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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:41:29 -0800
From: LOUISE RATLIFF <
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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 <
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> 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