CATALOGING POLICY AND SUPPORT OFFICE

SUMMARY OF DECISIONS, EDITORIAL MEETING NUMBER 42

October 15, 2008

Present from PSD: J. Young, D. Thompson, L. Dechman

CLASSIFICATION

Table G2c 0.79

Works for localities within the Soviet Union and Russia are included within 0.55 in Table G2c. The proposal was not approved.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Ready-made; Ready-made in art

Readymades are manufactured products that are turned into art. The heading Found objects (Art), whose scope includes both manufactured and natural objects that are turned into art, already exists in LCSH. The meeting did not consider it desirable to have two headings with overlapping scope. Instead, there will be two references made to Found objects (Art): Ready-mades (Art) and Readymades (Art). The proposals were not approved.