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Jane G Richmond wrote:
> I'm a grad student taking a class in cataloging and organizing media.
> I am interested in finding out how new terms for old topics are handled
> in your libraries.
Dear all--I just had to weigh in with my humble opinion....I think this
is a very valid topic for this list and I agree with Betty and Mark. We
use LCSH at our school. I feel that is far more valid to have
uniformity across the country even though I don't always agree with LC.
(Where do they get those esoteric terms sometimes? thank goodness for
key word searching) I just explain to the students (LCSH is a part of
our Junior portion of library skills) that LC doesn't necessarily use
what we might think of as a subject heading, but that they need to learn
how to use them as we are a college prep school and they will probably
encounter them in their college system; and yes, I have had to defend
their use to an angry parent who wanted me to use "his" term....
--
Lois Roberts Bishop O'Dowd HS Library, Oakland, Ca
lrobert@odowd.pvt.k12.ca.us
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