Transforming Subjects: Solving a Terminology Problem

All events will be held online. It is worth noting that all times in the program are quoted in British Summer Time (BST ; = UTC+1).

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Session Abstract

In 2016, the Library of Congress decided to revise the subject heading “Illegal aliens.” The House of Representatives objected and ordered LC to continue using “Illegal aliens.” This was the first time a chamber of Congress had intervened over an LC decision regarding subject headings.

In fall 2019, the California State University Libraries considered options to address this terminology problem. This session will present the issues and describe the solution implemented. The CSU Libraries are on Primo Back Office. The WorldCat master bibliographic record is the default record in the shared catalog (Network Zone) in Alma. The solution intentionally does not make changes to the shared record. Instead, it relies on transformation routines applied during Primo normalization. These transformation routines were applied to the normalization rules in the display, facets, search, and browse PNX sections to address this terminology problem.

Options for Primo VE will also be shared.

Conference or Developers' Day

Track

Applicable Ex Libris Product

Target Audience Skill Level

Registration

Co-Presenters

Israel Yáñez, California State University Sacramento

Co-presenter's job title

Library Services Specialist

Luiz H. Mendes, California State University, Northridge

Co-presenter's job title

Chair / Cataloging Coordinator

2020 Digital Conference and Developers Day

September 14–17, 2020