Chances are, the library catalogs you frequently consult have either recently undergone some interface modifications, or might be doing so in the near future. A 2008 survey of librarians revealed ...
A new front has opened up in the daily war of political messaging: the e-mail subject line. The weapons are sneering ellipses, smart-aleck pop cultural references and sarcastic quotation marks. And ...
What’s in a name? When it comes to Library of Congress subject headings, there’s plenty. The subject lines are an integral part of the world’s most widely used library indexing tool, the basis for ...
The Library of Congress this week confirmed that it will replace the cataloging subject headings “Aliens” and “Illegal aliens” with the more accurate—and non-offensive—terms “Noncitizens” and “Illegal ...
NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – A task force at the University of Oklahoma has spearheaded an effort to change how the Library of Congress catalogs the Tulsa Race Massacre. Officials say Library of Congress ...
Like all university libraries, the University of Bristol Library uses subject headings to classify items and make them easier find. However, there is growing recognition that some of the language used ...
Subject headings represent the basic division of the Classification Plan. There are 16 subject headings based largely on function. Each subject heading has its own section in the Plan which includes a ...