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Fun with subject headings, mostly LCSH RT problem cataloger | cataloging taught me

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Question/Answer on cataloging issues – March 2017 Question: What kinds of subject headings are used for false information? How do Library of Congress Subject Headings describe fallacies? Subm…

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The new MESH headings for 2017 are out!

One of the new terms is “metadata”!

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Want to hear me speak? I’ll be doing a free #mashcat webinar next week about regular expressions. I’ll post registration information soon!

Regular Expressions in Practice

20 December 2016 (20:00-21:00 UTC / 15:00-16:00 EST)

Regular expressions are not just for programmers anymore; they are supported by common software and systems used for cataloging and metadata, and allow for very powerful search and replace, even complete reformatting of library data! In this webinar, we’ll discuss the building blocks of regular expressions, practice identifying what they match (and do not match!), and consider how we can use them to make everyday library work more efficient.

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This is tomorrow! Register here.

https://umn.webex.com/umn/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1e30313f6030b608a01cd4282d91dc9b

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We’ll be playing Regex Bingo. Download / Print your individual bingo board, and come play along!

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Want to hear me speak? I’ll be doing a free #mashcat webinar next week about regular expressions. I’ll post registration information soon!

Regular Expressions in Practice

20 December 2016 (20:00-21:00 UTC / 15:00-16:00 EST)

Regular expressions are not just for programmers anymore; they are supported by common software and systems used for cataloging and metadata, and allow for very powerful search and replace, even complete reformatting of library data! In this webinar, we’ll discuss the building blocks of regular expressions, practice identifying what they match (and do not match!), and consider how we can use them to make everyday library work more efficient.

[zemkat]

This is tomorrow! Register here.

https://umn.webex.com/umn/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1e30313f6030b608a01cd4282d91dc9b

[problem-cataloger]

Want to hear me speak? I’ll be doing a free #mashcat webinar next week about regular expressions. I’ll post registration information soon!

Regular Expressions in Practice

20 December 2016 (20:00-21:00 UTC / 15:00-16:00 EST)

Regular expressions are not just for programmers anymore; they are supported by common software and systems used for cataloging and metadata, and allow for very powerful search and replace, even complete reformatting of library data! In this webinar, we’ll discuss the building blocks of regular expressions, practice identifying what they match (and do not match!), and consider how we can use them to make everyday library work more efficient.

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ANSS Subject and Bibliographic Access Committee Question/Answer on cataloging issues – November 2016 Question: What are the LC Subject Headings and Name Authorities for Cataloging Works Dealing wit…

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New headings from the Library of Congress Subject Headings Monthly List 10 (October 17, 2016)

I was delighted to see a new narrower term established under Curiosities and wonders last month:

150 Alien artifacts [May Subd Geog] [sp2016001959] 450 UF Artifacts, Alien 450 UF Artifacts, Extraterrestrial (Alien artifacts) 450 UF Extraterrestrial artifacts (Alien artifacts) 550 BT Curiosities and wonders

It has surprisingly few, including only:

Alien artifacts

Crop circles

Disasters

Eccentrics and eccentricities

Literary curiosa

Monsters

Seven Wonders of the World

Unidentified flying objects

World records

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New headings from the Library of Congress Subject Headings Monthly List 09 (September 19, 2016) 

The LC PCC PS for RDA 9.0 on Identifying Persons says that this chapter should also be used for fictitious entities and real non-human entities. Before RDA, fictitious characters could only be used as subjects of a work, not as creators or contributors, so headings for these characters were only created as subjects (X50):

Dolittle, Doctor (Fictitious character)

Don Quixote (Fictitious character)

Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)

Per the same LC PCC PS, these subject headings should be replaced with name authority headings (X00) whenever they are needed as creators or contributors, for example, if a book of animal stories claimed to be authored by Doctor Dolittle. Such headings may optionally be converted to name headings (as these were, in September) even if it seems unlikely that they’ll ever be listed as creator or contributor:

Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character)

(though I would read that book). 

This chapter of RDA should only be used for fictional individuals; the LC Subject Heading Manual section H 1610 on Fictitious characters says that headings for groups of fictitious characters should still be established as subjects (X50). Some new ones from September:

Ghostbusters (Fictitious characters)

Jedi (Fictitious characters)

Sith (Fictitious characters)

The LC PCC PS does include as a future activity: 

A project to transition all fictitious and real non-human entities from LCSH will be conducted as resources are available.

so this may change in time.

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Advances in food extrusion technology / edited by Medeni Maskan, Aylin Altan. (OCLC #760413444)

The free-floating subdivision --Extrusion may be used as a topical subdivision under individual materials and types of materials, as in:

650 _0 ǂa Food ǂx Extrusion.

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Honecker-Witze / gesammelt von Arn Strohmeyer. (OCLC #21375796)

The free-floating subdivision --Humor may be used "as a form subdivision under names of countries, cities, etc., names of individual persons and corporate bodies, uniform titles of sacred works, and under topical headings for humorous works about those subjects", as in:

651 _0 ǂa Germany (East) ǂx Politics and government ǂv Humor.

It may also be used as a topical subdivision for works about humor on those subjects, or under names of individual persons for works about the person's sense of humor or use of humor.

The concept of humor may also be built into the heading itself, as in:

650 _0 ǂa German wit and humor.

To save you googling if you don't know German: the man on the cover is thinking: As a politician, he is a zero, but he can kiss!

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New headings from the Library of Congress Subject Headings Monthly List 08 (August 15, 2016)

A subject heading has now been established for the Black Lives Matter movement!

150 Black lives matter movement [May Subd Geog] [sp2016001442] 450 UF Blacklivesmatter movement 550 BT Social movements

In other current events:

150 Courtesy on television [Not Subd Geog] [sp2016000765] 550 BT Television

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Asymmetric labors : the economy of architecture in theory and practice / edited by Aaron Cayer, Peggy Deamer, Sben Korsh, Eric Peterson, and Manuel Shvartzberg ; design by Sean Yendrys. (OCLC #959301854)

The free-floating subdivision --Economic aspects can be used after topical headings, as in:

650 _0 ǂa Architecture ǂx Economic aspects.

I did not find a classification that fit this title exactly; checking Classification Web's correlation search for the term produced a "general special" architecture class, which seemed appropriate, but not all that specific.

There is a range NA2543.A-Z for Architecture in relation to other subjects, A-Z, though Economic aspects is not established in that range in the schedule. I searched the Library of Congress catalog for other titles with that subject heading, and found several under NA2543.S6 - Society, Culture. Based on the table of contents, that seemed to fit the content well, so I went with that:

NA2543.S6 A89 2016

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Sorting things out : classification and its consequences / Geoffrey C. Bowker, Susan Leigh Star. (OCLC #41273009)

From critlib:

Interested in the ethical dimension of classification? Here’s your chance to read one of the foundational texts!

Join the #critcat Slack group for a read along of Bowker & Star’s Sorting Things Out (1999). We’ll be reading the Introduction and Part I (pages 1-161) and have an asynchronous discussion on Slack during the week of October 17-23.  If you’re short on time, just read chapter 4 (pages 135-161) on “Classification, Coding, and Coordination” and join right in.

There will also be a synchronous Twitter chat held with the new Digitial Humanities #infraclub group to discuss Sorting Things Out. The Twitter chat is scheduled for Monday 31 October, 5pm GMT/1pm US Eastern/10am US Pacific.

Sorting Things Out delves into topics such as classifying disease and racial groups—it’s truly a standard in understanding how classification affects our society. Please spread the word and join us in discussing this important work!

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Creating safe and supportive learning environments [electronic resource] : a guide for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and families / edited by Emily S. Fisher and Karen Komosa-Hawkins. (OCLC #842887605)

The free-floating subdivision --Prevention is for "use as a topical subdivision under individual diseases and types of diseases, and under other situations to be avoided", as in the heading:

650 _0 ǂa Homophobia in schools ǂx Prevention.

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Kostroma : Putevoditelʹ / V.N. Bochkov, K.G. Torop. (OCLC #21860994)

The free-floating form subdivision --Guidebooks may be used following place names, as in:

651 _0 Kostroma (Kostromskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) ǂv Guidebooks.

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Deadwood. The complete second season [videorecording] / HBO Entertainment presents ; created by David Milch. (OCLC #798638351)

The free-floating subdivision --Drama can be used after many kinds of terms, including the names of individual persons, as in:

600 10 ǂa Bullock, Seth, ǂd 1849-1919 ǂv Drama. 600 10 ǂa Hickok, Wild Bill, ǂd 1837-1876 ǂv Drama. 600 00 ǂa Calamity Jane, ǂd 1856-1903 ǂv Drama.

Note that Calamity Jane's heading has first indicator 0 (instead of 1) because her name is given in direct order.

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New headings from the Library of Congress Subject Headings Monthly List 07 (July 18, 2016)

150 Figure skating jumps [sp2016001180] 450 UF Figure skating--Jumps 550 BT Jumping 150 Axel jump [sp2016001179] 450 UF Axel Paulsen jump 450 UF Double axel jump 450 UF Figure skating--Axel jump 450 UF Triple axel jump 550 BT Figure skating jumps

The 670's in the Axel jump record are quite extensive. I look forward to the headings (assuming literary warrant) for Salchow, Loop, Toe Loop, Flip, and Lutz. I'm also a little sad to discover that the Walley isn't considered a real jump. It is one of my favorites!

Image Axel_Paulsen_jump_without_text.png: ErikHK derivative work: Nellinka (Axel_Paulsen_jump_without_text.png) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons