Library Cataloging
Thesauri
INGRID, the Integrated National Global Research Interactive Database is available from the Estonian Tartu University Library. It is in both English and Estonian. "Here you can see present subjects, look for genus subjects (hypernyms) and narrower subjects (hyponyms) of given subject, and of course, you can find records with given subject."
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Autosuggesting Fast Subjects
OCLC has announced a new Web service that Autosuggests FAST Subjects. OCLC Research announces the availability of assignFAST, a new Web service that automates the manual selection of FAST Subjects (the Authorized and Use For headings) based on autosuggest...
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Global Subject Codes Standard: Thema
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has started to look at a standard for subject codes, Thema. Book industry representatives from 15 countries announced today the formation of a new, global standard to categorize and classify book content by subject....
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Alcts Subject Analysis Committee
The ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee Midwinter 2007 meetings minutes are now available. Subjects...
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Use Of Subject Authority Data Survey
Research is being done on the Use of Subject Authority Data. The ultimate goal of the study is to develop benchmark recommendations for the functional requirements for subject authority records, within the framework developed by the IFLA Functional Requirements...
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Subject Headings
Over on AUTOCAT there is discussion on the inadequacies of subject headings. Well worth reading the thread. One suggestion was to add more cross-references to authority records. I strongly agree, but I'd not only add them to my records but use SACO...
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