Final reflection
Part I
The following information was recently received in many academic libraries in Canada:
Advisory: Potential Changes to Subject Headings in Omni Records
The Library of Congress has recently announced changes to established subject headings that do not follow the established consultation process from the library community and do not follow the normal protocols for changing geographic names.
What is being changed
To date, the Library of Congress (LC) has made the following changes to Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):
- “Mexico, Gulf of” to “America, Gulf of”
- “Denali, Mount (Alaska)” to “McKinley, Mount (Alaska)” (Denali is the preferred term in the State of Alaska, an Athabascan word which has significant meaning for Indigenous people living in the region and all Alaskans)
These are the first of many changes that could be made by the Library of Congress. The way the Library of Congress made these changes has been rapid and unprecedented, catching the library community off guard.
These changes will appear in library systems that use the Library of Congress subject headings.
Thoughts?
Part II
Consolidating learning: have your QFocus questions been answered?