I posted a question about cataloging on the listserv, and no one has
responded.

Here is the query again.

Do you usually identify the race of people in photographs when you catalog
them?  If so, do you identify the race of everyone in the photograph or only
that of selected persons?

I am the coordinator for an IMLS museum-library collaboration grant.  We are
using three controlled vocabulary lists:  AAT, TGM1, and LCSH for providing
subject access.  We are cataloging World War II shipyard materials, so
gender and race are important issues for the stories of the work force and
for our community.  The policy for applying race access has been discussed.

Does anyone address this issue?

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