LCSH of Current Interest from Monthly List 10 (October 19, 2015)

SUBJECT HEADINGS OF CURRENT INTEREST

From Monthly List 10 (October 19, 2015)

African American high school boys 

African American middle school boys

African American schoolboys  

African American women performance artists

Age in literature 

Animal welfare in mass media

Animated film industry 

Apocalyptic films 

Apocalyptic television programs

Autistic people in literature

Burglars in literature

Cataloging of video games 

Celebrities in popular culture

Composition teachers (Music) 

Cosplay

Creek cooking

Cryogenic wind tunnels

Data curation

Department stores in literature

Department stores in motion pictures

Dragons in motion pictures

Ecomusicology 

Electronic textiles

Eskimo boys

Face of God in literature

Fantasy games industry  

High-density polyethylene 

Hockey uniforms 

Hot air balloons in numismatics   

Interior decoration in mass media

Inuit dance

Jukebox musicals

Just (The English word)

Knowledge, Theory of, in motion pictures

M240 machine gun

Male rape in art

Mass shootings 

Middle school boys

Negotiable instruments (Jewish law)

No-fly zones   

Online trolling

Papermaking in art

Post-rock music 

Pregnancy in popular culture

Race on television 

Rain and rainfall in motion pictures

Reciprocity (International law)   

Religious pluralism in motion pictures 

Right to be forgotten

Serpentine dance

Skepticism in motion pictures   

SlutWalk movement 

Tango musicians

Ultra-wideband communication systems

GENRE/FORM TERMS

Bellydance music

Hunting music

Indie pop music

Organ masses

LCSH of Current Interest from Monthly List 09 (September 21, 2015)

SUBJECT HEADINGS OF CURRENT INTEREST

From Monthly List 09 (August 17, 2015)

Bildungsromans, Chinese

Cancer patients in literature

Cataloging of streaming technology

Chicken cutlets

Cooking (Jackfruit)

Labyrinths in motion pictures

Libido

Object (Philosophy) in motion pictures

Plants (Philosophy) 

Saltiness (Taste) 

Temperate forests

Temperate rain forests

Ultra running

X-Factor (Fictitious characters)

LCSH of Current Interest from Monthly List 08 (August 17, 2015)

SUBJECT HEADINGS OF CURRENT INTEREST

From Monthly List 08 (August 17, 2015)

Asian American cooking

College branch campuses

Communist literature

Community currency

Dried coconut

Elephants--War use

Enterprise (Imaginary space vehicle)

Garbage disposal units

Halloween television programs

Imaginary space vehicles

Ocean bottles in art

Perfectly matched layers (Mathematical physics)

Pregnant students

Public anthropology

Silver bracelets

Spanish television broadcasting

Spectacular, The, in motion pictures

Stem cell donors

Whales as pets

Women in musical theater

Welcome to Subject Headings of Current Interest

Subject Headings of Current Interest

Probably my favorite part of the Cataloging Service Bulletin, a publication of the Library of Congress which ceased with Issue number 128 (Fall 2010), was Subject Headings of Current Interest. As the title implied, it was a listing of recently approved Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) that were deemed interesting, for some unexplained reason. I found it informative, useful, and sometimes quite funny.

When CSB ceased publication, this quarterly list went away as well. I missed it and, so apparently did John DeSantis of the Dartmouth University Library, as he tried to stir some interest in reviving it in some form. As far as I can tell, no one else has, so I am launching this blog as its unofficial successor. According to my moles at the Library of Congress, there were no official guidelines for what was included in the list (which is a bit hard to believe, considering the wealth of documentation LC has issued on all kinds of cataloging topics). It seems that that would make the content of the list rather subjective and I will produce my list in the same spirit.

What I hope to include is headings for: emerging areas of interest and newsworthiness,  new technology, popular culture, odd and quirky headings, and topics one might think would have been established already some time ago. What I plan not to include (with certain unpredictable exceptions) is headings for: names (families, places, etc.), languages, and changes to cross-references.

The original lists were issued quarterly in CSB. The Library of Congress Monthly List of Subject Headings (the list of recently approved headings) is issued monthly, so my goal will be to post monthly. As of this writing, the most recent list posted is List 1508, Aug. 17, 2015. I will start with the previous list (1507, July 17, 2015). If I have time and there is interest, I might do a retrospective list later on to fill in some of the gap. Thanks to Adam Schiff, who shared his retrospective list, this is done!

Recent and past lists may be found at the Program for Cooperative Cataloging Subject Authority Cooperative web site:

SACO - Subject Authority Cooperative Program

I do hope you find this blog listing to be informative, useful, and sometimes funny.

LCSH of Current Interest from Monthly List 07 (July 17, 2015)

SUBJECT HEADINGS OF CURRENT INTEREST

From Monthly List 07 (July 17, 2015)

Ancestral Pueblo architecture

Augmented reality--Law and legislation

Bisexual teachers 

Bullying--Law and legislation

Bullying in universities and colleges

Cartonera books

Credit (Islamic law)

Eyewear

Feminist haggadot

Flowerpots (Musical medium of performance)  

Google Glass (Computer)   

Ice dance choreographers 

Indians in television broadcasting   

Inuit hunters

Mardi Gras Indians

Marine nurseries

Metal dolls

Microaggressions   

Nineteen fifty-five, A.D. 

Nineteen seventy-five, A.D.

Older Hawaiians

Outdoorsmen

People with disabilities in music

Post-punk music

Psychobilly music 

Pueblo masks

Smartwatches

Time travel on television

Transgender teachers

Utopias in mass media

Wearable technology