Highlights from the May 2016 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
SACO, emphases theirs
Red meat processing plants
LCSH practice has been to conflate “red meat” with “meat,” and the meeting chose to retain that practice. The existing heading Packing-houses should be assigned to the work cat. An upward reference from Red meat processing plants will be added to the existing heading Packing-houses. The proposal was not approved.
I love people that are all holier than thou about not eating red meat. Or fish. Flesh is flesh, people! Anyway, LC, I support this decision. You're welcome.
DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP TERMS
Palestinians
Palestinian Arabs are not the same as Palestinians, since Christians and Muslims also live in Palestine. LCDGT general policy is that if an ethnic group is also the demonym for a country, the term is included as a national/regional group. Due to the sensitivity of this particular location, though, separate headings for Palestinians as a national/regional group and Palestinian Arabs as an ethnic group are advisable. The proposal may be resubmitted.
I'm confused about this. It seems from the documentation that nationalities are eligible for group terms. Is it an issue that there are Canadians of different religions and ethnicities? Or is "sensitivity" causing SACO to be nonsensical? Maybe Adam or Netanel will help me understand?
photo from "UN General Assembly Votes For Raising Palestinian Flag" post, 9/11/2015
http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/ga11676.doc.htm
LCSH, emphases mine
150 African American bisexual women [May Subd Geog] [sp2015000363](C)
450 UF Bisexual women, African American
550 BT Bisexual women--United States
I thought they'd started to say Black. So there's still no way to describe bisexuals of, say, Haitian descent?
150 African American sexual minorities [May Subd Geog] [sp2016000681]
450 UF Sexual minorities, African American
550 BT Sexual minorities--United States
Still with the "sexual minorities" thing!
110 Alter Krahnen (Andernach, Germany) [Not Subd Geog] [sp2016000437]
410 UF Alte Krahn (Andernach, Germany)
410 UF Alte Krahnen (Andernach, Germany)
410 UF Andernacher Krahn (Andernach, Germany)
410 UF Old Crane of Andernach (Andernach, Germany)
550 BT Cranes, derricks, etc.--Germany
Did anyone else read that at first as Alter Kocker (old fart)? If not, you must not have an Ashkenazi Jewish grandfather or uncle. I can't believe Americans revere Jewish humor.
Alter kocker thong. that's right. Photo from CafePress.
150 Cisgender people [May Subd Geog] [sp2016000684]
550 BT Persons
Yasss!
150 Indian men [May Subd Geog] [sp2009002823]
681 Example under Indigenous men ADD FIELD
150 Indian young men [May Subd Geog] [sp2015003072](C)
450 UF Young men, Indian
550 BT Young men--United States
Is the 681 the only way you know they're not referring to people from India? What about indigenous people from India? Thanks, Columbus!
150 Indigenous men [May Subd Geog] [sp2016000019](C)
450 UF Aboriginal men
450 UF Native men
550 BT Men
680 Here are entered general works on indigenous men, not limited to a particular racial or ethnic group. Works limited to indigenous men of a particular racial or ethnic group are entered under the heading for men of that group, e.g., Indian men; Gullah men.
I could complain about this heading, too, but you know, part of the problem is that our language is deeply coded in bigotry.
150 Lunar calendars [May Subd Geog] [sp2016000550](C)
450 UF Moon phases calendars
550 BT Calendars
How about a UF Menstrual cycle calendars?
Image from vivalacraft shop
150 Peer-to-peer travel [May Subd Geog] [sp2016000432](A)
053 G156.5.P44
450 UF P2P travel
450 UF Peer-to-peer tourism
450 UF Social travel (Peer-to-peer)
550 BT Travel
This could be good for zines about punk bands sleeping on floors. That's what the proposer had in mind, right?
photo from blog Major Progressions (using the photo is not an endorsement. It seems like a useful DIYish blog, but it could be overly white cis guy centric. I just don't know)
DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP TERMS
150 Parents of autistics [dp2016060146](C)
072 soc
450 UF Autistics, Parents of
550 BT Parents
I'm sure people with Autism love to be summed up by one aspect of their identity like this, as do their parents.
Strangely, this photo is said to come from a Facebook group: Single Mothers Who Have Children with Autism (not …Mothers of Autistic Children, mind you)