Critcatenate: #critcat in May 2023

Critcatenate is an effort to keep folks up to date on critcat efforts with a monthly-ish roundup of news. Critcat is short for critical cataloging, focusing on the ethical implications of library metadata, cataloging, and classification practice, standards, and infrastructure.

#critcat in May 2023:

I’m doing a brief review of the new LCSH lists for headings that might be of interest to readers of Critcatenate. FYI, LCSH list numbers consist of a two-digit number for the year and a two-digit number for the month the headings were approved (for example, headings on list 2302 were approved in February 2023).

New LC headings of note on list 2302:

  • New LCSH: Discrimination against dwarfs 
  • New LCSH: Discrimination in the music trade
  • New LCSH: Drill (Music) 
  • New LCSH: Lynching victims 
  • New LCSH: Sexual minorities in comics 
  • New LCSH: Sexual minorities in the theater
  • New LCSH: Sexual minority activists 
  • New LCSH: Spatial trauma 
  • New LCGFT: Gay musicals

Upcoming:

Please get in touch if I’ve missed anything relevant, I’d be happy to add it to next month’s report!

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