Transcript Subject Headings for Theological Resources ATLA Annual Conference June 17, 2009 Eric Friede & Jeff Siemon.

Subject Headings
for Theological
Resources
ATLA Annual Conference
June 17, 2009
Eric Friede & Jeff Siemon
RELIGION, RELIGIOUS
LIFE, AND RELIGIOUS
LIFE AND CUSTOMS
Applying Three Subdivisions
--Religion
 --Religious life
 --Religious life and customs
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Religion Subdivision 1
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Use under main
headings
Geographic headings
(151/651)
 Chronological
subdivision
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Specific topical
headings (150/650)
 No
Chronological
subdivision
Religion Subdivision 2
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Corporate name
headings (110/610)
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 No
Personal name
headings (100/600)
 No
Chronological
subdivision
Chronological
subdivision
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Never use --History
subdivision
Religious Life Subdivision
Use under main headings
 Specific topical headings only (150/650)
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Religious Life and Customs
Subdivision
Use under main headings
 Geographic headings only (150/650)
 Never use --History subdivision
 Customs and practices subdivision
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SUBJECT ANALYSIS,
SUBJECT AUTHORITY
RECORDS AND SUBJECT
CATALOGING TOOLS
Goals
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Provide attendees with an understanding of
principles and practices of LCSH
Teach specific skills in subject analysis of
religion that can apply for any type of material
Provide guidance in using subject cataloging
tools effectively
Discuss specific areas that ATLA catalogers
encounter regularly
Principles and Concepts
of Subject Analysis
How do you determine what an item is
about?
 Subject analysis is conceptual analysis of
an item. Covers both what the item is
about and the form or genre of the item
 Subject headings are terms used to
represent a name, event or concept
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Sources for Subject Content
Title
 Table of contents
 Introductory matter
 Summary, abstract, publisher's blurb
 Index
 Illustrations
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Types of Subject Content
Topics
 Personal names
 Corporate names
 Geographic names
 Time periods
 Titles of works
 Form or genre
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Cataloger's Judgment
and Consistency
Recognizing topics and placing them
within a discipline
 Informed by cataloger's knowledge of the
subject
 Concepts have to be translated into LCSH
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Unique and Specific Entry
Each subject heading usually represents a
single concept
 Scope notes indicate when a heading
represents more than one concept
 Each subject heading is a precise term
used to represent a specific concept
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Pre- and Post-Coordination
LCSH is a pre-coordinate system
 Elements are combined into one heading
 Complex and multi-element topics require
post-coordination in searches
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Main Headings
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Main headings may be:
 topics
(150)
 genre/form (150 or 155)
 names (100, 110, 111, 151)
 titles (130 or name plus ‡t)
Subdivisions 1
Subdivisions narrow the scope of the main
heading
 Subdivisions after main headings may be:
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 topical
(‡x)
 geographic (‡z)
 chronological (‡y)
 form (‡v)
Subdivisions 2
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Subdivision authority records
 180
topical
 181 geographic
 182 chronological
 185 form/genre
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151 geographic with 781 geographic
subdivision
Order of Subdivisions 1
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Preferred order is:
 topic
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-- geographic -- chronological -- form
This is preferred when topic may be
subdivided geographically
Order of Subdivisions 2
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Alternative order is:
 geographic
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-- topic -- chronological -- form
Geographic subdivisions before or after
topical subdivisions
-- geographic – topical
 Topic -- topical -- geographic
 Topic
Tools and Resources
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Subject Headings Manual
Free-Floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical
Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Introduction
Library of Congress Authorities:
http://authorities.loc.gov/
Authority Record: Church history 1
Subjects Record [180174041]
 ID: sh 85025619 Rec Stat: c Rec Type: z
Enc Levl: n Used: 20021025
 008: 860211 | anannbabn |a ana
 010
$a sh 85025619
 040
$a DLC $c DLC $d DLC
 053 0 $a BR
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Authority Record: Church history 2
150 $a Church history
 360
$i headings beginning with the word
$a Christian; $i names of denominations,
sects, churches, councils, etc.; and
subdivision $a Church history $i under
names of countries, cities, etc.
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Authority Record: Church history 3
450
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$a Christianity $x History
$a Ecclesiastical history
$a History, Church
$a History, Ecclesiastical
$w g $a History
$a Christianity
Authority Record: Church history 4
680 $i Here are entered works on the
institutional history of the church. Works
on the Christian religion including its
origin, beliefs, practices and influence
treated collectively are entered under $a
Christianity.
 681
$i Note under $a Christianity
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Authority Record Components 1
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Authorized headings (1XX)
Class numbers (053)
References
USE, Used For (UF) (4XX)
Broader Term (BT) & Narrower Term (NT) (5XX)
Related Term (RT) (5XX)
General References (USE and SA) (260, 360)
Authority Record Components 2
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Library of Congress Control Number (010)
Cataloging Source (040)
Date and Time (005)
Nonpublic General Note (667)
Source Data Found / Not Found (670 / 675)
Public or Scope Note (680)
Subject Example Tracing Note (681)
Fixed field (008)
More Authority Records
Radio sermons 150, 155
 Sermons 150, 180, 185
 Church history 180
 Canada--Church history 151
 20th century 182
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Using Subject Headings Manual 1
H 1997 Religion
 H 2015.5 Religious Life
 H 2016 Religious Life and Customs
 H 1095 Free-Floating Subdivisions
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Using Subject Headings Manual 2
H 1100 through H 1145.5 Free-Floating
Subdivisions by Main Heading type
 H 1146 through H 1200 Subdivisions by
Pattern Heading
 H 1090 Multiple Subdivisions
 H 1205 through H 2400 Special Topics,
Materials, Subdivisions, Etc.
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Additional Resources
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LC Cataloging and Acquisitions:
 http://www.loc.gov/aba
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LC Online Catalog:
 http://catalog.loc.gov/
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SACO:
 www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/saco.html
BIBLE
Bible and Biblical Studies
Bible uniform titles
 Subjects for Bible texts
 Form subject headings
 Bible translations
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Modern Translations of Earlier
Translations 1
Bible. $p O.T. $p Pentateuch. $l Aramaic.
$s Targum Pseudo–Jonathan $v
Translations into English.
 $a Bible. $p O.T. $p Pentateuch. $l
Aramaic. $s Onkelos $v Translations into
English.
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Modern Translations of Earlier
Translations 2
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Bible. O.T. Pentateuch.
Aramaic. Onḳelos
Bible. O.T. Pentateuch.
Aramaic. Targum PseudoJonathan
Bible. O.T. Pentateuch.
Aramaic. Targum Yerushalmi
Bible. O.T. Esther. Aramaic.
Targum rishon
Bible. N.T. Gospels. Syriac.
Peshitta
Bible. O.T. Daniel. Syriac.
Peshitta
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Bible. O.T. Hosea. Syriac.
Peshitta
Bible. O.T. Minor Prophets.
Syriac. Peshitta
Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. Syriac.
Peshitta
Bible. O.T. Proverbs. Syriac.
Peshitta
Bible. N.T. Gospels. Syriac.
Diatessaron
Bible Versions H 1300
Instructions for works about translations
 --Translating
 --Versions
 --Versions, [name of language group]
 [language of translation]--Versions.
 --Versions, [name of denomination]
 --Versions, [name of version]
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Bible as Sacred Works Pattern
Heading H 1188
List of valid subdivisions for sacred works
 Conflict with authority records
 Use as topical and form subdivisions
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Commentaries and Criticism
Commentaries vs. Bible texts
 Commentaries vs. Criticism
 Criticism, interpretation, etc.
 Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
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Types of Criticism
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Allegorical criticism
Canonical criticism
Criticism, Form
Criticism, Narrative
Criticism, Redaction
Criticism, Textual
Feminist criticism
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Gay interpretations
Postcolonial criticism
Reader-response
criticism
Social scientific criticism
Socio-rhetorical criticism
Structuralist criticism
Hermeneutics
Bible--Hermeneutics
 Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-History
 Chronological subdivision
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Topics in the Bible
Bible: Special Topics (H 1295)
 Pairing with specific Bible uniform title
 --Theology
 Ethics in the Bible
 --Biblical teaching
 Bible and ...
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Bible History
History of Biblical events
 History of contemporary events
 History
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Relations
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--Relation to the Old Testament
--Relation to the New Testament
Relation between O.T. and N.T.
Bible. N.T.--Relation to the Old Testament
Bible. O.T.--Relation to Matthew, [Mark, the
Epistles of Paul, etc.]
Bible. N.T. Matthew--Relation to Mark, [Psalms,
the Pentateuch, etc.]
CHURCH HISTORY,
MISSIONS,
ECUMENISM, RELIGION
/ RELIGIONS
Church History 1
Church history vs. Christianity
 Christianity--History
 Christianity--[place]--History
 Christianity--[place]
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Church History 2
Chronological subdivisions
 Free-floating and not free-floating
 Church history as topical subdivision
under place
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Corporate or Personal Names
as Historical Subject
[corporate name]--History--[chronological
subdivision]
 [corporate name]--[place]--History-[chronological subdivision]
 [personal name]
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Theology Historical Subject
Theology vs. Theology, Doctrinal
 Theology--History
 Theology, Doctrinal--History
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History of Doctrines
[Christian denomination]--Doctrines-History
 --History of doctrines
 --History of doctrines--[chronological
subdivision]
 [topic]--Religious aspects--Christianity
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Missions
Missions
 Home missions
 Mission of the church
 Missions to Ethnic groups
 Subdivision Missions
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Missionaries
Missionaries from a place
 Missionaries to a place
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Missions To and Relations
Christians missions to other religions
 Christianity and other religions
 Relations: Religions
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Ecumenism
Relations: Denominations
 Christian union
 Church--Unity
 Ecumenical movement
 Interdenominational cooperation
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Religion and Religions
Religion
 Religions, Sects and Cults
 Religions pattern
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