Miscellaneous Special Stuff Marc Tagging Subject Headings Changes from old to new headings Items about named entities

http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic LC’s link to MARC tags

6xx All subject headings start with 6 (“the six hundreds”) All subject headings that follow LCSH have second indicator 0 (Zero)

Common Subject Marc Tags 600 Person as subject 610 Corporate body as subject 611 Conference as subject 630 Uniform title as subject 650 Topic as subject 651 Place as subject

In all 6xx fields, “--” are $v Form subdivision $x Topical subdivision $y Chronological subdivision $z Geographic subdivision

600 Personal Name 600 Subject Added Entry-Personal Name (R) Indicators: First Type of personal name entry element 0 Forename 1 Surname 3 Family name Second Subject heading system/thesaurus 0 Library of Congress Subject Headings/LC authority files 1 LC subject headings for children's literature 2 Medical Subject Headings/NLM authority files 3 National Agricultural Library subject authority file 4 Source not specified 5 Canadian Subject Headings/NLC authority file 6 Répertoire des vedettes-matière/NLC authority file 7 Source specified in subfield |2

Subfield Codes for 600: |a Personal name (NR) |b Numeration (NR) |c Titles and other words associated with a name (R) |d Dates associated with a name (NR) |e Relator term (R) |f Date of a work (NR) |g Miscellaneous information (NR) |h Medium (NR) |k Form subheading (R) |l Language of a work (NR) |m Medium of performance for music (R) |n Number of part/section of a work (R) |o Arranged statement for music (NR) |p Name of part/section of a work (R) |q Fuller form of name (NR) |r Key for music (NR) |s Version (NR) |t Title of a work (NR) |u Affiliation (NR) |v Form subdivision (R) |x General subdivision (R) |y Chronological subdivision (R) |z Geographic subdivision (R) |2 Source of heading or term (NR) |3 Materials specified (NR) |4 Relator code (R) |6 Linkage (NR)

Whaddaya mostly use? 600 00 $a Norodom Sihanouk, $c Prince, $d 1922- 600 10 $a Nixon, Richard M. $q (Richard Milhouse), $d 1913- plus some $v $x $y $z as needed 600 10 $a Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, $d 1799-1837 $x Museums, relics, etc. $z Russia (Federation) $z Moscow $v Maps.

Heading Changes LC constantly makes changes to headings Distributed in the “Weekly lists” No one completely keeps up with the changes but we try to a greater or lesser extent Most of the examples given here are from Lois May Chan’s Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Application (Englewood, Colo.): Libraries Unlimited, 1995)

Common Types of Changes From inverted order to direct order Old: Dolls, Amish New: Amish dolls Changing from [Place]--[Topic] to [Topic]--[Place] Old: Knoxville (Tenn.)--Bridges New: Bridges--Tennessee--Knoxville

Common Types of Changes “PC” changes Old: Baseball players’ wives New: Baseball players’ spouses Old: Charwomen and cleaners New: Cleaning personnel Updated spelling Old: Aeroplanes New: Airplanes

Common Types of Changes Geographic name changes Old: Moravia (Czechoslovakia)--History New: Moravia (Czech Republic)--History Some changes are not 1:1 Old: Hunting, Primitive New: Hunting Hunting, Prehistoric Hunting and gathering societies

Items about Named Entities Any named entity can be a subject Named entity is 1st subject Named entity established according to AACR2 Additional subject headings usually given for “class” of activity or entity

Reforming a college : the University of Tennessee story / Richard Wisniewski, editor. University of Tennessee, Knoxville--History. Educational change--Tennessee. 610 20 University of Tennessee, Knoxville $x History. 650 0 Educational change $z Tennessee.

Three schools of education : approaches to institutional history / introduction by Erwin V. Johanningmeier ; essays by Clinton B. Allison … [et al.]. 1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. College of Education--History. 2. University of Minnesota. College of Education--History. 3. Loyola University of Chicago. School of Education--History. 4. Education--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History.

Who knows? : a directory of media resources at UTK / Office of University Communications, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. University of Tennessee, Knoxville $x Telephone directories.