LCSH & SACO June 2016: LC Welcomes Asexual people, Juggalos, and the Quiverfull Movement (that oughta be a fun meet-up)
Highlights from the June 2016 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
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LCSH & SACO May 2016: Rejecting Palestinians as a Demographic Term and Welcoming Cisgender People
Highlights from the May 2016 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
Sandy Berman Personal LCSH Scorecard: July 2016
Sandy Berman asked me to post his latest Library of Congress Subject Headings scorecard (pdf). It's 11 pages of SBSH goodness!
LCSH & SACO April 2016: Rejecting Photography of pets and Decentering...Women
Highlights from the April 2016 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
Dear LC: Corrections--Contracting out is inadequate
In cataloging the zine Columbia Prison Divest I determined that the LCSH for that is Corrections--Contracting out. Using their Suggest terminlogy form I wrote,
I recommend adding a cross reference to "Corrections--Contracting out": Private prisons and maybe For-profit prisons.
Are there other terms that would be better?
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LCSH & SACO March 2016: Wherein LC welcomes Dramatists, Nigerien but tells Authors, Nigerien to GTFO
Highlights from the March 2016 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
LCSH & SACO February 2016: Contradictions that confuse me, also Lunchboxes in art
Highlights from the February 2016 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
Indigenous men; Indigenous men—Identity; Indian men—Identity
The only support provided for these proposals was the title of the work being cataloged, which uses the word “indigenous” but does not indicate in which sense the word is used. It is often used to mean “native to an area” in a general sense and also as an adjective to refer to American Indians. The proposals may be resubmitted with a description of the work being cataloged.
But…Indigenous children is an LCSH as is Indigenous peoples, so how is Indigenous men (or women) a question?
I guess the proposer should have included LC's existing heading in their proposal, rather than expect SACO would assume that's what they were talking about?
Can I Quit You, LC?
For a long time I've been wondering if adhering to Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH) is worth the effort. I get the power of controlled vocabulary, and I respect that no one massive body is going to get headings my version of right all the time. The problem is that in my work in particular, describing zines, LCSH are not as powerful as I'd like them to be. There often aren't terms readily available or the ones that are don't employ culturally appropriate language.
LCSH & SACO November 2015: GLOBAL CHANGE (Not Subd Geog) becomes No decision. Also: Love nests.
Highlights from the November 2015 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
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LCSH & SACO October 2015: LC embraces the SlutWalk movement and disses Robots, Domestic.
Highlights from the October 2015 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
