Highlights from the May 2013 SACO editorial meeting and new LCSH from April 2013.
SACO
emphases theirs
Cookie icings
There is no difference between cookie icings and cake icings. Therefore, the existing heading Icings, Cake will be changed to Icings (Confectionery). The proposal was not approved.
Krypton (Imaginary place) ; Nipper (Fictitious character) ; Wendy the Good Little Witch (Fictitious character)
These proposals are based solely on comic books. SHM H 1430, sec. 1.a. states that subject headings should not be assigned to comic books, strips, etc. except for biographical fiction, animal stories, and historical fiction. The proposals were not approved.
LCSH
emphases mine
150 Astronauts' spouses [May Subd Geog] [sp2013000573](A)
550 BT Spouses
The warrant is The Astronaut Wives Club by Barnard alumna Lily Koppel, who also wrote a nice article about the Barnard Zine Library/me in The New York Times.
150 Drag balls [May Subd Geog] [sp 94008099 ](C)
450 UF Ball culture (Gay culture) ADD FIELD
450 UF House ballroom scene (Gay culture) ADD FIELD
550 BT Balls (Parties) DELETE FIELD
550 BT Gays--Social life and customs DELETE FIELD
550 BT Contests ADD FIELD
550 BT Gay culture ADD FIELD
Insert immature joke about balls and ball culture here. Also, I'm a fan of Gay culture over Gays—Social life and customs.
150 Floor exercise (Gymnastics) [May Subd Geog] [sp2013000913](C)
550 BT Gymnastics
The warrants:
670 __ |a Shelly, K. Floor exercise and vaulting, 1973.
670 __ |a Webster's sports dictionary, 1976 |b (floor exercise (gymnastics) A competitive event in which each performer executes a number of ballet and tumbling movements in a coordinated routine on a floor space 12 meters or 42 feet square without the use of apparatus. The routine is timed and in women's competition is accompanied by music)
150 Ice cream sandwiches [May Subd Geog] [sp2013000902](A)
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550 BT Frozen desserts
550 BT Sandwiches
The warrants:
670 __ |a Work cat.: Ice cream sandwiches, 2013.
670 __ |a Wikipedia, viewed March 27, 2013 |b (ice cream sandwich; frozen confection composed of a layer of ice cream sandwiched between two biscuits, cookies, or slices of cake)
670 __ |a Taste of home web site, viewed March 27, 2013 |b (Ice cream sandwich dessert recipe)
My favorite part of this is the Wikipedia description.
CC Licensed photo from Cynthia Chang
150 Lemming populations [May Subd Geog] [sp2013000934](C)
550 BT Rodent populations
CC Licensed photo from Lai Ryanne
I don't actually know what it means, but it seems like it must be funny.
150 Regicide [May Subd Geog] [sp2013000990]
550 BT Kings and rulers--Death and burial
680 Here are entered works on the deliberate killing of monarchs.
Photo from Learner.org, which I hope will appreciate the link in, rather than be pissed about my using their photo.
150 Shrubs [May Subd Geog] [sp 85122148 ]
450 UF Bushes ADD FIELD
BREAKING.
150 Women roller skaters [May Subd Geog] [sp2013000871]
550 BT Roller skaters
550 BT Women skaters
That's my favorite roller girl, Lulu-to-the-Barricades!