Transcript Medicine, Agriculture, or Social Pathology?

Medicine, Agriculture,
or Social Pathology?
The Classification of
Materials on Coca
in U.S. Libraries
SALALM 54 - July 6, 2009
Tina Gross, St. Cloud State University
Background…
University of Pittsburgh
Eduardo Lozano
Latin American Collection
Bolivian Collection
Research by Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
In the spring of 2007, Bolivian sociologist,
filmmaker, and activist Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
(author of Oprimidos pero no vencidos: luchas del
campesinado aymara y qhechwa de Bolivia, 19001980 and Política e ideología en el movimiento
campesino colombiano: el caso de la ANUĆ
(Asociación Nacional de Usuarios Campesinos) was
a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
HV5840
H
Social sciences
HV
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
HV5800-5840
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology—
Drug habits. Drug abuse
HV5825-5840
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology—
Drug habits. Drug abuse--By region or country
HV5840
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology—
Drug habits. Drug abuse--By region or country-Other regions or countries, A-Z
("Other" than the United States)
Example of book assigned to HV5840
(probably appropriately)
Example of book assigned to HV5840
(probably not appropriately)
HV5810
H
Social sciences
HV
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
HV5800-5840
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology—
Drug habits. Drug abuse
HV5810-5823.5
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology—
Drug habits. Drug abuse--Special
HV5810
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology—
Drug habits. Drug abuse—
Special--Cocaine. Crack
H
Social sciences
HD9019.C63
HD
Industries. Land use. Labor
HD9000-9999
Industries. Land use. Labor--Special industries and trades
HD9000-9495
Industries. Land use. Labor--Special industries and trades--Agricultural industries
HD9000-9019
Industries. Land use. Labor--Special industries and trades--Agricultural industries—
Food supply. Produce trade
HD9019.A-Z
Industries. Land use. Labor--Special industries and trades--Agricultural industries—
Food supply. Produce trade--Special products, A-Z
HD9019.C63-.C632
Industries. Land use. Labor--Special industries and trades--Agricultural industries—
Food supply. Produce trade--Special products, A-Z--Coca
Other frequently occurring LCC numbers
F2230.1.D78 Latin America. Spanish America--South America-Antiquities. Indians--Topics (Ancient and modern), A-Z—Drug use
F2230.1.N37 Latin America. Spanish America--South America-Antiquities. Indians--Topics (Ancient and modern), A-Z—Narcotics
QK495.E82 Botany--Spermatophyta. Phanerogams--Systematic
divisions--Angiosperms--By family, A-Z--Erythroxylaceae (Coca)
QP801.C68 Physiology--Animal biochemistry--Special substances-Organic substances--Miscellaneous organic substances, A-Z--Cocaine
RM666.C59 Therapeutics. Pharmacology--Drugs and their actions-Individual drugs and other agents, A-Z--Coca
RS165.C5 Pharmacy and materia medica--Materia medica-Pharmacognosy. Pharmaceutical substances (Plant, animal, and
inorganic)--Organic substances--Vegetable substances. Medicinal
herbs. Plant drugs--Individual plants and substances, A-Z--Coca
SB295.C6 Plant culture--Field crops--Other field crops--Medicinal plants
(Culture only)--By plant, A-Z--Coca
Study conducted by Professor Rivera
• What LC classification numbers are assigned
to works on coca?
• What patterns of bias (criminalization,
conflation of coca and cocaine) exist in the
classification of works on coca?
• Has the assignment of certain classification
numbers changed over time?
Miniature study conducted
for this presentation
• Used OCLC Connexion (cataloging interface)
rather than Worldcat (public interface)
• Looked at frequency of LCC number
assignment, no attempt to assess bias at
individual title level (LCC numbers reflect
both subject content of works and
cataloger’s interpretation)
Methodology
Connexion search:
hl:coca not cola not na:coca not nc:coca
hl (Library of Congress subject headings)
na (personal name subject/600)
nc (corporate name subject/610)
709 hits
Methodology
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371 records remaining for analysis after
removal of
records with no LCC number
records with invalid/nonexistent LCC
number
duplicate records
records with LCC number for larger series
or set, not specific to work described in
record
Results
Results
Some related subject analysis problems
• In LCC, no number for coca leaf in
GT2400-3390.5 “Customs relating to private
life” (includes numbers for alcohol, coffee,
tea, mate, tobacco, betel nut, etc.)
• In HAPI thesaurus, subject heading
“Coca and cocaine”
• In LCC, “Indians” = antiquities