Categories: about the Lab

You’ll need to add references which confirm the heading is necessary as defined by the SACO (Subject Authority Cooperative Program) Participants’ Manual (found at this list of SACO resources).

Eventually, with people’s edits, the heading will look like a MARC record which will be ready to submit as a proposal to LC.

First you’ll need to create an account. Create an account at this link: https://cataloginglab.org/register/. You’ll be emailed a link which will allow you to choose your password. (Once you’ve got an account, you can log in at http://cataloginglab.org/wp-admin/.) Once you log in, you’ll end up at the WordPress dashboard.

To edit an existing entry for a subject heading, click on “Knowledge Base” on the left menu. You’ll see a list of name and subject headings; scroll through or search headings for the one you’d like to edit and click “edit”. To add a new heading, click on “Knowledge Base” and “Add new”.

Make edits or additions, and click the “Update” button to save.

You can ask questions or relay concerns via this contact form or by tweeting @violetbfox!

Welcome to the Cataloging Lab! This is a place for catalogers and anyone who cares about library metadata to experiment with creating better controlled vocabularies. Suggesting additions and changes to the Library of Congress Subject Headings vocabulary can be an isolating endeavor—it can be difficult to determine if your heading has already been proposed or if someone else is working on a proposal at the same time you are. The Cataloging Lab is designed to be a wiki where folks can collaborate on headings together to create stronger proposals.