Tēnā koutou Some good news for a rainy Friday (at least here in Te Whanganui a Tara). The June 2022 list of new and changed subject headings approved by Library of Congress has just been posted: https://classweb.org/approved-subjects/2206.html Of particular note, the subject heading White privilege (Social structure)https://lccn.loc.gov/sh2022005885 is now available for use. It has taken nearly 15 years for this term to be approved – please see the Cataloging Labhttps://cataloginglab.org/kb/white-privilege/ if you are interested in the history of this proposal. Please also note that the inappropriate term ‘Primitive societies’ has been deleted, to be replaced by the subject headings Anthropologyhttps://lccn.loc.gov/sh85005581 and Prehistoric peopleshttps://lccn.loc.gov/sh85080302. While ‘Prehistoric peoples’ still seems problematic (as it implies some peoples lack history), it is great to see that ‘Primitive societies’ has been removed. A number of associated terms have also been changed or deleted, such as ‘Industries, Primitive’, ‘Primitive property,’ etc. Nāku noa Nā Catherine Catherine Amey Mātanga Metararaunga Whaimana, Authority Metadata Specialist Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand PO Box 1467, Wellington 6140, Aotearoa New Zealand 021 026 03324 | www.dia.govt.nzhttp://www.dia.govt.nz/ (He Pākehā ahau; pronouns: she/her/hers) The National Library of New Zealand is part of the Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs [cid:image001.jpg@01D8B3B6.EA7D7560] [58326FF6]I usually work from home on Tuesdays (at Orange)
