Projects
Active Projects
The scope of this project is to establish best practices for creating name authority records for fictitious characters.
This project encompasses proposing headings which will become patterns for comics subject headings strings with subdivisions in the LCSH, using the base heading $a Biographical comic books, strips, etc.
This project is looking at all the various imaginary headings (organizations, places, vehicles, etc.) and fictional character groups (i.e., the X-Men) and considering how they could be moved into the Name Authority File instead, following a request from the Library of Congress. The group is creating best practices for creating these headings, considering mandatory and optional inclusions and so on.
Look at the current headings for various types of relationships in LCSH and propose new headings and revisions.
The scope of the Video Game Genres project is to refine the current OLAC video game genres and then propose them to the Library of Congress for adoption in the LC genre/form terms.
Pending Projects
Research and propose LitRPG, Isekai, and related genre headings. Keep an eye on literary trends for potential future genre proposals.
Completed Projects
The project proposed removing from all LCSH and CYAC subject headings for genres the cross-references consisting of a topic with a form subdivision–fiction; juvenile fiction; poetry; juvenile poetry; comic books, strips, etc.; drama; juvenile drama; video games; etc. This fixed the long-standing issue where those cross-references flipped to the heading for a genre instead; an example being "Detectives $v Fiction," that flipped to "Detective and mystery stories" instead of being a valid string to search for fiction about detectives.