Broughton, V. (2012). Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings. London: Facet Publishing.
I've decided that I am a glutton for punishment - not only am I reading this book but I am quite enjoying it. Thus, another blog the day after the usual weekly one!
I am only up to Chapter 7 and about a third of the way through the book, but I am learning lots about how to read and use the "big red books". Thankfully it is written by a Pom (sorry, British subject) so there is some humour and a slight dig at the american-ness of LCSH. The other thing the author did was to give a simple explanation of Cutter's Rules - something I was looking for when we had to do the Cataloguing Timeline essay.
I am probably getting a bit ahead of myself with the Cataloguing class this semester but I thought a bit of extra reading would not hurt. And it hasn't! I now know why the subjects are arranged in word by word filing and have learned more about controlled indexing and how to analyse the content of books.
I probably should not read much more or I will get too far ahead of what Chris wants to teach us, but I will definitely be getting the book out of the library again. And, I am looking forward to doing more work on LCSH and SCISSH as the semester progresses!!!!! Sick aren't I?
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