"nonterrestrials", of course...



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From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 11/23/21 04:53 (GMT-08:00)
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: LCSH "Aliens" Change to "Noncitizens" in WorldCat

Wow.
From this side of the equator, "noncitizens" sounds much like "nonpersons": dehumanising Orwellian governmentspeak.
"Aliens" is a much friendlier term, and also has the benefit of applying across historical time periods before there was the modern concept of citizenship.

I'd rather be an alien than a noncitizen anyday!

...and what happens to aliens from outer space?

Brendan Whyte


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Date:    Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:41:29 -0800
From:    LOUISE RATLIFF <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: LCSH "Aliens" Change to "Noncitizens" in WorldCat

Finally. Hallelujah!

Louise Ratliff
Retired UCLA LIbrarian

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 9:10 AM Weitz,Jay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> OCLC welcomes the changes that the Library of Congress (LC) is making to
> the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) for *Aliens* to
> *Noncitizens* and for *Illegal aliens* to both *Noncitizens* and *Illegal
> immigration* along with other related heading changes.  The tentative
> list of these changes is here
> <https://classweb.org/tentative-subjects/2111b.html>.  As soon as the
> LCSH authority records for these changes are received by OCLC, processes
> will commence to change the headings within WorldCat records as swiftly as
> possible.  Some of the work will be accomplished by OCLC’s automated
> controlling software supplemented by efforts from our Metadata Quality
> staff.  Corresponding FAST headings will also be updated and changed in a
> subsequent process.
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>
> *Please excuse duplication of this message as we are sharing it with many
> lists.*
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> jay
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> Jay Weitz