Allison
@readaway.bsky.social
Comics and critcat. Coordinator comics & fiction NACO/SACO funnel
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The American Library Association Core Subject Analysis Committee's Working Group on Local Headings seeks to survey libraries, archives, museums and associated institutions about their involvement in the work of revising subjects, genres, and other authority data in their local catalogs.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The American Library Association Core Subject Analysis Committee's Working Group on Local Headings seeks to survey libraries, archives, museums and associated institutions about their involvement in the work of revising subjects, genres, and other authority data in their local catalogs.
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ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on $v Retention invites participation in a survey investigating potential impacts of the Library of Congress' omission of form subdivisions ($v) in subject headings. Please share!
tinyurl.com/2792hbkn
#critcat #critlib
tinyurl.com/2792hbkn
#critcat #critlib
Feedback Survey about Form Subdivision ($v) Omission from Subject Headings
The Library of Congress announced in January 2025 that as part of a linked data-friendly “Modern MARC” cataloging practice, they will no longer include form/genre subdivisions (e.g., 600 $v, 650 $v, 6...
docs.google.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on $v Retention invites participation in a survey investigating potential impacts of the Library of Congress' omission of form subdivisions ($v) in subject headings. Please share!
tinyurl.com/2792hbkn
#critcat #critlib
tinyurl.com/2792hbkn
#critcat #critlib
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The SRRT Day of Social Justice on Monday August 4th will focus on "AI and Social Justice." Free, online, open to everyone. Topics include critical AI resistance, the socio-environmental impacts of AI, technoableism, AI literacy in carceral settings, & more.
www.ala.org/srrt/events/... 📚
www.ala.org/srrt/events/... 📚
SRRT Day of Social Justice
SRRT Day of Social Justice, August 4, 2025.
www.ala.org
July 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The SRRT Day of Social Justice on Monday August 4th will focus on "AI and Social Justice." Free, online, open to everyone. Topics include critical AI resistance, the socio-environmental impacts of AI, technoableism, AI literacy in carceral settings, & more.
www.ala.org/srrt/events/... 📚
www.ala.org/srrt/events/... 📚
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New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring a bunch of news, webinars, blog posts, and more about critical #cataloging in May 2025. cataloginglab.org/2025/05/31/c... #critcat
Critcatenate: #critcat in May 2025 – Cataloging Lab
cataloginglab.org
June 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring a bunch of news, webinars, blog posts, and more about critical #cataloging in May 2025. cataloginglab.org/2025/05/31/c... #critcat
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New blog post at ACRLog: Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries acrlog.org/2025/05/11/t.... I talk about how painful it is that LCSH are being used for this dirty work. #critcat 📚
Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries - ACRLog
In the course of looking for resources relating to critical cataloging, I stumbled on a new memorandum from the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense, dated May 9th and titled “Reviewing the Departm...
acrlog.org
May 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
New blog post at ACRLog: Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries acrlog.org/2025/05/11/t.... I talk about how painful it is that LCSH are being used for this dirty work. #critcat 📚
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UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...
Caught off-guard, California colleges scramble to determine scope of student visa cancellations
More universities are discovering that international student visas were cancelled last week, causing growing concern and confusion at UCLA and other California campuses.
www.latimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
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New issue of Critcatenate now available featuring all the critical #cataloging news I could find this month. 📚 come for the yelling about bad #LCSH decisions, consider volunteering for one of the many committee opportunities! cataloginglab.org/2025/03/31/c... #critcat
Critcatenate: #critcat in March 2025 – Cataloging Lab
cataloginglab.org
March 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New issue of Critcatenate now available featuring all the critical #cataloging news I could find this month. 📚 come for the yelling about bad #LCSH decisions, consider volunteering for one of the many committee opportunities! cataloginglab.org/2025/03/31/c... #critcat
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Thanks to all of the excellent members of the working groups; we put together some good arguments and resources on the importance of cataloging and metadata work!!
Could you use help explaining the value of #cataloging & good metadata to your admin, coworkers, #MLIS students, etc.? Happy to share this set of resources put together by an ALA working group chaired by @magsjoy.bsky.social. All of these & more are available at hdl.handle.net/11213/22872. 📚
April 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thanks to all of the excellent members of the working groups; we put together some good arguments and resources on the importance of cataloging and metadata work!!
We're still looking for volunteers for a working group on local authorities to address the recent #LCSH changes to Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali. The working group aims to provide guidance on how libraries can either change their subject display or create local authorities #critcat
April 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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IMLS Matters.
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
April 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
IMLS Matters.
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
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Call for volunteers to ALA SAC Local Authorities Working Group! #critlib #critcat
In response to the recent LCSH changes to Gulf of Mexico and Denali, there is increased interest in promoting awareness and providing information on how to change display names and/or create local authority records.
In response to the recent LCSH changes to Gulf of Mexico and Denali, there is increased interest in promoting awareness and providing information on how to change display names and/or create local authority records.
March 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Here’s an explainer re possible impacts to the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS). It “enumerates which programs are "shall" programs and duties, meaning that they are mandated by Congress, and which programs are "may" programs, meaning that they are discretionary for IMLS”
Understanding IMLS's “Shall” and “May” Language
EveryLibrary Institute is a 501c3 organization that supports library funding in the United States.
www.everylibraryinstitute.org
March 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s an explainer re possible impacts to the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS). It “enumerates which programs are "shall" programs and duties, meaning that they are mandated by Congress, and which programs are "may" programs, meaning that they are discretionary for IMLS”
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Librarians doing anticipatory obedience 😡 🤢 💔
classweb.org/approved-sub...
151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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classweb.org/approved-sub...
151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (2025)Library of Congress Subject Headings (2025)
classweb.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Librarians doing anticipatory obedience 😡 🤢 💔
classweb.org/approved-sub...
151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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classweb.org/approved-sub...
151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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In unsurprising news, tentative list 12a for #LCSH just published: classweb.org/approved-sub... and the headings are now officially "America, Gulf of" and "McKinley, Mount (Alaska)."
So now the workarounds can begin #critcat
So now the workarounds can begin #critcat
Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (2025)Library of Congress Subject Headings (2025)
classweb.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In unsurprising news, tentative list 12a for #LCSH just published: classweb.org/approved-sub... and the headings are now officially "America, Gulf of" and "McKinley, Mount (Alaska)."
So now the workarounds can begin #critcat
So now the workarounds can begin #critcat
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Trans authors--email your favorite library cataloger to update your name to what you want it to be in WorldCat/Google Books. 🏳️⚧️
March 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Trans authors--email your favorite library cataloger to update your name to what you want it to be in WorldCat/Google Books. 🏳️⚧️
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New issue of Critcatenate now available for those interested in critical approaches to metadata in libraries & archives. Lots of events coming up! cataloginglab.org/2025/02/28/c... 📚 #critcat
Critcatenate: #critcat in February 2025 – Cataloging Lab
cataloginglab.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
New issue of Critcatenate now available for those interested in critical approaches to metadata in libraries & archives. Lots of events coming up! cataloginglab.org/2025/02/28/c... 📚 #critcat
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LC gave one day's notice to change the subject heading to "Gulf of America" but its own country code for Zimbabwe still references the white supremacist-run Rhodesia, which gained internationally-recognized independence as Zimbabwe in... 1980
![MARC Code List for Countries - Library of Congress MARC standards office
Last updated April 4, 2008 to incorporate 12 additions]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ch2t7mzvqi65cqh7lz2cogzu/bafkreihlnih2b4jxnyfz6i5cjvol6uz2ghxfu7uytmbjgr3qnbtma5ojjq@jpeg)
February 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
LC gave one day's notice to change the subject heading to "Gulf of America" but its own country code for Zimbabwe still references the white supremacist-run Rhodesia, which gained internationally-recognized independence as Zimbabwe in... 1980
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Also on this list is changing Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley.
📚🍉LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS
TENTATIVE MONTHLY LIST 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org/tentative-su...
Do you have any concerns? Email: [email protected] by Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (that's TODAY)
#GulfOfMexico #GulfOfLegality
TENTATIVE MONTHLY LIST 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org/tentative-su...
Do you have any concerns? Email: [email protected] by Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (that's TODAY)
#GulfOfMexico #GulfOfLegality
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151
Gulf States [sp 85057890 ]
680
Here are entered works on the states of the United States that border on the Gulf of Mexico. DELETE FIELD
680
Here are entered works on the states of the United States that border on the Gulf of America. ADD FIELD
151
Houma Valley [sp 95010826 ]
550
BT Submarine valleys--Mexico, Gulf of DELETE FIELD
550
BT Submarine valleys--America, Gulf of ADD FIELD
151
Loop Current [sp2011002036]
451
UF Gulf of America Loop Current ADD FIELD
550
BT Ocean currents--Mexico, Gulf of DELETE FIELD
550
BT Ocean currents--America, Gulf of ADD FIELD
150
Marine sediments--Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
150
Marine sediments--America, Gulf of [sp 85081270 ]
450
UF Marine sediments--Mexico, Gulf of [Former heading]
688
Heading changed from Marine sediments--Mexico, Gulf of to Marine sediments--America, Gulf of in March 2025.
151
Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151
America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
072
H 1145.5
451
UF Golfo de Méjico
451
UF Golfo de Mexico
451
UF Gulf of America
451
UF Gulf of Mexico
451
UF Mexico, Gulf of [Former heading]
550
BT Bays--Mexico
550
BT Bays--United States
688
Heading changed from Mexico, Gulf of to America, Gulf of in March 2025.
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America, Gulf of](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:apw5oj2sravjfhmubeeiepb3/bafkreiemj5tf4utvl7bffx6xdyyb3g5lpnfvvznaex4deefmtsvoh2thqi@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Also on this list is changing Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley.
LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to [email protected] by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to [email protected] by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...
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Today I get to make an exciting announcement! After years of work, San Francisco Public Library's alternative headings are now live. This list represents hundreds of hours of work and I'm proud of what we've done. Here is the list if your library would like to use it: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
SFPL_SubjectHeadings
docs.google.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I get to make an exciting announcement! After years of work, San Francisco Public Library's alternative headings are now live. This list represents hundreds of hours of work and I'm proud of what we've done. Here is the list if your library would like to use it: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring updates about what's happening in the world of inclusive/critical #cataloging. cataloginglab.org/2025/01/31/c... #critcat
Critcatenate: #critcat in January 2025 – Cataloging Lab
cataloginglab.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring updates about what's happening in the world of inclusive/critical #cataloging. cataloginglab.org/2025/01/31/c... #critcat
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Also, for anyone interested in scope notes for #LCSH I promised to bring up the issue during the SAC midwinter meeting. You can register to attend those meetings here: ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (Feb. 26 will be the day for new business)
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Subject Analysis Committee Winter Meetings . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Subject Analysis Committee Winter Meetings . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
ala-events.zoom.us
January 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Also, for anyone interested in scope notes for #LCSH I promised to bring up the issue during the SAC midwinter meeting. You can register to attend those meetings here: ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (Feb. 26 will be the day for new business)
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FYI: at the editorial meeting today, this was discussed and the proposal will not be approved. The heading will remain "Trans-exclusionary radical feminism" due in large part to comments/emails sent to LC (over 300!!). #critcat
January 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
FYI: at the editorial meeting today, this was discussed and the proposal will not be approved. The heading will remain "Trans-exclusionary radical feminism" due in large part to comments/emails sent to LC (over 300!!). #critcat