Library Cataloging
Classification
The Working Group on Subject Access to Web resources of the Classification and Indexing Section of IFLA has a progress report on Subject Access Approaches used by Digital Collections and Information Directories. They are looking for volunteers to help with their work in different languages and countries.
The Working Group on Subject Access works under the Section on Classification and Indexing. In order to monitor trends in the provision of subject access to electronic documents on the Web, the group is working on a database about subject access approaches used by digital collections and web-based information directories and portals.
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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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Request For Comments: Skos Use Cases And Requirements: Working Draft
This W3C working group is asking for comments on their work.The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group has published the First Public Working Draft of SKOS Use Cases and Requirements. Knowledge organization systems, such as taxonomies, thesauri or subject...
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Udc In Subject Gateways
UDC in subject gateways: experiment or opportunity? by Aida Slavic will appear in Knowledge Organization.The paper gives a short overview of the history of use of UDC in Internet subject gateways (SGs) with an English interface, from 1993 to 2006. There...
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Professional Reading
"Metadata-based access to multimedia architectural and historical archive collections: a review" in Aslib Proceedings (2002) v. 54, no. 6, pp. 362-371.Presents a brief overview of what is meant by a digital library and a digital archive, and how archival...
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Facet Analysis
Towards a knowledge structure for high performance subject access and retrieval within managed digital collections is being researched in the UK.This research will focus on application of such this method in the field of humanities and will try to answer...
Library Cataloging