1. Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms

2.  Definition  Purpose  What does this mean to me  Timeframe  Additional Resources

3. Definition  Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms or LCDGT is : “Designed to describe the characteristics of the intended audiences of resources, and also the creators of, and contributors to, those resources”  All types of materials including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, compositions, individual works or collection of works  “Clearly stated on the resource or are otherwise obvious without doing additional research”

4. Purpose  Current subject headings are:  Too general  Lack of consistency  Will help with searching  LCDGT will break down into 11 catagories

5. Catagories  Age - infants

6. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students

7. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)

8. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)  Gender Group - men

9. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)  Gender Group - men  Language Group – Swahili

10. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)  Gender Group - men  Language Group – Swahili  Medical, Psychological, and Disability Group - Paraplegics

11. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)  Gender Group - men  Language Group – Swahili  Medical, Psychological, and Disability Group - Paraplegics  Nationality/Regional Group – Bavarians

12. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)  Gender Group - men  Language Group – Swahili  Medical, Psychological, and Disability Group - Paraplegics  Nationality/Regional Group – Bavarians  Occupational/Field of Activity Group – lawyers

13. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)  Gender Group - men  Language Group – Swahili  Medical, Psychological, and Disability Group - Paraplegics  Nationality/Regional Group – Bavarians  Occupational/Field of Activity Group – lawyers  Religious Group – Catholics

14. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)  Gender Group - men  Language Group – Swahili  Medical, Psychological, and Disability Group - Paraplegics  Nationality/Regional Group – Bavarians  Occupational/Field of Activity Group – lawyers  Religious Group – Catholics  Sexual orientation group - heterosexuals

15. Catagories  Age - infants  Educational level group – high school students  Ethnic/Cultural Group – Cherokee (North American People)  Gender Group - men  Language Group – Swahili  Medical, Psychological, and Disability Group - Paraplegics  Nationality/Regional Group – Bavarians  Occupational/Field of Activity Group – lawyers  Religious Group – Catholics  Sexual orientation group – heterosexuals  Social group - vegans

16. What does this mean to me?  You will start seeing new MARC fields – 385, 386

17. What does this mean to me?  You will start seeing new MARC fields – 385, 386  You will be required to add this information

18. What does this mean to me?  You will start seeing new MARC fields – 385, 386  You will be required to add this information  No additional research needed – if not apparent, leave off

19. What does this mean to me?  You will start seeing new MARC fields – 385, 386  You will be required to add this information  No additional research needed – if not apparent, leave off  Repeatable – add all that are necessary

20. What does this mean to me?  You will start seeing new MARC fields – 385, 386  You will be required to add this information  No additional research needed – if not apparent, leave off  Repeatable – add all that are necessary  But do not overdo – not all books in English require English speakers term

21. Timeframe  “The Library of Congress' Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate, which catalogs most of the textual works acquired for the Library's general collections, has not yet determined when it will implement the demographic group terms”

22. Additional resources  Introduction and Guiding Principles for the Project Paper - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcdgt-principles.pdf http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcdgt-principles.pdf  The terms - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms.htmlhttp://id.loc.gov/authorities/demographicTerms.html  Draft of Demographic Group Terms Manual available on LC’s website  Comments accepted through May 31, 2016 to jayo@loc.govjayo@loc.gov  http://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCDGT/freelcdgt.html http://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCDGT/freelcdgt.html