lower east side librarian

Large breasted women of the world--you now have your own subject heading, thanks to Sandy Berman who wrote to LC after seeing my complaint about BREAST--SOCIAL ASPECTS as an inadequate term for cataloging a zine about a woman with large breasts.

150 Breast [sp 85016677]
* 550 RT Large-breasted women

150 Large-breasted women [May Subd Geog] [sp2008000039]
450 UF Big-breasted women
550 BT Women
550 RT Breast

At least I assume this came from Sandy, to whom I sent my Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out 2007 zine that listed all my zine cataloging difficulties of the year, who then sent LC a list of proposed subject changes along with the pages from LESL.

The zine that prompted this was Boobs Boobs, the Musical Fruit by Rachel Pee-Hillips. (Search by author or title in CLIO to see the whole record. Look at the full view to read the abstract.) It's also in WorldCat.

If it wasn't Sandy that pressured LC, maybe they read the Boston Globe article that also pointed out the goofy BREASTS--SOCIAL ASPECTS.

Also related, I don't think I've posted here the subject headings I do use for the Barnard zines. It's not complete or anything. I thought of keeping track well after I started doing the cataloging.

Finally, if you're in the 'hood, consider attending a Library of Congress Subject Heading suggestion letter (email?) writing event organized by Radical Reference. It will probably be Sunday April 27, from 4-6pm at ABC No Rio.