FYI. It will be interesting to see what will be done with the “Palestine question” headings. “Jewish question” was cancelled quite some time ago. I believe that the National Library of Israel still uses it though.
Caroline ----------------------------------------------------------- From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <pccl...@listserv.loc.gov> On Behalf Of Tina Gross Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 9:21 AM To: pccl...@listserv.loc.gov Subject: SAC working group on "Question" subject headings At its meeting in January, the Subject Analysis Committee decided to form a working group to explore alternatives for instances of Library of Congress Subject Headings containing the word "question." https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://connect.ala.org/core/discussion/finalizing-the-question-review-working-group-1*bmf5709ee1-2556-468b-81ba-57806e8ed75c__;Iw!!KGKeukY!xIDonMEVWDMTWV35uPboGlNXA8QszNuax-ZzBhELtRua5EMmczVYcsTC55XiabxCFMYl3LUsefLGDGLvRAl7uFPLPkYsgg$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/connect.ala.org/core/discussion/finalizing-the-question-review-working-group-1*bmf5709ee1-2556-468b-81ba-57806e8ed75c__;Iw!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!a85K0u7MJI00tzswD-hMyE4HdBCSdjqBnaVVUxC9sx2KdWyMm0gZBGa_a4zDcmMGTTdYO86OGk4przZ9tgFTVfXr$> Charge: The Question Review Working Group will identify and evaluate LCSH terms containing the term "Question" to identify potentially problematic terms. They will explore and submit proposed alternatives as appropriate. LCSH containing the word "question" often refer to boundary disputes or nationalist political movements and objectives. Others refer to a (sometimes unspecified) other type of question. Some of these headings could be considered problematic, and most are likely vague and unclear to library users. In some cases, the term including "question" is actually a commonly used phrase for that concept, but in others there is no clear warrant beyond the existence of other such headings. The working group will consider proposing both changes to individual headings and broader changes to groups of similar headings. LCSH that the working group will review include (but are not necessarily limited to): Adriatic question Åland question Alsace-Lorraine question Armenian question Belize question Cuban question Currency question Eastern question Eastern question (Balkan) Eastern question (Central Asia) Eastern question (Far East) German reunification question (1949-1990) Grisbåda question Irish question Irish unification question Korean reunification question (1945- ) Kurdish question Language question in the church Macedonian question Oregon question Palestine question (1948-) Palestine question (To 1948) Polish question Roman question Samoan question Silver question Southern question (Yemen) Straits question Tacna-Arica question Ukrainian question Vietnamese reunification question (1954-1976) The working group will also look at relevant parts of the Library of Congress Classification. For example, the notorious "Jewish question" was eliminated as a subject heading long ago, but it still exists as a caption in the LC classification schedules (for DS141 and KK928). Are you interested in helping to explore the "question" question? Do you have experience in applying any of the subject headings or class numbers in question, or expertise in one or more of the subject areas affected? If so, please consider joining the working group-- contact the co-chairs to express interest by April 19th. (Also feel free to contact us with any questions.) You do not need to be a cataloger, or a member of SAC or ALA to participate. Allison Bailund (San Diego State University, abail...@sdsu.edu<mailto:abail...@sdsu.edu>) Tina Gross (University of Minnesota, aboutn...@gmail.com<mailto:aboutn...@gmail.com>) Thanks! -- Tina Gross (she/her) gros0...@umn.edu<mailto:gros0...@umn.edu> Metadata Analyst University Libraries University of Minnesota ORCID: 0000-0003-1266-3322
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