I'm catching up on my pile of mail, and by "catching up," I mean turning it over and starting at what was previously at the bottom, instead of answering letters immediately or never.
The first thing I found was a copy of a 3/28/11 letter from Sandy Berman to the Cataloging Policy & Support Office of the Library of Congress, recommending they establish the subject heading READICIDE.
As I've said before, I'm growing weary of this LCSH game, and even caring about subject headings in general. I believe in the concept of controlled vocabulary, but I'm starting to come around to the idea that if no one uses them, they're not worth agonizing over, especially when LC/SACO have such different priorities than the library users I know. I'm supposed to do an LCSH show at ACRL in the spring, but I don't know if I'll be able to do so with any conviction.
Still and all, I do enjoy this game, plus Adam Schiff asked nicely, so I'll play a little while longer.
The Lower East Side Librarian Library of Congress Subject Headings of the month for Month 7, July 16, 2012 are...
A submission made via the LoC suggest terminology form:
Another LCSH request submitted today:
So I just asked for two new LCSH to aid me in describing the zine Bursting Your Bubble : a Rant.
