Wizard Rocking the Library of Congress:

Submitting a New Subject Heading to LCBy Joy E. LambertAugust 14, 2008

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Wizard Rock

Essentially, Wizard Rock is music about the Harry Potter series of books by

J. K. Rowling.

According to the Wizrocklopedia.com, there are currently over 500 wizard rock bands.

Wizard RockIn 2000, Switchblade Kittens wrote the first

Harry Potter-themed song, “Ode to

Harry”.

Generally, Harry and the

Potters are credited with

starting the Wizard Rock

Movement in 2002.Eskimolabs.com/hp

Wizard Rock“The Wizard Rockumentary: A Movie about

Rocking and Rowling” was released in 2008.

Wizard rock was featured in the 2008 documentary “We Are Wizards” as a large facet of Harry Potter fandom.

There are many wrock websites and most bands have MySpace pages.

Wizard Rock

CSUF even has its own wizard rockstar –

The Hermione Crookshanks Experience!

The wizard rock community as a whole involves itself with social justice issues and works closely with

charitable organizations.

No LCSH for Wizard Rock?

After some investigation, Annette and I realized that there was no Library of Congress Subject Heading for Wizard Rock.

This was a problem because I wanted to add the “Wizard Rockumentary” to our collection.

Subject Headings

As new areas of study emerge, so do LC Subject Headings to help organize new information and research.

When catalogers cannot find a subject heading that is specific enough to describe an item they are cataloging, they have an opportunity to submit new subject headings for approval.

The Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)

The PCC has several programs, one of which is the Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO)

SACO oversees the addition of new subject headings.

The Submission Process

To submit a new subject heading, a library must have an institutional membership to SACO.

A Librarian whose institution is not a SACO member can ask a librarian at a participating library to submit the new subject heading.

Our Form So Far….• 008/06: (Direct or indirect geographic subdivision) • ______ (May Subd Geog) ______ (Not Subd Geog) ______ (No Decision) • 008/39: (Cataloging source): c• 040: _CFI____$b eng $c DLC • 053 : _________________________ • 150_ ___: _Wizard rock music ________________________________________ • 450 ____: __Evil wizard rock music___________________________________________________ • 4_______: _______________________________________________________________________ • 4_______: _______________________________________________________________________ • 550_____ (BT): __Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) songs and music_ ______________________ • 5_______ (BT): ___________________________________________________________________ • 5_______ (RT): ___________________________________________________________________ • 670 Work cat.:__Wizard rockumentary: A movie about rocking and Rowling____________________ • 670 (Sources found) :_ _______ For this field we will attach multiple sources for support _________ • 670 (additional "Sources found" to justify hdg or x-refs)________________________________________ • 675 (Sources not found) : _____________________________________________________________ • 680 Here are entered works on ___________________________________________________• __________________________________________________________________________________• 781 (Geographic subdivision):$z_____________________$z____________________________• 667 (Note field):_________________________________________________________________• 952 : ..... bib. records to be changed For this field, Annette will list bib records for wrock cds in OCLC.• 952: LC pattern or SCM: _____________________ • 953 : yz00• Submitted by_Annette Anderson-Ma/Joy E. Lambert _______________________ • e-mail/phone:_aanderson-ma@fullerton.edu_____________________________________________

Source Citations

Authoritative reference materials are preferred, but there are no required types of source citations.

Wizard rock is relatively new and is part of popular culture.

For our source citations, we will attach links to websites, MySpace pages and bibliographic records of related materials.

Once the Form is Submitted:Step One

SACO’s Cooperative Cataloging Team reviews all submissions.

The Coop Team will collaborate with contributors to make changes they deem necessary.

If the Coop Team approves of a submission, it moves to the next step.

Once the Form is Submitted:Step Two

The Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) receives submissions from the Coop Team.

The CPSO holds a weekly editorial meeting to further review and approve subject headings.

The editorial team may also make further changes.

Approval

Subject headings that are passed from the Coop Team to the CPSO for editorial review are considered “tentative”.

There is a “tentative” Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly list posted on the SACO website:

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/saco.html

Approval

Once a subject heading is approved by the CPSO editorial team, it can be found on the Approved Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly List on the CPSO website:

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/cpsoed/cpsoeditorial.html

We’ll Keep You Posted on the

Status of our Submission !

Eskimolabs.com/hp

Some Cool Wizard Rock Websites

Harry and the Potters:www.eskimolabs.com/hp/

The Hermione Crookshanks Experience:http://www.myspace.com/hermionecrookshanks

The Harry Potter Alliance:http://www.thehpalliance.org/

http://wizrocklopedia.com/

Also check out YouTube. There is tons of wizard rock readily available!