115th chat, Tuesday November 13 2018: critcat subject heading appraisal
6 pm Pacific / 7 pm Mountain / 8 pm Central / 9 pm Eastern
moderated by @MLeonStewart @OpOnions @RobinDesmeules @violetbfox
Wakelet (compilation of tweets) (pdf) by @violetbfox
Instead of predetermined questions, the moderators will be hosting an informal discussion about how Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are proposed and evaluated. Please read the chapter below and bring your questions and curiosity to the chat!
required reading:
- Hoffman, Gretchen L. 2015. “What’s the Difference between Soul Food and Southern Cooking? The Classification of Cookbooks in American Libraries.” In Dethroning the Deceitful Pork Chop: Rethinking African American Foodways from Slavery to Obama, edited by Jennifer Jensen Wallach, 61-78. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press.