> I just finished the description for a 1,000 linear foot archive of a 
> famous interior decorator, who happened to be gay, yet while there are 
> headings for gay people in some occupations, there is no heading for 
> "gay interior decorators."  The same for other combinations of type of 
> person and occupation.

Ah, but there is no reason there couldn't be a heading for gay interior 
decorators.  That is why the PCC has the SACO program, to provide a means 
for libraries and archives outside of LC to make proposals for new subject 
headings.  We recently made one for "Gay deacons" and another is coming up 
on a monthly list for "Gay ocean liner passengers".  I encourage all of 
catalogers to submit proposals for needed terms rather than settling for 
something too broad or inexact.

> Christopher T. Baer
> Assistant Curator
> Manuscripts & Archives
> Hagley Museum and Library
> P.O. Box 3630
> Greenville, DE 19807-0630


--Adam Schiff

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