The Policy and Standards Division (PSD) of the Library of Congress has determined that topical headings denoting a genre or form of video recording should be cancelled in favor of the existing correlated film headings.
See link: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/videorecheadings2.pdf
For example:
Instructional videos would be changed to Instructional films
Educational videos would be changed to Educational films
etc., etc.
Categories: Media cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: Genre headings, Media cataloguing
CSB number 125 (Fall 2009) is now available in .pdf format!
Some highlights include:
Alien labor has been changed to Foreign workers
College catalogs has been changed to Universities and colleges–Curricula–Catalogs
Peasantry has been changed to Peasants
Some headings for priests have been changed from indirect to direct order. For example:
Priests, Buddhist is now Buddhist priests
Priests, Zen is now Zen priests
etc….
Happy recon!
Categories: Cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: CSB, Subject headings
With RDA on the horizon, the Library of Congress is moving toward subject headings that are more in keeping with everyday jargon
. That means that inverted headings are being gradually changed to direct order headings. This also means that antiquated terminology is being converted to more commonly accepted and understood terms.
A prime example of this trend is described in the .pdf document put out by the ABA Policy and Standards Division (PSD) of the Library of Congress. In a move to modernize the cookery subject headings, they are in the initial stages of a major clean-up.
It looks like Cookery will be changed to Cooking. And that’s just the beginning…
Once final decisions have been made, the Subject Headings Manual, H 1475, Cooking and Cookbooks, will be revised
Categories: Cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: Subject headings
In the most recent list of Subject Headings changes from the Library of Congress there are several changes made to roads subject headings. They are for the most part all in direct order now. Some examples are:
Roads, Brick is now Brick roads Roads, Ice is now Ice crossings Roads, Concrete is now Concrete roads Roads, Earth is now Dirt roads Roads, Gravel is now Gravel roads Roads, Macadamized is now Macadam roads Roads, Experimental is now Test roads Roads, Oiled is now Oiled roads Roads, Rubberized is now Rubberized roads Roads, Soil-cement is now Soil-cement roads Roads, Tarred is now Tarred roads I guess we are on the road to updating our databases...
Categories: Cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: Subject headings
| LC Control Number: | sh 85047009 |
|---|---|
| HEADING: | Families |
| 000 | 01555cz a2200493n 450 |
| 001 | 4698754 |
| 005 | 20090626002757.0 |
| 008 | 860211i| anannbabn |a ana |
| 035 | __ |a (DLC)sh 85047009 |
| 035 | __ |a (DLC)6555160 |
| 035 | __ |a (DLC)sp 85047009 |
| 035 | __ |a (DLC)329783 |
| 035 | __ |a (DLC)7905291 |
| 035 | __ |a (DLC)427638 |
| 906 | __ |t 0924 |u tc09 |v 0 |
| 010 | __ |a sh 85047009 |
| 040 | __ |a DLC |c DLC |d DLC |d WaU |d DLC |
| 053 | _0 |a GN480 |b GN480.65 |c Ethnology |
| 053 | _0 |a GT2420 |c Manners and customs |
| 053 | _0 |a HQ503 |b HQ1064 |c Sociology |
| 150 | __ |a Families |
| 360 | __ |i subdivision |a Family |i under names of individual persons; and subdivision |a Family relationships |i under classes of persons |
| 450 | __ |w nne |a Family |
| 450 | __ |a Families |x Social aspects |
| 450 | __ |a Families |x Social conditions |
| 450 | __ |a Family life |
| 450 | __ |a Family relationships |
| 450 | __ |a Family structure |
| 450 | __ |a Relationships, Family |
| 450 | __ |a Structure, Family |
| 550 | __ |w g |a Social institutions |
| 550 | __ |a Birth order |
| 550 | __ |a Domestic relations |
| 550 | __ |a Family reunions |
| 550 | __ |a Home |
| 550 | __ |a Households |
| 550 | __ |a Kinship |
| 550 | __ |a Marriage |
| 550 | __ |a Matriarchy |
| 550 | __ |a Parenthood |
| 550 | __ |a Patriarchy |
| 680 | __ |i Here are entered works on the sociological concept and structure of families as well as works on the everyday life, interactions, and relationships of family members. |
| 952 | __ |a ca. 25,000 bib. records to be changed |
| 953 | __ |a xx00 |b td13
Also FYI: The subject heading Communication in the family is now Communication in families
|
Categories: Cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: Subject headings
In 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!
Categories: Cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: Subject headings, Cataloging Service Bulletins, CSB
I admit it… I missed this one. Way back in 2007 this subject heading was changed.
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)
Categories: Cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: Subject headings
From one of the latest 'weekly lists' I found the following. Time again to update your databases!* 151 United States—Economic conditions—2001‑ CANCEL (A) 151 United States—Economic conditions—2001‑2009 [sp2001004604] 053 HC106.83 (A) 151 United States—Economic conditions—2009‑ [sp2009006641] * 151 United States—Economic policy—2001‑ CANCEL (A,C) 151 United States—Economic policy—2001‑2009 [sp2001008758] (A) 151 United States—Economic policy—2009‑ [sp2009006640]
Categories: Cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: Subject headings
The Library of Congress has updated the name authority for Michael Jackson.
| LC Control Number: | n 83133203 |
|---|---|
| HEADING: | Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009 |
| 000 | 00938cz a2200193n 450 |
| 001 | 3820096 |
| 005 | 20090626062959.0 |
| 008 | 831121n| acannaab |n aaa |
| 010 | __ |a n 83133203 |
| 035 | __ |a (DLC)n 83133203 |
| 040 | __ |a DLC |c DLC |d DLC |
| 053 | _0 |a ML420.J175 |c Biography |
| 100 | 1_ |a Jackson, Michael, |d 1958-2009 |
| 670 | __ |a Brown, G. Michael Jackson, c1984: |b CIP t.p. (Michael Jackson) galley (pop-artist; lead singer of the Jackson Five) |
| 670 | __ |a Phone call to pub. 11-17-83 |b (Michael Jackson; b. 1958) |
| 670 | __ |a Campbell, L.D. Michael Jackson, c1994: |b p. 5 (Michael Joseph Jackson) |
| 670 | __ |a The many faces of Michael Jackson, c1997: |b p. 60 (Michael Joseph Jackson; b. in Gary, Ind., Aug. 29, 1958) |
| 670 | __ |a Wikipedia, June 26, 2009 |b (Michael Jackson; Michael Joseph Jackson; b. Aug. 29, 1958, Gary, Ind.; d. June 25, 2009, Los Angeles, Calif.; American recording artist and entertainer) |
| 953 | __ |a bc26 |b td07 |
Remember the REVISED LCRI 22.17 contains a new option for cataloguers to add death dates to personal name headings with open dates. For lists of name authorities that have already been amended see:
http://www.oclc.org/rss/feeds/authorityrecords/default.htm
Categories: Authorities · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: Authority records
All subject headings for bridges have been changed from indirect to direct order. See CSB #23
In case you are wondering why I do these changes one at a time, it is because I think the work involved to update a database is more manageable when approached a little bit at a time.
Some examples of changed bridge headings:
Bridges, Arched is now Arch bridges
Bridges, Cantilever is now Cantilever bridges
Bridges, Concrete is now Concrete bridges
You get the picture…
Categories: Cataloguing · New and changed subject headings
Tagged: CSB, Subject headings
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