Heidi
There are several issues with the x-refs in the heading Police (sh 85104183)
which I would like to discuss with out Law team.
Please note that the adjectival qualifier Christian as in Christian police
officers (sh2001011432) clearly refers to the religion of the police officers.
In the case of Jews, however, things are more complicated because the
adjective Jewish may designage members of the Jewish faith or members of an
ethnic group. Memo H351 on ethnic qualifiers states: when establishing a
topical heading with adjectival qualifier that designates a particular ethnic
group, establish it in INVERTED form. If we follow the ETHNIC directive, the
heading would be Police officers, Jewish. But then, how does this square with
the instructions in memo H306 Natural language in topical subject headings?
Give me a few days to explore all these issues with the law team and on Boy
Scouts honor I will get back to you.
Benjamin
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[mailto:owner-heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi G Lerner
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:20 AM
To: heb-naco
Subject: Jewish police or Jewish police officers
Dear group,
I am sending this query a second time in hopes to get some help in formulating
a subject heading for Jewish police/Jewish police officers.
I have seen in LCSH the following:
African American police
Christian police officers
Gay police officers
Lesbian police officers
Police officers exists as a cross-reference to Police
I think that I should propose Jewish police officers since we already have
Christian police officers
but I would like some help understanding why we have Afican American police but
Christian police officers.
Thank you, Heidi
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Heidi G. Lerner
Hebraica/Judaica Cataloger
Metadata Development Unit
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
e-mail: ler...@stanford.edu
ph: 650-725-9953
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