PCC Resources for
July 17, 2020
PSD policy specialist responsible for this list: L. Dechman
CLASSIFICATION
Changes were made as indicated on the approved list.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Subdivisions to be deleted from lists of free-floating subdivisions:
H 1110, Names of persons
$x Characters $x Children, [Jews, Physicians, etc.]
$x Characters $x [name of individual character]
H 1140, Names of places
$x Emigration and immigration $x Religious aspects $x Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.]
$x Emigration and immigration $x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
$x History $x Religious aspects $x Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.]
$x History $x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1147, Animals
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1149, Chemicals
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1150, Diseases
$x Religious aspects $x Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.]
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1154, Languages
$x Alphabet $x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
$x Religious aspects $x Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.]
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1158, Materials
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1161, Musical instruments
$x Religious aspects $x Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.]
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1164, Organs and regions of the body
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1180, Plants and crops
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
H 1200, Wars
$x Religious aspects $x Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.]
$x Religious aspects $x Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
Cancellation of multiple subdivisions used after [name of person]–Characters
The free-floating multiple subdivisions –Characters—Children, [Jews, Physicians, etc.] and –Characters—[name of individual character] have been cancelled as part of the LCSH multiples cancellation project. Going forward, the policy on cataloging works discussing specific named groups or categories of characters of a literary author, or a specific named character of the author, is to assign the name heading for the literary author subdivided by –Characters and also assign an additional heading for the character or group of characters. The subdivision –Characters will also continue to be assigned to general works on the characters of a literary author.
Pertinent SHM instruction sheets will be revised and affected authority records will be cancelled or revised offlist, as is the practice with the Multiples Project.
Cancellation of the multiple subdivisions –Religious aspects—Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.] and –Religious aspects—Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.]
All uses of the multiple subdivisions –Religious aspects—Baptists, [Catholic Church, etc.] and –Religious aspects—Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.] have been removed from LCSH, including their use as free-floating subdivisions. Therefore, all uses of a subdivision for a religion or Christian denomination after –Religious aspects must be editorially established (that is, proposed).
The topical subdivision –Religious aspects remains free-floating under individual animals and groups of animals, individual plants and groups of plants, individual chemicals and groups of chemicals, individual materials and types of materials, individual languages and groups of languages, individual diseases and types of diseases, individual organs and regions of the body, individual musical instruments and families of instruments, and individual wars. The subdivision must be editorially established under all other headings.
Pertinent SHM instruction sheets will be revised, as will the authority records for the free-floating subdivisions.
Other decisions:
Animal swimming; Cattle—Swimming
The proposals were submitted in order to authorize the subdivision –Swimming under the pattern for animals and groups of animals. The subdivision –Swimming would necessitate widespread exceptions in the Anmials pattern, because the pattern covers both land animals and aquatic animals. Exceptions are especially problematic in linked data; therefore, new subdivisions that cause exceptions are generally discouraged.
Further, the meeting believes that the authorized subdivision –Locomotion is sufficient to express the concept when postcoordinated with the heading Animal swimming.
If a heading for swimming behavior in a particular animal is needed, a heading for [animal] swimming may be proposed. (See, for example, the heading Dog swimming.)
The proposals were not approved.
Carcinologists; Entomologists; Helminthologists; Malacologists; Nematologists
These proposals were made to change the broader term Zoologists to Invertebrate zoologists, which is an intermediate grouping under the broader term Zoologists. The hierarchy under Zoologists will be maintained as a flat hierarchy, i.e., specialized zoologists will be narrower terms under Zoologists, not under the intermediate specialty. This decision is similar to the decision for Fisheries that appeared on List 2005. The reason for this is threefold. First, it allows LCSH to display a complete alphabetical list of zoology specialties. Second, it reduces the maintenance of headings in the category, removing the necessity of changing several headings when an intermediate level is interposed. Third, it allows the ability to avoid establishing intermediate levels of hierarchy unless they are specifically needed for works being cataloged.
The proposals were not approved.
Elephant riding
The proposal was based on a photograph from a collection of photographs of trips to India and Europe. The broader terms chosen for the proposed heading indicate that the heading is intended to reflect tourism. However, the use of elephants in transportation and labor is not limited to tourism. Therefore, the meeting believes that the proposed heading is unnecessarily limiting. The headings Elephants—Pictorial works and Wildlife-related recreation could be assigned instead. The proposal was not approved.
Subtidal ecology
Subtidal ecology is, by definition, the ecology of the shallow sublittoral area of a marine environment. The term is authoritative, however, most of the materials that are about the subtidal area also cover the sublittoral area, and the introduction of another heading for the sublittoral area would serve to separate these materials, forcing users to search in two places. The term Subtidal ecology will be added as an upward UF on the heading Sublittoral ecology. The proposal was not approved.
GENRE/FORM TERMS
Changes were made as indicated on the approved list.
MEDIUM OF PERFORMANCETERMS
Changes were made as indicated on the approved list.
DEMOGRAPHIC TERMS
Changes were made as indicated on the approved list.
STATISTICS
|
LCSH |
LCGFT |
LCMPT |
LCDGT |
Children’s |
Approved* |
105 (91%) |
4 (100%) |
1 (100%) |
0 |
0 |
Authority records cancelled+ |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Not necessary |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Not approved |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Resubmit |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
*The number of proposals approved is approximate and may change slightly during the final processing of the Approved List.
+The number of authority records cancelled is also included in the total number of proposals approved.
