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John--
  Thank you so much for the clarification on Institutions (Philosophy). An
example would be John Calvin's theologico-philosophical text "The
Institutions of the Christian Religion," which is NOT about abbeys and
monasteries but about principles and practices.  Thanks.   --Greg 

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Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] subject term -- physics history

It should be noted that Institutions (Philosophy) does not refer to the
generic concept of institutions or to institutions such as departments of
philosophy.  A parenthetical qualifier is used in LCSH is used to indicate
that a term is used for a concept in a particular field.  I don't know what
it means in philosophy, but it seems to have something to do with ontology,
judging from its class number.

The generic concept of institutions is covered in LCSH by Associations,
institutions, etc., but that probably won't satisfy Meghan.  There is no
genre term in LCSH for institutional histories.  Histories of individual
institutions, etc., are covered by the name of the institution followed by
the subdivision $x History.  If Meghan's collection of histories has a name,
that could be used as an added entry.

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From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Greg Smith
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:38
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Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] subject term -- physics history

 Meghan--
We do have  Institutions (Philosophy) . So by analogy I would propose that
the simplest solution would be:
Institutions (Physics) -- History.
You might also do:  Libraries and institutions -- History -- Physics  or
Libraries and institutions -- Physics -- History
Or even    Libraries and institutions (Physics) -- History
My impression is that this L & I heading is for materials related to
libraries and their interactions with other kinds of institutions, but, in a
primitive sense, that is what you are doing here -- cobbling together
libraries and institutions of various kinds. 
Mind you, Meghan, I have no first hand experience with this question. I am
only taking a shot using the printed LCSH.
-- Greg Smith, Mercer County community College    609-570-3556

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From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Meghan Petersen
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:19 AM
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Subject: [PCCLIST] subject term

Hello,
We have a collection of "Institutional Histories" in our collection which
consists of histories of physics departments at colleges and universities,
professional laboratories, and businesses. We would like to create a subject
term to apply to all of these items in order to allow users to search and
retrieve these items through a subject search.  Is there an lc subject that
would accommodate something like this? I've looked in all the obvious
places, institution, history, physics...

We won't be contributing this term to LC but would like to create a correct
term is possible rather than resorting to "Institutional History."