Sherman Clarke is to subject headings as etymology is to words.
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Patricia J. Barnett
Chief Librarian Emerita of the Frick Art Reference Library
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Sherman Clarke
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Ecology and Art subject heading?
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
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> |((| Ellen Chapman, MLS, MA, CA
> |))| Archives & Manuscripts Department
> |((| University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
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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
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> > 412-268-6625
> >
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