Transcript LCSH for Literature - Yale University Library

LCSH for Literature
Part 1. Overview, Collections,
and Individual Works
Overview
 Based on Subject Cataloging Manual
(SCM):
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H 1775 Literature: General
H 1780 Literature: Drama
H 1790 Literature: Fiction
H 1791 Literature: Poetry
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SCM H 1775 Literature: General
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Provides general guidelines
Always consult the specialized instruction sheets
for guidelines on cataloging a particular form
(e.g. H 1790 for Fiction)
H 1775 has the table of 9 commonly assigned
subject categories (see next slide)
H 1775 documents standard practice for the 6
basic types of works (see slide x)
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Topical Subject Concepts to Use
Concept
Example
nationality
Russian poetry.
form/genre
Sonnets, Italian.
theme/topic
Sexual abstinence—Fiction.
time period
Poetry, Modern—18th century.
special types of
authors
Canadian fiction (English)—Women authors.
translations
Yiddish literature—Translations from German.
movements
Postmodernism (Literature)
language
Hebrew literature.
locality where
written
American fiction—New England.
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Literature is not Biography
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Note that “Biography” is not one of the concepts
listed in the table
If the focus is primarily literary rather than
biographical, use, for example:
 Poetry, Spanish.
 NOT Poets, Spanish
 French fiction—Women authors.
 NOT Women authors—France.
 American literature—African American authors.
 NOT African American authors.
 BUT African Americans—Literary collections.
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6 Categories of Literary Works
In this session we will discuss a.-b.-c.:
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b.
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e.
f.
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Collections of literary texts by several authors
Collections of literary texts by one author.
Single literary text
Discussion of several authors (session 2)
Discussion of a single author (session 2)
Discussion of a single text (session 2)
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a. Collections of literary texts by
several authors. Examples
The Norton anthology of African American
literature / Henry Louis Gates, Jr., general
editor, Nellie Y. McKay, general editor.
 The rattle bag / edited by Seamus Heaney
and Ted Hughes.
Summary: A collection of more than 400
hundred poems from all around the world.
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a. Collections of Literary texts by
Several Authors: Guidelines
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Use any concept from the table
Use subdivisions to express: time period,
translations, & locality
If nationality or language needs to be expressed,
combine in a phrase with the form: German
fiction; Latin poetry
Themes/topics expressed as [topic]—
[subdivision] or phrase
Groups of authors expressed as subdivisions or
phrases [but NOT as classes of persons]
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a. Collections of Literary texts by Several
Authors: Example with Subjects (1)
245 0
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‡a Italian futurist poetry / ‡c edited and translated by
Willard Bohn.
650 #
0
‡a Italian poetry ‡v Translations into English.
<nationality/form phrase, translation subdivision>
650 #
0
‡a Italian poetry ‡y 20th century. <nationality/form; time
period>
650
0
‡a Futurism (Literary movement) ‡z Italy. <movement; locality
where written>
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a. Collections of Literary texts by Several
Authors: Example with Subjects (2)
245
0
0
‡a Amazing grace : ‡b an anthology of poems about slavery,
1660-1810 / ‡c edited by James G. Basker.
650
#
0
‡a Slavery ‡v Poetry. <theme/topic with form subdivision>
650
#
0
‡a English poetry ‡y Early modern, 1500-1700.
<nationality/form; time period>
650
#
0
‡a English poetry ‡y 19th century. <nationality/form; time
period>
650
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0
‡a English poetry ‡y 18th century.<nationality/form, time
period>
650
#
0
‡a Slaves ‡v Poetry. <theme/topic with form subdivision>
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a. Collections of Literary texts by Several
Authors: Example with Subjects (3)
245
0
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‡a Calling cards : ‡b new poetry from Caribbean/Canadian women /
‡c Celia Ferrier ... [et al.] ; [edited by Pamela Mordecai]..
650
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0
‡a Canadian poetry ‡x Caribbean authors. <nationality/form with
special type of author subdivision>
650
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‡a Canadian poetry ‡x Women authors. <nationality/form; special
type of author subdivision>
650
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‡a Canadian poetry ‡y 21st century. <nationality/form, time period>
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Comment: do not use class of persons headings
to bring out the special type of author:
 NOT:
Canadian poets—Women authors.
 NOT: Women authors—Canada.
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a. Collections of Literary texts by Several
Authors: Example with Subjects (4)
245
0
0
‡a City of one : ‡b young writers speak to the world / ‡c from
WritersCorps ; foreword by Isabel Allende ; edited by Collete
DeDonato.
650
#
0
‡a Youths' writings, American ‡z California ‡z San Francisco.
<group of authors modifying “writings” in phrase combined
with nationality; location of writing subdivision>
650
#
0
‡a Immigrants' writings, American ‡z California ‡z San
Francisco. <group of authors modifying “writings” phrase
combined with nationality; location of writing subdivision>
650
#
0
‡a Immigrants ‡v Poetry. <subject is used to bring out class of
person as theme/topic of poetry, not as special type of writer>
650
#
0
‡a Youth ‡v Poetry. <class of person as topic/theme of poetry,
not special type of writer >
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Exercises: Collections of Literary
Texts by Several Authors
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For review, do the quiz at:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1098711.html
Note: quiz is still in draft form; when quiz is
completed, use the browser back button to
return to this slide
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b. Collections of Literary Texts by
One Author. Examples
The view from Castle Rock : stories / Alice
Munro.
 Overlord : poems / Jorie Graham.
 The complete Western stories of Elmore
Leonard.
 Crumbs from the table of joy, and other
plays / Lynn Nottage.
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b. Collections of Literary Texts by
One Author. Guidelines.
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Theme or topic may be assigned
Genre topic may be assigned “if highly specific
and emphasized in the work”
Nationality or language expressed only in
combination with the specific genre topic
Translation subdivision is under the name of the
author (not the topic)
Other categories from the table are not
expressed (e.g. time period, locality where
written, special type of author)
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b. Collections of Literary Texts by One
Author: Example without Subjects (1)
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1 # ‡a Ammons, A. R., ‡d 1926-2001.
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1 0 ‡a Bosh and flapdoodle : ‡b poems / ‡c
A.R. Ammons
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No subjects assigned if there is no specific
theme or genre
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b. Collections of Literary Texts by One
Author: Example with Subjects (2)
100
1 #
‡a Ammons, A. R., ‡d 1926-2001.
245
1 4
‡a The North Carolina poems / ‡c A.R.
Ammons ; edited with an afterword by Alex
Albright.
651
# 0
‡a North Carolina ‡v Poetry. <theme/topic;
form subdivision>
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b. Collections of Literary Texts by One
Author: Example with Subjects (3)
100
1 #
‡a Agha, Shahid Ali, ‡d 1949-
245
1 4
650
# 0
‡a Call me Ishmael tonight : ‡b a book
of ghazals / ‡c Agha Shahid Ali.
‡a Ghazals, American. <specific form
combined with nationality>
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b. Collections of Literary Texts by One
Author: Example with Subjects (4)
100
1 #
‡a Celan, Paul.
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1 0
245
1 0
600
1 0
‡a Poems. ‡l English & German. ‡k
Selections
‡a Poems of Paul Celan / ‡c translated,
with an introduction and postscript, by
Michael Hamburger.
‡a Celan, Paul ‡v Translations into
English.
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b. Collections of Literary Texts by One
Author: What NOT to Do
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For the Paul Celan collection on the
previous slide, you would NOT assign
these subjects:
 German
poetry—20th century.
 German poetry—Translations into English.
 German poetry—Jewish authors.
 Poetry, Modern—20th century.
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Exercises: Collections of Literary Texts by
One Author/Single Anonymous Work
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For review, do the quiz at:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1099668.html
Note: quiz is still in draft form; when quiz is
completed, use the browser back button to
return to this slide
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c. Single Literary Text (One Author
or Anonymous). Examples
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Mad forest : a play from Romania / Caryl
Churchill.
A flag for sunrise : a novel / by Robert Stone.
The bower of nil : a narrative poem / Frederick
Glaysher.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / translated
and edited by William Vantuono.
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c. Single Literary Text: Guidelines
for Poetry & Drama
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For an individual poem or play, assign:
 Headings
for theme
 Headings for “Highly specific form”
 Phrase headings for nationality/language only
if combined with [highly specific] genre or
theme
 Other concepts are not expressed
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c. Single Literary Text (Play or Poem):
Example with Subjects (1)
100 1 # ‡a O'Connell, Sean, ‡d 1944245 1 0 ‡a Lives and evils : ‡b a play in three
acts / ‡c by Sean O'Connell.
650 # 0 ‡a Good and evil ‡v Drama. <theme
with form subdivision>
650 # 0 ‡a Didactic drama, American. <phrase
combining specific form with
nationality>
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c. Single Literary Text (Play or Poem):
Example with Subjects (2)
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0 #
‡a Chanson de Roland. ‡l French & French (Old
French)
245
1 3
‡a La chanson de Roland / ‡c édition établie d'après le
manuscrit d'Oxford par Luis Cortés ; traduction du
poème, de l'introduction et des notes par Paulette
Gabaudan.
650
# 0
‡a Roland (Legendary character) ‡v Romances.
<topic/theme with form subdivision>
650
# 0
‡a Epic poetry, French. <phrase combining specific
form with nationality>
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c. Single Literary Text: Guidelines
for Fiction
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Individual works of fiction:
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Headings for persons
Headings for historical events*
Headings for historical periods*
Headings for animals
Other concepts are not expressed
*H 1790:
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“Interpret the term historical fiction broadly to include works
about entities such as movements, corporate bodies other than
jurisdictions, camps, parks, structures, geographical features
other than regions, ethnic groups, disasters, categories of
events, etc.”
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c. Single Literary Text (Fiction):
Example without Subjects
100 1 # ‡a Seehaus, Gertrud.
245 1 4 ‡a Die Lebensliste : ‡b Roman / ‡c
Gertrud Seehaus.
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c. Single Literary Text (Fiction):
Example with Subjects
100 1 # ‡a Limongi, Laure, ‡d 1976245 1 0 ‡a Fonction Elvis / ‡c Laure Limongi.
600 1 0 ‡a Presley, Elvis, ‡d 1935-1977 ‡v
Fiction. <person with –Fiction
subdivision>
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c. Single Literary Text (Fiction):
Example with Subjects
100
245
1 #
1 3
‡a Martin, Jean-Marie, ‡d 1952‡a Le bouleau de Birkenau / ‡c Jean-Marie
Martin ; préface Jean Dujardin ; avant-propos
d'Alain Jakubowicz.
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2 0
650
# 0
‡a Birkenau (Concentration camp) ‡v Fiction.
<corporate body related to a historical event
with –Fiction subdivision>
‡a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ‡z Poland
‡v Fiction. <historical event with –Fiction
subdivision>
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c. Single Literary Text (Fiction):
Example with Subjects
100
245
1 #
1 3
650
# 0
650
# 0
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‡a Boulle, Pierre, ‡d 1912-1994.
‡a La baleine des Malouines : ‡b roman / ‡c
Pierre Boulle.
‡a Whales ‡v Fiction. <animal topic with –
Fiction subdivision>
‡a Falkland Islands War, 1982 ‡v Fiction.
<historical event with –Fiction subdivision>
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c. Single Literary Text: Special LC
Practice for Fiction in English
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For American novels and novels of other English language literatures, the
Library of Congress practice is to assign, in addition to the standard H 1775
categories, headings for:
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Specific form/genre, tagged as 655 #0 or 655 #7 with $2 gsafd
Legendary & fictional characters (if the fictional charcter was created by the
author, the character must appear in at least 3 works)
 Class of persons to which the primary character belongs (e.g. Women
detectives)
 Place if significant
 Topics the author or publisher makes explicit (mentioned in title, series, dust
jacket, etc.), if the topic can be used to distinguish the work from most other
works. “Do not assign headings for vague and general topics, such as fate, evil,
belief, psychology, interpersonal relations, emotions, social customs, or
community life. … Normally no more than one or two topical headings should be
assigned.”
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The LC special practice is not applied by Yale cataloging; member & LC
copy with additional LCSH is accepted as is
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c. Single Literary Text (Fiction). LC
Practice: Example with Subjects
100
1
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‡a Pelecanos, George P.
245
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‡a Right as rain : ‡b a novel / ‡c George P. Pelecanos.
650
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‡a Strange, Derek (Fictitious character) ‡v Fiction.
650
#
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‡a Private investigators ‡z Washington (D.C.) ‡v Fiction.
650
#
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‡a African American detectives ‡v Fiction.
650
#
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‡a Police corruption ‡v Fiction.
650
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‡a Racism ‡v Fiction.
651
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‡a Washington (D.C.) ‡v Fiction.
655
#
7
‡a Mystery fiction. ‡2 gsafd
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Exercises: Collections of Literary Texts by
One Author/Single Anonymous Work
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For review, do the quiz at:
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1121969.html
Note: quiz is still in draft form; when quiz is
completed, use the browser back button to
return to this slide
Continue to Discussion and Criticism: Multiple
Authors, One Author, Individual Works
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Training/LCSH/LCSH%20for%
20Literature2.ppt
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