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Entries from August 2009

Architecture subject headings are now in direct order!

August 18, 2009 · 1 Comment

architectureIn the summer 2009  edition of the Cataloging Standards Bulletin #124 you will find that all of the architecture subject heading have been changed from inverted order to direct order.  Therefore headings such as Architecture, Islamic is now Islamic architecture ; Architecture, Buddist is now Buddhist architecture etc.

Some other highlights of this latest edition of CSB are:

Body, Human is now Human body

Refugees, Jewish is now Jewish refugees

Design, Industrial is now Industrial design

Prisoners, Transportation of is now Penal transportation

Cataloging, Cooperative is now Cooperative cataloging

Genre (Art) is now Art genres

Electric engineering is now Electrical engineering

Electric drafting is now Electrical drafting

Have fun with your database maintenance!

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This blog has received an honour!

August 18, 2009 · 3 Comments

Top100I have just been informed that this blog is included in  100 Best Blogs for Library Science Students” published by OnlineDegreePrograms.org

http://onlinedegreeprograms.org/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-library-science-students/

Check under the Resources section.

I’m very honoured! Thanks!

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Extraterrestrial beings

August 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I admit it… I missed this one.  Way back in 2007 this subject heading was changed.

Alien

Prior to 2007 when you searched for Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) the SH said SEE Life on other planets.  Now, however it says SEE Extraterrestrial beings with a SEE ALSO for Life on other planets.  Since this is an often used heading, I wanted to ensure that everyone knows about the updated,  more specific heading.

001 sh2007000255
003 DLC
005 20070309081016.0
008 070309i| anannbabn          |a ana     c
010 – |ash2007000255
040 – |aWa|beng|cDLC
150 – |aExtraterrestrial beings
450 – |aAlien beings (Extraterrestrials)
450 – |aAliens (Extraterrestrial beings)
450 – |aExtraterrestrial intelligence
450 – |aExtraterrestrials
550 – |wg|aLife on other planets
550 – |aHuman-alien encounters
670 – |aWork cat.: The thing from another world, 1987, c1951|b(Arctic researchers discover a huge, frozen alien inside a crash-landed UFO)
670 – |aHennepin|b(Aliens (Humanoid), Aliens (Non-humanoid))
670 – |aAm. heritage dict.|b(extraterrestrial: an extraterrestrial being or life form)
670 – |aDrake, F.D. Is any one out there? : the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence, 1992.
670 – |aLC database, Jan. 12, 2007|b(in titles: Alien beings; extraterrestrials; extraterrestrial beings)
670 – |aEncarta world Eng. dict.|b(alien : Extraterrestrial being : a being from another planet or another part of the universe, esp. in works of science fiction)
550 – |wh|aMartians
550 – |wh|aMen in black (UFO phenomenon)

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