* Many of the reporting associationis noted that they have working groups or committees investigating outdated and/or problematic language in subject headings and description. The National Library of Medicine is obligated to follow OMB guidelines as to language, such as Blacks rather than Black people.
* LC is sponsoring panel discussions on faceted subject headings on July 18-19. Paul Frank described them as exploratory and a comparison of the effectiveness of faceted terms versus precoordinated strings. Monday session: Applying/Using Faceted Subject Headings. Tuesay session: Faceted Subject Headings: Impact on Discovery.
* LC is looking at the E schedule relative to headings for American Indians and Indigenous peoples. Not much reclassification, more updating of terminology in captions.
* The British Library is shifting to use of FAST for subject headings on its original cataloging. The FAST SACO Funnel will be proposing new and revised headings to LCSH for subsequent addition to FAST rather than direct proposals to FAST.
* New headings proposed for LCSH are not automatically considered for the Children's and Young Adults' Cataloging Program. CYAC appreicates parallel proposals if appropriate.
* Jonathan Ward recommended the Getty report on attempts to be unbiased and inclusive.
https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/Vocabs_unbiased_terminology.pdf
* Open discussion on deprofessionalization in cataloging. At the Faceted SH symposiums, Alan Danskin talked about a British Library attempt to convince original catalogers that their task was subject analysis and the importance of that relative to the semantics of LCSH or other subject vocabularies.
* SAC endorsed the GNCRT report on inclusion of Manga in LCSH and LCGFT. GNCRT = Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table of ALA
^ PCC issued a statement on using multiple vocabularies when the LC vocabularies don't answer special needs for subject access. It was noted that we don't want to disadvantage poor libraries in the name of broadened use of multiple vocabularies.
Notes compiled by Sherman Clarke
ARLIS/NA liaison to SAC
sherman.clarke@gmail.com