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The 650 tag in a library marc record consists of subject headings that power search results in the OPAC. These terms are hierarchical, meaning that terms at the top of the list are prioritized in the search results. With that in mind, I shared this marc for @JerryCraft’s New… 
Kid in one of my sessions at #NCTIES22, asking participants to think about:
📍 the existing subject headings as they appear here
📍their order
📍what’s missing from the current list, and…
📍what readers would have to search for in order to find this book in the catalog.
📍 the existing subject headings as they appear here
📍their order
📍what’s missing from the current list, and…
📍what readers would have to search for in order to find this book in the catalog.
Then I asked them to consider this question: if we do nothing to update this record to reflect the issues at the heart of this book, what readers are least likely to find it? In my experience, the answer is very often those readers whose hearts need this book most.
