AFRICANA SUBJECT FUNNEL REPORT
ALC CATALOGING COMMITTEE
Fall 2004
A total of 11 new and 5 revised subject authorities have been submitted to the Library of Congress since the last update (Spring 2004), through the end of October. These proposals came from Lauer, Janet Stanley (Smithsonian) and Shoshana Seidman (Northwestern).
NEW HEADINGS
| Bemazava (Malagasy people) | Ngoni language (Tanzania and Mozambique) |
| Bisa language (Burkina Faso & Ghana) | Sambla (African people) |
| Mbugu (African people) | Samogo (Burkinabe and Malian people) |
| Mbugu language | Taabwa language |
| Mbugwe language | Wawa (African people) |
| Ndo (African people) |
REVISIONS SUBMITTED
| Samo (West African people) | Tera language |
| Samo language | Wiya (African people) |
| Sembla language |
In addition, a proposal was made to delete Somaliland, which is currently defined as the land of the Somali people. This topic should be covered by Somali (African people).
There have been many delays at the coordinator level, as I did additional research
and often located related headings that needed changes or updates. I have
in hand several dozen headings that should go out to the alc-saco list within
the next month; plus about 20 already vetted headings that need inputting.
There are sometimes delays at the Library of Congress, especially with complicated headings where various authorities do not agree. Sometimes LC changes the proposed heading (e.g., Lwoo (African people) instead of Lwoo (African peoples)) or adds more reference sources, e.g. African studies centre web site. TheSpring proposal to change Fula to Fulbe and Fulfulde language was pulled back.
I continue to monitor the Tentative Weekly List and Weekly List of new headings and have noticed a marked use of data from the web. Not all of these web sources appear to be authoritative or original. The appendix lists the 99 new subjects submitted by non-funnel sources. There are also many revised proposals. Some of these were poorly researched and have caused incorrect subject headings to be assigned to bibliographic records.
Joseph J. Lauer; Nov. 16, 2004
APPENDIX: NON-FUNNEL NEW AFRICANA SUBJECT HEADINGS
The Weekly List,. April-Sept. 2004, of LC’s Cataloging Policy and Support Office, included the following newly approved headings, in addition to those submitted by the ALC funnel. The submitting library’s NUC code appears after the entry, except for those from LC. Revised authority records are not included in this list.
| Accounting--Standards--Africa,
French-speaking West Adaima Site (Egypt) Africana libraries--Reference services Art, Bantu – MH-P Art, Ugandan —DSI Bamileke literature Bonthe (Sierra Leone) -- ICRL Budu (African people) – NjP Children's plays, African (English) -- Uk Chiuta, Lake (Malawi and Mozambique) Civics, Mauritian Civics, Rwandan College students' writings, Kenyan (English) College students' writings, Swahili Cosmology, Kongo -- MH-P Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (South Africa) Domestic fiction, Nigerian (English) --UPB Domestic fiction, Zambian (English) --UPB Dwars River (Western Cape, South Africa) Dwars Valley (Western Cape, South Africa) Ethnology-- Africa, Northwest Folk dance music--Cape Verde Folk dance music--Guinea-Bissau Folk literature, Gananwa Folk literature, Lobedu Folk literature, Namibian -- UPB Folk songs, Ntomba -- MH-P Folk songs, Sakata -- MH-P Folk songs, Yanzi -- MH-P Franc, Comorian Funana (Music) Gananwa (African people) Gananwa dialect Gananwa literature Ganguela language--Tone Historical fiction, Zambian (English) -- UPB Holu language -- MH-P Islands--Sierra Leone Kalabari dialect--Tone Kibale National Park (Uganda) -- CSt Kom el-Nana Site (Egypt) -- WaU Kongo literature -- Uk Kongo poetry -- Uk Lobedu literature Makonde (African people)--First contact with Europeans -- MdBJ |
Masks, Nkanu (Angola and Congo) Medical fiction, South African (English) -- UPB Meerlust (South Africa) Money--Comoros Mono language (Congo) --MH-P Mythology, Bunda – MH-P Mythology, Chokwe —MH-P Mythology, Hungana -- MH-P Mythology, Mbala —MH-P Mythology, Nkundu -- MH-P Mythology, Pelende -- MH-P Mythology, Sakata -- MH-P Mythology, Suku -- MH-P Mythology, Yanzi -- MH-P Nama literature -- CSt Nyali (African people) -- MH-P Peddie (South Africa) -- ICRL Pelende (African people) -- MH-P Pelende language -- MH-P Popular music--Cape Verde Popular music--Guinea-Bissau Proverbs, Etsako Proverbs, Pelende – MH-P Psychological fiction, South African (English) -- UPB Pupput Site (Tunisia) – ICU Railroad Strike, Africa, French-speaking West, 1947-1948 -- MdBJ Sa idis School songbooks, Sotho Sculpture, Nkanu (Angola and Congo) Sculpture, Tanzanian Sea stories, Zambian (English) -- UPB Sherbro Island (Sierra Leone) -- ICRL Strikes and lockouts--Railroads--Africa, French-speaking West -- MdBJ Temple of Kalabsha (New Kalabsha, Egypt) Uneme (African people) – Uk West African Accounting System Women authors, Algerian – MdBJ Women authors, Kenyan -- OO Women authors, Sierra Leonean -- MdBJ Women, Akan -- MH-P Women, Batwa – MH-P World Heritage areas--South Africa Yana dialect (Burkina Faso and Togo) |
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