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<font size=3>From CPSO ... Genre/form headings "Video recordings for
the hearing impaired" and "Video recordings for people with
visual disabilities" reinstated. --Rick<br><br>
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As part of the project to develop moving image genre/form headings
the<br>
Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) of the Library of
Congress<br>
cancelled the subject headings "Video recordings for the
hearing<br>
impaired" and "Video recordings for people with visual
disabilities" in<br>
favor of "Films for the hearing impaired" and "Films for
people with<br>
visual disabilities," respectively, on September 5, 2007. The
headings<br>
"Television programs for the hearing impaired" and
"Television programs<br>
for people with visual disabilities" were also created at that
time.<br><br>
After hearing from catalogers and deliberating further, CPSO has<br>
decided to reinstate "Video recordings for the hearing
impaired" and<br>
"Video recordings for people with visual disabilities."
The rationales<br>
for canceling the headings and then reinstating them follow.<br><br>
The intent of the September 5th decision was to make these headings<br>
consistent with other moving image genre/form headings, for which
the<br>
general pattern is to have both film and television but not video<br>
headings. It was thought that consistency among the
genre/form<br>
headings would promote retrieval of all works as well as avoid any<br>
perceived marginalization of materials intended for impaired or
disabled<br>
people.<br><br>
There was a strong negative reaction among catalogers to these
changes.<br>
Those writing to CPSO stated that they and their users would
prefer<br>
that one consistent heading be applied to all closed captioned,
audio<br>
described, and signed moving image materials; since most libraries<br>
acquire video recordings, the preference would be to reinstate the<br>
cancelled headings. They said that the presence of
interpretive<br>
services for the impaired and disabled in these materials is more<br>
important than maintaining a distinction between films and
television<br>
programs. <br><br>
In response, specialists in CPSO discussed whether the September 5th<br>
decision was the correct one. As part of their decision-making
process<br>
they examined the different publication and release patterns of
these<br>
materials. Closed captioning and audio description are usually
added as<br>
enhancements for the video recording market. However, there are
films<br>
and television programs in which captioning or description is
included<br>
as an integral part of the original release, and others in which<br>
dialogue is signed rather than spoken. <br><br>
Since most users are concerned only with whether captioning, audio<br>
description, or signing is present, and not whether it is an<br>
after-market enhancement or not, CPSO specialists concluded that
making<br>
such a distinction in the headings is not useful. The headings
"Video<br>
recordings for the hearing impaired" and "Video recordings for
people<br>
with visual disabilities" will be reinstated and may be assigned
as<br>
appropriate to any video recording.<br><br>
The headings "Television programs for the hearing
impaired,"<br>
"Television programs for people with visual disabilities,"
"Films for<br>
the hearing impaired," and "Films for people with visual
disabilities"<br>
will remain authorized for those libraries that wish to use them
instead<br>
of, or in addition to, the reinstated headings, as determined by
local<br>
policy.<br><br>
The proposals to reinstate the headings will appear on Tentative
Weekly<br>
List 0751, which will be discussed at the December 19th subject<br>
specialists' meeting. The instruction sheet for moving image
genre/form<br>
headings will also be updated accordingly.<br><br>
While CPSO regrets any disruption this shift in policy may cause, we<br>
appreciate the constructive feedback that led to the reversal and<br>
continue to value your input.<br><br>
Cataloging Policy and Support Office<br>
Library of Congress<br>
Washington, DC</font></blockquote></body>
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