ACQUISITIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACCESS DIRECTORATE
POLICY, TRAINING, AND COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS DIVISION
SUMMARY OF DECISIONS, EDITORIAL MEETING NUMBER 3
March 18, 2022
This Summary of Decisions will be posted on LC’s website and may be
accessed at
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SUBJECT HEADINGS
Subdivisions to be added to lists of free-floating subdivisions:
H 1095, Free-Floating Subdivisions
$x In comics
Announcements
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Announcement re: [Topic] in comics and --In comics free-floating subdivision
Marist College made a proposal to establish the heading Holocaust, Jewish
(1939-1945), in comics. This proposal establishes a new pattern to address the
study of a topic within comic books and graphic novels, following the existing
pattern of topics in literature and art. This heading and the resulting pattern
were approved on List 2203. As a result of this decision, the Library also
decided to extend the ability to bring out topics in comics and graphic novels
in historical and critical works by establishing the free-floating subdivision
$x In comics. The subdivision may be used under names of individual persons,
families, corporate bodies, and countries, cities etc., Christian denominations
and uniform titles of sacred works, and under names of deities, mythological or
legendary figures, and fictitious characters. All uses under wars will need to
be established editorially, e.g., World War, 1939-1945—Comics and the war. The
instruction sheet H 1430 for Comics and Comic Characters and related pattern
instruction sheets will be updated to reflect this change in practice.
At approximately the same time, the ALA Graphic Novel and Comics Round Table,
in cooperation with the ALA Subject Access Committee, made a revision proposal
to H 1430 to allow for increased subject access to comics and graphic novels by
adding a Special Provisions section, as is done in H 1790 for fiction. This
instruction sheet revision is in process, and the updated instruction sheet
will include the use of [Topic] in comics, --In comics subdivision, and the
special provisions for increased subject access. The finalized version will be
announced and posted on the
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> as well as published in Cataloger’s Desktop. The Library thanks the GNCRT
for their work in moving this forward.
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- Roger Kohn
- Cataloger, Israel & Judaica Section
- Library of Congress
- LS/ABA/ASME/IJ (4222)
- LM 537
- 101 Independence Avenue, SE
- Washington, D.C. 20540-4222
- (202) 707-3997
“Opinions expressed are those of the author, and are not official statements by
the Library of Congress.”
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