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Local Subject Headings

A guide that documents why and how one might add local subject headings to one's catalog, with specific attention to the needs of a consortium.

Key Documents: History and Why

Report from the SAC Working Group on the LCSH “Illegal aliens”
Usefulness: 1; Source: ALA/ALCTS/CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee via ALA Institutional Repository; Year: 2016
Timeline of “Illegal Aliens” Subject Heading Change Petition
Usefulness: 2; Source: Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, Volume 54, 2016 - Issue 7, via St. Cloud State University Institutional Repository; Year: 2016
Midwinter 2020: Catalog Management IG program summary + docs
Catalog Management IG (ALCTS CaMMS)
ALAMW20 presentation_ SAC Working Group on Alternatives t...pdf

Key Documents: How

Strategies for alternate subject headings and maintaining subject headings
Usefulness: 2; Source: OCLC Blog.
CU Boulder and Regis University
Usefulness: 2; Source: Colorado State Library Training Sessions
Orbis Cascade Alliance: Cataloging Standing Group
Usefulness: 1; Source Orbis Cascade Alliance

Planning and Practice

The CSU system and DREAMers