stuart yeates
Violet Fox π¦Terrific new article about how the idea of "neutrality" has been used for decades to deny the approval of #LCSH relating to marginalized people. Great description of how subject headings are created and how inordinate scrutiny is given to certain proposals in order to appear "unbiased." #critcat π
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zn7vfqfcnctwh67uhdxtqkq2/post/3mhdrd22dxk2d
Seeking Approval, Confronting ...
A new memorandum from the Dept of Defense listing specific subject headings to be used within military libraries to flag books with "divisive content." #LCSH #critcat π media.defense.gov/2025/May/09/...
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Anne Klammt@acdha
Was nur eine Frage der Zeit war, ist eingetreten: Der Angriff auf die Wissenschaften und das kulturelle GedΓ€chtnis erreicht die Library of Congress. Was kommt nΓ€chste Woche? Die "Reinigung" des #LCSH auf #woke Begriffe, wie minority, woman, human rights?
#autocracy
#LibrarianOfCongress
Was nur eine Frage der Zeit war, ist eingetreten: Der Angriff auf die Wissenschaften und das kulturelle GedΓ€chtnis erreicht die Library of Congress. Was kommt nΓ€chste Woche? Die "Reinigung" des #LCSH auf #woke Begriffe, wie minority, woman, human rights?
#autocracy
#LibrarianOfCongress
Jez ππΉ
William DentonI took the minutes in this week's meeting of the collections department in the Ontario university library where I work. This just a brief sample of what we (and all the other libraries) are trying to start to handle. It followed twenty minutes about Clarivate and how we're not buying ebooks from ProQuest.
Karen Keiller π₯ π
Anne DeschaineLibrary catalogers and others concerned with the impact of words and complicity, see the latest LCSH change proposals...
https://cosocial.ca/@wdenton/114026098768758164
On the list: Gulf of Mexico (and a bunch of related), Mount Denali.
SEND COMMENTS. WORDS MATTER.
EDIT: Comment period is over
William Denton (@[email protected])
Proposal for Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to rename the Gulf of Mexico (Denali also on the list). UF means "use for." 151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING 151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ] 451 UF Golfo de MΓ©jico 451 UF Golfo de Mexico 451 UF Gulf of America 451 UF Gulf of Mexico 451 UF Mexico, Gulf of [Former heading] 688 Heading changed from Mexico, Gulf of to America, Gulf of in March 2025. 781 America, Gulf of https://classweb.org/tentative-subjects/2412a.html #LCSH #GulfOfMexico
Proposal for Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to rename the Gulf of Mexico (Denali also on the list). UF means "use for."
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
451 UF Golfo de MΓ©jico
451 UF Golfo de Mexico
451 UF Gulf of America
451 UF Gulf of Mexico
451 UF Mexico, Gulf of [Former heading]
688 Heading changed from Mexico, Gulf of to America, Gulf of in March 2025.
781 America, Gulf of
Alissa π#LCSH of the day: βMedicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiricβ βοΈ https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083150.html