Radical Cataloging

K.R. Roberto is the serials/electronic resources librarian at the University of Denver. Roberto is the co-editor of Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Speak Out (2003).

“interesting historical overview...offers practical recommendations”—Booklist; “doesn’t disappoint”—American Libraries; “every voice in this volume is valuable. Some essays are funny, some filled with righteous outrage, but each is a learning experience...will help catalogers discover, or nurture, their radical side”—Technicalities; “a good book that feeds the fire of the revolutionary cataloger...a must-read”—Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services; “W&L urges readers to ensure their institutional librarians consider purchasing [this] book. It includes many items of interest to librarians and all of us interested in how knowledge and points of view will or won’t be preserved or discoverable, if preserved”—Women and Language.

• Table of ContentsPreface: What Does “Radical Cataloging” Mean, Anyway?       K. R. ROBERTOIntroduction: Cataloging Reform, LC, and Me      SANFORD BERMANI. CATALOGING IN CONTEXTThe Existential Crisis of a Cataloger      BETH THORNTONA Hidden History of Queer Subject Access      MATT JOHNSONCataloging in Non-Roman Scripts: From Radical to Mainstream Practice      BELLA HASS WEINBERGUbiquitous Cataloging      BRADLEY DILGER and WILLIAM THOMPSONThe Genre Jungle: Organizing Pop Music Recordings      MICHAEL SUMMERSPlaying Fast and Loose with the Rules: Metadata Cataloging for DigitalLibrary Projects      JEN WOLFEThis Subfield Kills Fascists: A Highly Selective, Slightly Irreverent Trip Down Radical Cataloging Literature Lane      BRIAN HASENSTABII. WE CRITICIZE BECAUSE WE CARERanganathan’s Forgotten Law: Save the Time of the Cataloger      JENNIFER YOUNGOCLC: A Review      JEFFREY BEALLLatina Lesbian Subject Headings: The Power of Naming      TATIANA DE LA TIERRASwine—Juvenile Literature?: Good Cataloging vs. Good Public Service      JOHN SANDSTROMCults, New Religious Movements, and Bias in LC Subject Headings      TRACY NECTOUX(The English Word) That Dares Not Seek Its Name      CAROL REIDFolk Art Terminology Revisited: Why It (Still) Matters      JOAN M. BENEDETTIRearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic: A Drowning Cataloger’s Call to Stop Churning the Subject Headings      CHRISTOPHER H. WALKERWho Moved My Pinakes? Cataloging and Change      TINA GROSSThe End of Prohibition      CAROL REIDNorth American Indian Personal Names in National Bibliographies      FRANK EXNER, LITTLE BEARUseful Cataloging      CHRIS DODGEWhat Is Going on at the Library of Congress?      THOMAS MANNIII. INNOVATIVE PRACTICESDon’t Class Me in Antiquities! Giving Voice to Native American Materials      KELLY WEBSTER and ANN DOYLETeaching the Radical Catalog      EMILY DRABINSKIBrowsing Bergman, Finding Fellini, Cataloging Kurosawa: Alternative Approaches to Cataloging Foreign Language Films in Academic Libraries      MICHELLE EMANUEL and SUSANNAH BENEDETTIUser-Centered Serials Cataloging      WENDY BAIA“Why Isn’t My Book on the Shelf?” and Other Mysteries of the Library      ROBINAACR2—Bendable but Not Flexible: Cataloging Zines at Barnard College      JENNA FREEDMANCE-MARC: The Educator’s Library “Receipt”      TOM ADAMICHDr. Strangecataloger: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tag      JENNIFER ERICA SWEDADrawing Reference Librarians into the Fold      DANA M. CAUDLE and CECILIA M. SCHMITZMARC: It’s Not Just for Cataloging Anymore      DANA M. CAUDLE and CECILIA M. SCHMITZ“Respect My Authoritah”: Eric Cartman and Enhanced Subject Access      DANIEL CANNCASCIATOHigh-Speed Cataloging Without Sacrificing Subject Access or AuthorityControl: A Case Study      CARRIE PRESTONMonographic Collections Structure and Layout Revisions: Or, HowTweak LC Call Numbers for the Good of Your Users      BRIAN R. THOMPSONCataloging Heresy      A. ARRO SMITHTalkin’ the Cataloging Blues: The Poetry of Albert Huffstickler      SYLVIA MANNINGAbout the Contributors      Index