[Heb-NACO] Roger's [SACOLIST] Summary of Decisions, Editorial Meeting 18/11, November 16, 2018

[Kohn, Roger]

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Dear colleagues,

I am forwarding excerpts from the PSD Summary of Decisions harvested from the SACOLIST. My apologies for any duplication.

All the best,

- r. 
7-3997

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ACQUISITIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACCESS DIRECTORATE
POLICY AND STANDARDS DIVISION
SUMMARY OF DECISIONS, EDITORIAL MEETING NUMBER 11
 
November 16, 2018
 
PSD policy specialist responsible for this list:  L. Dechman
 
            This Summary of Decisions will be posted on LC’s website and may be accessed at http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/cpsoed/cpsoeditorial.html. 


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SUBJECT HEADINGS
 
            Subdivisions to be added to lists of free-floating subdivisions:
 
                        H 1110, Names of Persons
                                    $x Abdication
                                    $x Captivity
                                    $x Inaugurations
                                    $x Kidnapping 
 
            Subdivisions to be deleted from lists of free-floating subdivisions:
 
                        H 1110, Names of Persons
                                    $x Abdication, [date]
                                    $x Assassination attempt, [date]
Note: covered by the existing free-floating subdivision –Assassination attempts
                                    $x Captivity, [dates]
                                    $x Inauguration, [date]
                                    $x Kidnapping, [date]
 
 
            Announcement
 
            Cancellation of selected multiple subdivisions
                        As part of the LCSH multiples cancellation project, five free-floating multiple subdivisions have been cancelled (see above under Subdivisions to be deleted from lists of free-floating subdivisions). Each cancelled multiple subdivision has been replaced by an unqualified free-floating subdivision. 
A statistical analysis showed that the cancelled multiple subdivisions were rarely used. As of October, for example, OCLC WorldCat included only 502 unique headings based on the subdivision –Captivity, [dates]. Those 502 unique headings appeared in only 3,044 bibliographic records, of which 1,550 were for works on Napoleon Buonaparte – in a database of over one billion bibliographic records. Therefore, PSD determined that the utility of the multiples is vastly outweighed by the maintenance problems that would result from adding approximately 500 personal name headings to LCSH in order to establish each heading authorized by the multiples.
PSD may cancel additional multiple subdivisions as the project proceeds, when that action is merited by statistical and cost/benefit analyses. 
    
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Synagogues in art
                        The information that was supplied in the 952 field Cataloger’s note should be included in a 670 so that it is permanently accessible information in support of the proposal. In addition, the 008/06 should be coded Not Subd Geog. The proposal may be resubmitted.        
 
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Roger Kohn
Cataloger, Israel & Judaica Section
Library of Congress
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