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Allison

@readaway.bsky.social

Comics and critcat. Coordinator comics & fiction NACO/SACO funnel

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Violet Fox 🦊@violetbfox.bsky.social · 3w ago

New podcast episode, "Rejecting Neutrality," featuring Deborah Tomaras & Tina Gross talking about the Library of Congress insistence on the idea of neutrality in #LCSH. 📚 #critcat #cataloging lostinthestacks.libsyn.com/episode-690-...

Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show: Episode 690: Rejecting Neutrality

Catalogers discuss rejecting neutrality in the creation and management of subject headings, taking special notice of the Library of Congress's insistence on (some version of) "neutrality." Guests: Deb...

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Tina@aboutness.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The American Library Association Core Subject Analysis Committee's Working Group on Local Headings seeks to survey libraries, archives, museums and associated institutions about their involvement in the work of revising subjects, genres, and other authority data in their local catalogs.

Chloe (she/her)@cmisorski.bsky.social · 12mo ago

ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on $v Retention invites participation in a survey investigating potential impacts of the Library of Congress' omission of form subdivisions ($v) in subject headings. Please share! tinyurl.com/2792hbkn #critcat #critlib

Feedback Survey about Form Subdivision ($v) Omission from Subject Headings

The Library of Congress announced in January 2025 that as part of a linked data-friendly “Modern MARC” cataloging practice, they will no longer include form/genre subdivisions (e.g., 600 $v, 650 $v, 6...

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Violet Fox 🦊@violetbfox.bsky.social · last yr.

New blog post at ACRLog: Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries acrlog.org/2025/05/11/t.... I talk about how painful it is that LCSH are being used for this dirty work. #critcat 📚

Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries - ACRLog

In the course of looking for resources relating to critical cataloging, I stumbled on a new memorandum from the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense, dated May 9th and titled “Reviewing the Departm...

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Jaweed Kaleem@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · last yr.

UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.

Jaweed Kaleem@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · last yr.

LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...

@magsjoy.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to all of the excellent members of the working groups; we put together some good arguments and resources on the importance of cataloging and metadata work!!

Violet Fox 🦊@violetbfox.bsky.social · last yr.

Could you use help explaining the value of #cataloging & good metadata to your admin, coworkers, #MLIS students, etc.? Happy to share this set of resources put together by an ALA working group chaired by @magsjoy.bsky.social. All of these & more are available at hdl.handle.net/11213/22872. 📚

A flyer for a set of documents "Demonstrating the value of cataloging". Six folders are labeled "talking points for administrators, top 5 reasons why you need a cataloger, annotated bibliography, resources list & acronym cheat sheet, side-by-side comparisons of good administrators bad metadata, and introduction to metadata zine. At the bottom text reads you can find these resources at the link in the post, and they were created by the ALA SAC Devaluation of Cataloging Working Group, 2025.
Allison@readaway.bsky.social · last yr.

We're still looking for volunteers for a working group on local authorities to address the recent #LCSH changes to Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali. The working group aims to provide guidance on how libraries can either change their subject display or create local authorities #critcat

Rebecca Saunders@killerbex.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for volunteers to ALA SAC Local Authorities Working Group! #critlib #critcat In response to the recent LCSH changes to Gulf of Mexico and Denali, there is increased interest in promoting awareness and providing information on how to change display names and/or create local authority records.

pam lach@plach.bsky.social · last yr.

Here’s an explainer re possible impacts to the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS). It “enumerates which programs are "shall" programs and duties, meaning that they are mandated by Congress, and which programs are "may" programs, meaning that they are discretionary for IMLS”

Understanding IMLS's “Shall” and “May” Language

EveryLibrary Institute is a 501c3 organization that supports library funding in the United States.

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Allison@readaway.bsky.social · 2y ago

Also, for anyone interested in scope notes for #LCSH I promised to bring up the issue during the SAC midwinter meeting. You can register to attend those meetings here: ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (Feb. 26 will be the day for new business)

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Subject Analysis Committee Winter Meetings . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Subject Analysis Committee Winter Meetings . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Allison@readaway.bsky.social · 2y ago

FYI: at the editorial meeting today, this was discussed and the proposal will not be approved. The heading will remain "Trans-exclusionary radical feminism" due in large part to comments/emails sent to LC (over 300!!). #critcat

Carol 📚🦄👾🎲@bildungsromans.bsky.social · 2y ago

The LAIPA (Latin American and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas) funnel is working on how people of Latin American descent and Spanish speakers are represented in the Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH) and would like our help! Responses are confidential. #critcat forms.gle/ewZD5aTQ9EVT...

"Hispanic Americans" LCSH questionnaire

The LAIPA (Latin American and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas) funnel is working on how people of Latin American descent and Spanish speakers are represented in the Library of Congress subject head...

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Texas Freedom to Read Project@txfreedomread.bsky.social · 2y ago

We have seen Manga targeted in Texas, too. Keep in mind book banners are working to restrict and remove (ie ban) books in public community libraries *and* school libraries- often the same types of books- even the same titles. Demonizing entire genres is an efficient way to ban a lot of books.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2y ago

SCREEN RANT: “(Tennessee) School libraries say goodbye to beloved Manga franchises… the Tennessee prohibition is arguably the biggest and most worrisome yet…” Thanks to big government Republican censorship TN is fast becoming #1 in book banning. 📚 screenrant.com/manga-ban-te...

SCREEN RANT: “(Tennessee) School libraries say goodbye to beloved Manga franchises… the Tennessee prohibition is arguably the biggest and most worrisome yet…” Thanks to big government Republican censorship TN is fast becoming #1 in book banning. 📚 https://screenrant.com/manga-ban-tennessee-censorship-industry-issue-op-ed/