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Cataloging and Classification Quarterly (CCQ), a leading library science journal, is the only one in the world dedicated exclusively to library cataloguing. In its final print issue of 2022, CCQ [...]

Despite the existence of a vast literature reflecting hundreds of years of scholarship questioning the authorship of the works of Shakespere, the conventional Library of Congress Name Authority File and Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are unable to accurately describe this literature owing to their assumption that the author was William Shakspere of Stratford-upon-Avon. Adopting a pragmatic, philosophically realist perspective based in social epistemology, this article highlights past and current deficiencies in the authority records concerning Shakespere and proposes changes that would better reflect the nature and purpose of this literature, as well as the historic signifiers of the named persons in question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An essay is presented on the theory about the publication of the book "First Folio" by William Shakespeare. It discusses the presentation of a letter by researcher Peter Dickson at the Library of Congress. It notes the implications for the authorship debate of the book "First Folio." It mentions the theory of Dickson have been thought out in light of existing historical record.