Document (#29842)

Author

Knowlton, S.A.

Title

Three decades since prejudices and antipathies : a study of changes in the Library of Congress Subject Headings

Source

Cataloging and classification quarterly. 40(2005) no.2, S.123-145

Year

2005

Abstract

The Library of Congress Subject Headings have been criticized for containing biased subject headings. One leading critic has been Sanford Berman, whose 1971 monograph Prejudices and Antipathies: A Tract on the LC Subject Heads Concerning People (P&A) listed a number of objectionable headings and proposed remedies. In the decades since P&A was first published, many of Berman's suggestions have been implemented, while other headings remain unchanged. This paper compiles all of Berman's suggestions and tracks the changes that have occurred; a brief analysis of the remaining areas of bias is included.

Footnote

Vgl. auch: http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/

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