Consider the following record, inspired by the discussion on AUTOCAT that was kicked off by this query:
100 1_ ‡a Smith, June, ‡d 1977- 245 00 ‡a Regarding events in Ferguson / ‡c June Smith. 260 _1 ‡a New York : ‡b Hope Press, ‡c 2017. 300 __ ‡a 371 p. : ‡b ill. ; ‡c 10 x 27 cm 336 __ ‡a text ‡2 rdacontent 337 __ ‡a unmediated ‡2 rdamedia 338 __ ‡a volume ‡2 rdacarrier 650 _0 ‡a United States ‡x History ‡y Civil War, 1861-1865. 650 _0 ‡a Police brutality ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson ‡y 2014. 650 _0 ‡a Ferguson (Mo.) Riot, 2015. 650 _0 ‡a Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-). 650 _0 ‡a Race riots ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson ‡y 2014. 650 _0 ‡a Demonstrations ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson ‡y 2014. 653 20 ‡a #BlackLivesMatter 651 _0 ‡a Ferguson (Mo.) ‡x History ‡y 21st century. 650 _0 ‡a Political violence ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson ǂx History ‡y 21st century. 650 _0 ‡a Social conflict ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson. 650 _0 ‡a Civil rights demonstrations ‡z Missouri ‡z Saint Louis County. 650 _0 ‡a Social conflict ‡z Missouri ‡z Saint Louis. 650 _0 ‡a Protest movements ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson. 650 _0 ‡a Protest movements ‡z Missouri ‡z Saint Louis. 650 _0 ‡a Militarization of police ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson. 650 _0 ‡a Militarization of police ‡z United States. 651 _0 ‡a Ferguson (Mo.) ‡z Race relations. 653 _0 ‡a 2014 Ferguson unrest 650 _0 ‡a African Americans ‡x Civil rights ‡x History. 650 _0 ‡a African Americans ‡x Crimes against ‡x History. 650 _0 ‡a Police brutality ‡z United States. 650 _0 ‡a Police ‡x Complaints against ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson. 650 _0 ‡a Police-community relations ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson. 650 _0 ‡a Discrimination in criminal justice administration ‡z Missouri ‡z Ferguson. 650 _0 ‡a United States ‡x Race relations ‡x History.
Some exercises for the reader:
- Identify the subject headings that detract from the neutrality of this record. Show your work.
- Identify the subject headings whose absence lessens the accuracy or neutrality of this record. Show your work.
- Of the headings that detract from the neutrality of this record, identify the ones that are inaccurate. Show your work.
- Adopt the perspective of someone born in 1841 and repeat exercises 1-3. Show your work.
- Adopt the perspective of someone born in 2245 and repeat exercises 1-3. Show your work.
- Repeat exercises 1-3 in the form of a video broadcast over the Internet.
- Repeat exercises 1-3 as a presentation to your local library board.
I acknowledge with gratitude the participants in the AUTOCAT thread who grappled with the question; many of them suggested subject headings used in this record.
Exercises involving a MARC record for an imaginary book, inspired by a recent AUTOCAT thread by Galen Charlton is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.