyeglass cases [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001608] (C)
450 UF Cases, Eyeglass
450 UF Eye-glass cases
450 UF Eyeglasses cases
550 BT Containers
CC licensed photo by t*bops
150 Gurus in literature [Not Subd Geog] [sp2012001563] (C)
150 Punker (Cat) [Not Subd Geog] [sp2012001263] (C)
550 BT Cats
CC licensed photo by brick red
150 Shoe brushes [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001610] (C)
450 UF Shoebrushes
550 BT Brooms and brushes
CC licensed photo by irishfireside
150 Shoe trees [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001551] (C)
450 UF Shapers, Shoe
450 UF Shoe shapers
450 UF Shoetrees
450 UF Trees, Shoe
550 BT Implements, utensils, etc.
CC licensed photo by jbcurio
150 Ski slopestyle [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001636] (C)
450 UF Skiing, Slopestyle
450 UF Slopestyle, Ski
450 UF Slopestyle skiing
550 BT Freestyle skiing
Apparently ski slopestyle is an acceptable lifestyle to catalogers at the Library of Congress, but not butch and femme. Harrumph!
CC licensed photo by mariskar
150 Snowboard slopestyle [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001635] (C)
450 UF Slopestyle, Snowboard
450 UF Slopestyle snowboarding
450 UF Snowboarding slopestyle
550 BT Snowboarding
CC licensed photo by .:serena_in_wonderland:.
Headings that annoy me just because I don't like them
150 QR codes [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001140] (A)
450 UF Codes, QR
450 UF Quick response codes
550 BT Bar coding
150 QR codes--Library applications [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001142] (A)
150 Location-based services--Library applications [May Subd Geog] [sp2012001136] (A)
At least I can't claim that LC rushed to adopt this technology heading quickly. I first heard about QR codes in a library context in 2008.
Whose Bible?
150 Heroes in the Bible in art [Not Subd Geog] [sp2012001933] (A)
From The People's Cube blog
Headings that get a plus 1 from me
150 Ethnicity in mass media [Not Subd Geog] [sp2012001725] (A)
550 BT Mass media
150 Menstrual cycle in art [Not Subd Geog] [sp2012001991] (C)
CC licensed photo by emotionaltoothpaste
New genre/form terms
155 Peep shows (Motion pictures) [Not Subd Geog] [gp2012025002]
455 UF Peepshows (Motion pictures)
455 UF Raree shows (Motion pictures)
555 BT Motion pictures
680 This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short films intended to be viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass.
They really see no need whatsoever to refer readers elsewhere for any other thing they might have been seeking when typing < peep shows > into a search box?
CC licensed photo by brettneilson
Comments
Bill (not verified)
Sat, 09/01/2012 - 9:52am
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jenna, the tentative list is
jenna, the tentative list is simply a list of the proposals that were submitted. It's posted a month in advance of the editorial meeting so people can comment. It doesn't contain any discussion or notes.
jenna
Sun, 09/02/2012 - 8:54pm
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Thanks, as always, for the
Thanks, as always, for the clarification, Bill. So then where are there notes, if anywhere?
Bill (not verified)
Mon, 09/03/2012 - 11:23am
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If the proposal is
If the proposal is approved--with out without changes--it appears on the approved monthly list ( http://classificationweb.net/approved-subjects/ ), usually without comment. If you're interested in what changes PSD made, you have to compare it with the tentative list (before the latter disappears).
If PSD doesn't approve the proposal, or asks that it be resubmitted with more work, it appears in the summary of decisions ( http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/cpsoed/cpsoeditorial.html ) with a brief explanation. To make sense of the explanation you may have to refer back to the tentative list to see what in fact was being proposed.
If the proposal is withdrawn before the editorial meeting, by the person who submitted it, it just disappears. But if you're really interested, you can figure it out by carefully comparing the tentative and approved lists.
The specialists in PSD work frantically to produce even this degree of transparency. Like most of the rest of us they have fewer and fewer people responsible for more and more work.