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When adding Homosaurus headings to records, do not delete the equivalent LSCH terms. If the LSCH term is the same as the Homosaurus term, it is unnecessary to add the Homosaurus term to the record. You can use your cataloger's judgement to decide when to add the Homosaurus terms to the records.
When adding Homosaurus headings to records, do not delete the equivalent LSCH terms. If the LSCH term is the same as the Homosaurus term, it is unnecessary to add the Homosaurus term to the record. You can use your cataloger's judgement to decide when to add the Homosaurus terms to the records.


A small number of Homosaurus terms have more commonly used meanings, like types of animals. Try to avoid adding these headings to the records. The following list includes examples of the headings to avoid adding to the records, but may not be a full list.  
A small number of Homosaurus terms have more commonly used meanings, like types of animals. Try to avoid adding these headings to the records. The following list includes examples of the headings to avoid. This may not be a full list.  


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Revision as of 18:23, 24 May 2021

The rules on this page are a draft until reviewed by SCRAP and CAMM.
Do NOT follow the rules on this page. Please send any feedback to help@ccslib.org.

On May 19, 2021, CAMM approved the motion to allow Homosaurus subject headings in the CCS database. Homosaurus is an international linked data vocabulary of LGBTQ+ terms. This vocabulary is intended to function as a supplement to other controlled vocabularies, such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Homosaurus has been assigned the source code (‡2) homoit.

MARC Fields

It is the CCS local practice to place subject headings in the 650 field and genre headings in the 655 field. However, Homosaurus does not label genre headings as genres in compliance with the Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange (LLACE) classification.

Example:
650  7 ‡a Non-binary people. ‡2 homoit
655  7 ‡a Bisexual horror fiction. ‡2 homoit

Assigning Headings

When adding Homosaurus headings to records, do not delete the equivalent LSCH terms. If the LSCH term is the same as the Homosaurus term, it is unnecessary to add the Homosaurus term to the record. You can use your cataloger's judgement to decide when to add the Homosaurus terms to the records.

A small number of Homosaurus terms have more commonly used meanings, like types of animals. Try to avoid adding these headings to the records. The following list includes examples of the headings to avoid. This may not be a full list.

Headings to Avoid
Ali
Bears
Bois
Bottoms
Camp
Clones (gay men)
Cottages
Cruising
Dark rooms
Dee
Faeries
Goldilocks
Happy endings
Metis
Otters
Outing
Packing (phallus)
Pups
Queens
Slaves
Swinging
Tom
Tops
Tumtum
Wolves

Authority Records