Newsflash! Subject Headings not boring!
By Beth Dunning

Cataloguing… just try dropping that word in a conversation and watch people’s eyes glaze over with boredom, or even worse, complete and utter indifference. But just because John Q. Public may not appreciate the beauty of Library of Congress Subject Headings doesn’t mean we should fret too much. After all, if no one is watching the librarians we can do whatever we want.

Although the vast majority of headings in the LCSH are painfully boring and uniform, clearly someone at the Library of Congress has a sense of humour, and is taking advantage of the fact that no one is watching... hence this list of weird and wacky subject headings submitted by the students of GLIS.

Union with Christ
Marijuana -- Cookery
Grudges (fishes)
Zombies--Juvenile literature
Coutu, Jean
Feet in the Bible
Spam (Trademark)--Poetry
Feces--Folklore
Cockroaches--Literary collections
Whiskey--Anecdotes
Sex customs--Communist countries
Spontaneous combustion--Periodicals
Boring--Addresses, essays, lectures.
Boring--Mathematical models
Boring--Periodicals
Odor control--Minnesota

Also, it's interesting to note some of the subheadings and number of records at http://authorities.loc.gov for: Bush, George
W. (George Walker), 1946-
--Correspondence (1 record)
--Military leadership (4 records)
--Poetry (1 record)
--Public appearances (2 records)
--Public opinion (2 records)
--Ethics (16 records)
--Juvenile literature (25 records! hmm)

Thanks to James and Julia!

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