[Apologies for cross-posting] Tena tatou katoa E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga kaitiaki taonga katoa o Aotearoa, nei ra he maioha na matou o te komiti whiriwhiri o Nga Upoko Tukutuku. Today the Maori Subject Headings thesaurus has been updated online to reflect the work done during 2009. We are pleased to announce 61 brand new terms added to the thesaurus, mostly in the topic area of health. We have also refined the scope notes for some terms to make their usage clearer where it was ambiguous. Much of the work in 2009 was focused on the hierarchical structure and checking that it remained true to the intention to reflect a Maori world view. To this end a few hierarchical changes needed to be made, and in a few cases the scope note for a term needed to be adjusted. The following are a list of affected terms: · Hauora is now a top term above Ora - this now matches to the scope note as originally written, and allows a logical space for the new term Mate. Since there is no change to the stated meaning of either heading, it is unlikely this change will have any effect on its current use in existing records. · Kaumatua and Waka (Whakapapa) and all headings under each have moved within the hierarchy to fit under the top term Whakapapa. There is no change to their stated meanings, so this is unlikely to have any effect on the use of these headings in existing records. · Haurangi has been disestablished and replaced with Haurangitanga. Haurangi is acknowledged as a more commonly used term, but Haurangitanga was felt to better convey the negative aspects of alcoholism. This change will require all use of the term Haurangi to be changed to Haurangitanga. · Tamariki and Taitamariki have had age ranges added to the scope note to clarify when these should be used. This change will require previous usage to be reviewed and may require some entries to be changed appropriately. · Mahi toi and Toi Maori have had significant changes made to their scope notes. There was considerable discussion within the Project Team about the risk involved in making such large changes, but it was felt that it was better to resolve the problems quickly than to allow it to remain wrong. Mahi toi is now the top term to cover all arts, with other topics rearranged under it, while Toi Maori will be restricted to traditional arts. This change will require previous usage to be reviewed and will definitely require some entries to be changed appropriately. In all cases where meaning or scope has changed, the National Library will be reviewing their records and considering the need to change the heading. A notification will be sent out once all required changes have been made on our records. In addition, the National Library will make available a downloadable file of MARC records for all titles with Maori Subject Headings applied. Noho ora mai, na Kim matou ko Charlotte me te komiti o Nga Upoko Tukutuku. [We apologise for the lack of macrons - these have been removed to avoid technical issues with some email software.] Manager, Collection Description National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa Wellington, New Zealand DDI: +644 474 3085 Kim.gutchlag@natlib.govt.nz http://www.natlib.govt.nz