Phrase subject headings "... in art" used to be free-floating so most any subject heading could be expanded to something like "Ecology in art" or "Human ecology in art" or "Paris (France) in art." Quite a while ago, the concept of "in art" was changed to a subdivision under named things such as people, corporate bodies, and places. "Paris (France) in art" became "Paris (France) -- In art." This allowed for easier control of the place name as well as it having MARC tags for a place name instead of topic. Topical headings such as "Ecology in art" were explicitly established according to the memo in the Subject Cataloging Manual (SCM). You might find perusing the SCM very helpful in seeing the logic behind the structure of subject headings. It's only four volumes but there are a few art-related memos, e.g., H 1148, Pattern Headings: Art; H 1250, Art and Fine Art -- links off http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/artcat.html and there's one on Catalogs and illustrated works. The memo on
"... in art" is in the 1st or 2nd volume.
The SACO Project, part of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, allows for libraries beyond LC to propose new LC subject headings, or revisions. There is lots of info at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/saco.html which you might find interesting. Once a heading has been proposed, it goes into the editorial process at LC before it becomes part of LCSH.
If you are interested in when a subject heading was established, you can sometimes tell from the MARC version of the authority record. The 010 field is the LC Control Number. The date is the first part of the number (before 2001, the dates were 2-digit; afterwards, 4). There will be no dates indicated before 1985 since that is when the LCSH file was built. "Ecology in art" is LCCN sh 97000102 (or 1997) but a note on the record says "Made for existing bibliographic records" which means that it was probably created when the change was made from free-floating to explicit establishment of "... in art" headings. You can search LC authorities at http://authorities.loc.gov or on OCLC or perhaps even on your local system.
Sherman Clarke
NYU Libraries (retired)
Alfred, NY
----- Original Message -----
From: Ellen Chapman <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:30 pm
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Ecology and Art subject heading?
To: [log in to unmask]
> LC Authority Files has 2 headings - only a few publications under each.
> Ecology in art
> Human ecology in art
>
> |((| Ellen Chapman, MLS, MA, CA
> |))| Archives & Manuscripts Department
> |((| University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
> |))| (808) 944-7656
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>
> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Mo Dawley wrote:
>
> > Does anyone remember when the subject heading Ecology in Art was instituted
> > in LCSH?
> > WorldCat gives an entry as early as 1978 with Helen and Newton Harrison.
> > I'm also interested in exploring how this subject heading was
> decided or
> > learn more about
> > how LCSHs are instituted in general.
> > If anyone has clues or resource suggestions send them on!
> > Mo
> >
> > Mo Dawley
> > Senior Librarian
> > Art and Drama Librarian
> > Carnegie Mellon University
> > [log in to unmask]
> > 412-268-6625
> >
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