Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division

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division of the Library of Congress library standards organization

The Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division is the unit within the Library of Congress responsible for developing, maintaining, and overseeing cataloging policies, standards, and classification systems used by libraries worldwide.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations	0	1
Library of Congress support structure for Congress	0	1
Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements	0	1
Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress	0	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	division of the Library of Congress → library standards organization →
affiliatedWith	Program for Cooperative Cataloging →
country	United States of America → surface form: United States
hasScope	authority control standards → bibliographic control standards → classification systems → subject access standards →
language	English →
location	Washington, D.C. →
parentOrganization	Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate → surface form: Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access units
partOf	Library of Congress →
responsibleFor	LC-PCC Policy Statements → Library of Congress Classification policies → Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms → surface form: Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms policies Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms → surface form: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms policies Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus policies → Library of Congress Subject Headings policies → Program for Cooperative Cataloging policy documentation → cataloging policy development → coordination of cataloging standards with external bodies → coordination with national and international cataloging communities → coordination with the Program for Cooperative Cataloging → development of bibliographic description policies → development of cataloging documentation → development of classification policies → development of policies used by libraries worldwide → development of subject cataloging policies → implementation guidance for MARC 21 formats → implementation guidance for Resource Description and Access → maintenance of Library of Congress cataloging documentation → maintenance of cataloging standards → maintenance of the Library of Congress Classification editorial process → maintenance of the Library of Congress Subject Headings editorial process → oversight of cataloging practices at the Library of Congress → policy guidance for classification numbers → policy guidance for name authority records → policy guidance for subject authority records → publication of Library of Congress Classification schedules → publication of Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms lists → publication of Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms lists → publication of Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus lists → publication of Library of Congress Subject Headings lists → review of proposals for changes to classification schedules → review of proposals for changes to subject headings → review of proposals for new classification numbers → review of proposals for new subject headings →
usesStandard	MARC standards → surface form: MARC 21 Resource Description and Access →

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LC-PCC Policy Statements → associatedWith → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

Library of Congress catalogers → employedInDepartment → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

LC-PCC Policy Statements → fullName → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

this entity surface form: Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements

Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms → governedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus → governedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

Library of Congress Subject Headings → hasGovernance → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

this entity surface form: Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress

class G – Geography, Anthropology, Recreation → isMaintainedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

class N – Fine Arts → maintainedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

subject surface form: Class N – Fine Arts

class S – Agriculture → maintainedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

subject surface form: Class S – Agriculture

class V – Naval Science → maintainedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

subject surface form: Class V – Naval Science

LCC → maintainedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

Library of Congress Classification → maintainedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms → maintainedBy → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

American Law Division → partOf → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

this entity surface form: Library of Congress support structure for Congress

LC-PCC Policy Statements → relatedTo → Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division →

this entity surface form: Library of Congress Rule Interpretations