[yul-naco] Fwd: [SACOLIST] Genre/form headings: Video recordings for people with disabilities

[Richard Sarcia]

 From CPSO ... Genre/form headings "Video 
recordings for the hearing impaired" and "Video 
recordings for people with visual disabilities" reinstated. --Rick

>X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.1
>X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe
>X-Proofpoint-Spam-Reason: safe
>Date:         Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:02:13 -0500
>Reply-To: Subject Authority Cooperative Program <SACOLIST at loc.gov>
>Sender: Subject Authority Cooperative Program <SACOLIST at loc.gov>
>From: Janis Young <jayo at loc.gov>
>Subject: [SACOLIST] Genre/form headings: Video 
>recordings for people with disabilities
>Comments: To: OLAC-LIST at LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
>To: SACOLIST at sun8.LOC.GOV
>List-Help: <http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=SACOLIST>,
>            <mailto:LISTSERV at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV?body=INFO SACOLIST>
>List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:SACOLIST-unsubscribe-request at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV>
>List-Subscribe: <mailto:SACOLIST-subscribe-request at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV>
>List-Owner: <mailto:SACOLIST-request at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV>
>List-Archive: <http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=SACOLIST>
>X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed)
>X-Yale-Not-Spam: For more info see: 
>http://www.yale.edu/email/spam/content.html
>X-Yale-Spam-Score:  (0)
>X-Yale-Filter-Score: 0
>X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 130.132.50.54
>
>[Please excuse any duplication.  This message is being cross-posted to
>several lists.]
>
>As part of the project to develop moving image genre/form headings the
>Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) of the Library of Congress
>cancelled the subject headings "Video recordings for the hearing
>impaired" and "Video recordings for people with visual disabilities" in
>favor of "Films for the hearing impaired" and "Films for people with
>visual disabilities," respectively, on September 5, 2007.  The headings
>"Television programs for the hearing impaired" and "Television programs
>for people with visual disabilities" were also created at that time.
>
>After hearing from catalogers and deliberating further, CPSO has
>decided to reinstate "Video recordings for the hearing impaired" and
>"Video recordings for people with visual disabilities."  The rationales
>for canceling the headings and then reinstating them follow.
>
>The intent of the September 5th decision was to make these headings
>consistent with other moving image genre/form headings, for which the
>general pattern is to have both film and television ­ but not video
>­ headings.  It was thought that consistency among the genre/form
>headings would promote retrieval of all works as well as avoid any
>perceived marginalization of materials intended for impaired or disabled
>people.
>
>There was a strong negative reaction among catalogers to these changes.
>  Those writing to CPSO stated that they and their users would prefer
>that one consistent heading be applied to all closed captioned, audio
>described, and signed moving image materials; since most libraries
>acquire video recordings, the preference would be to reinstate the
>cancelled headings.  They said that the presence of interpretive
>services for the impaired and disabled in these materials is more
>important than maintaining a distinction between films and television
>programs.
>
>In response, specialists in CPSO discussed whether the September 5th
>decision was the correct one.  As part of their decision-making process
>they examined the different publication and release patterns of these
>materials.  Closed captioning and audio description are usually added as
>enhancements for the video recording market.  However, there are films
>and television programs in which captioning or description is included
>as an integral part of the original release, and others in which
>dialogue is signed rather than spoken.
>
>Since most users are concerned only with whether captioning, audio
>description, or signing is present, and not whether it is an
>after-market enhancement or not, CPSO specialists concluded that making
>such a distinction in the headings is not useful.  The headings "Video
>recordings for the hearing impaired" and "Video recordings for people
>with visual disabilities" will be reinstated and may be assigned as
>appropriate to any video recording.
>
>The headings "Television programs for the hearing impaired,"
>"Television programs for people with visual disabilities," "Films for
>the hearing impaired," and "Films for people with visual disabilities"
>will remain authorized for those libraries that wish to use them instead
>of, or in addition to, the reinstated headings, as determined by local
>policy.
>
>The proposals to reinstate the headings will appear on Tentative Weekly
>List 0751, which will be discussed at the December 19th subject
>specialists' meeting.  The instruction sheet for moving image genre/form
>headings will also be updated accordingly.
>
>While CPSO regrets any disruption this shift in policy may cause, we
>appreciate the constructive feedback that led to the reversal and
>continue to value your input.
>
>Cataloging Policy and Support Office
>Library of Congress
>Washington, DC
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/yul-naco/attachments/20071207/85bd7912/attachment.htm