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New York Times Publishing More Subject Headings
Research Buzz notes that the New York Times has published more subject headings.
This release includes 498 of the most commonly-used subject headers, which, like the names, are mapped to DBPedia and/or Freebase. The NYT hopes to eventually release all 3,500 of its subject descriptors.
Thurs. 1 July, 2010 Gary Price over at Resource Shelf also covered this and offers some more details.
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Guidelines For Subject Access In National Bibliographies
Just published Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control 45. In a networked and globalized world of information the form of national bibliographies may have changed, however their major function remains...
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Oclc Releases Fast As Linked Data
OCLC has released FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) as Linked Data. FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), an enumerative, faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), is now...
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Vocabulary Control In Omeka
Omeka now offers Simple Vocab and Library of Congress Subject Headings Plugins.We?ve written two plugins for administrators who want to make data entry easier and more reliable. With the Simple Vocab plugin you can define a controlled vocabulary for any...
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Oclc Terminology Services
Terminology Services, an Experimental Services for Controlled Vocabularies, a project of OCLC Research is now available.HighlightsSearch descriptions of controlled vocabulariesSearch for concepts/headings in a controlled vocabularyRetrieve a single concept/heading...
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Genre/form Authority Records
The draft of Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings H1913 is available of comment.In working to define the guidelines for the creation and application of these headings, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) has drafted instruction sheet...
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