tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post7674589753282561721..comments2023-09-29T08:51:56.163-07:00Comments on Coyle's InFormation: MiseducationKaren Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02519757456533839003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-59075224449560637502017-02-14T12:15:34.163-08:002017-02-14T12:15:34.163-08:00John, thanks. - The fact that it's easy to fin...John, thanks. - The fact that it's easy to find books with "Holocaust denial" that are denial *literature* shows that even librarians have trouble understanding what those subject headings mean - so I doubt if there are many users aware of the distinction. Plus, since most library systems' default is a keyword search, typing in "Holocaust" and "denial" gets both headings. This is a great example of how we shouldn't pretend that we are communicating clearly to users. With one search they'll get both "fer" and "agin", all mixed together in a giant list. If nothing else, this cries out for a display, with retrieved items, that gives users more information about what the subject heading means. And perhaps for more distinctive subject headings.Karen Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519757456533839003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-49828743381661915542017-02-14T11:20:34.262-08:002017-02-14T11:20:34.262-08:00"I note that the subject heading, Holocaust d..."I note that the subject heading, Holocaust denial literature, is applied to both those items written from the denial point of view, as well as ones analyzing or debating that view."<br /><br />Under LC cataloging rules, they should actually be under two different subjects. "Holocaust denial literature" should be used for the works written from the denial point of view, and "Holocaust denial" should be used for the works analyzing or debating that view. <br /><br />Catalogs should make it easy to go from one subject to the other. Not all do (though <a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Holocaust%20denial" rel="nofollow">mine does</a>), so I could see some libraries lumping them together if their catalogs don't easily link the two.John Mark Ockerbloomhttp://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/noreply@blogger.com