The LCSH authority structure includes Coronavirus, so if you have a catalog, a search will find it.
A Coronavirus includes the common cold. We’ve all been having coronaviruses several times a year, all our lives. There have been many pandemics (an epidemic spread over a wide geographic area), including ones that kill many people such as Bubonic plague, Influenza and smallpox. If someone is only interested in Covi19, why point them to a book on other things. Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section. This is not an official communication from my employer From: Hasafran <[email protected]> On Behalf Of rhaus_com--- via Hasafran Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2020 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ha-Safran] Pandemic subject headings Dear Hasafranim, I just purchased a couple of books focusing on the pandemic -- Let's Stay Home (for children) and God and the Pandemic (adult). I find myself a little unsure about subject headings. LC offers "Covid-19 (Disease)" as a primary heading. I like to think of what the average patron with search for. Should I also throw in "pandemic" and "coronavirus"? What have others done? Thanks, Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Fisher Library Kalamazoo MI [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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