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• Library of Congress Completes Revisions to LCSH Prompted by RDA Phase 2
  (April 25, 2013)
• LC Policy and Standards Division to authorize use of the subdivision --Law and legislation under LCSH headings for crimes [PDF, 30 KB] (April 24, 2013)
• Genre/Form Headings at the Library of Congress (March 25, 2013)
• Subject Category Codes to be Added to Selected Subject Authority Records
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• Headings for Indian Tribes Recognized by the U.S. Government
  (September 15, 2011)
• Policy and Standards Division’s Progress on the Recommendations Made in “Library of Congress Subject Headings: Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues” [PDF, 89 KB] (May 20, 2010)
• Revision of Headings for Cooking and Cookbooks: Library of Congress Decisions [PDF, 22 KB] (January 11, 2010)
• Follow-Up: Revision of Headings for Cooking and Cookbooks
  [PDF, 20 KB] (January 4, 2010)
• Revision of Headings for Cooking and Cookbooks
  [PDF, 30 KB] (September 29, 2009)
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues (September 2, 2008)
• Aboriginal Australians and Aboriginal Tasmanians (January 3, 2007)
• Subdivision Authority Records (18X) (November 3, 2006)

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