Library Cataloging
Currently I'm reading the book Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process by Alenka Sauperl. The processes it describes sounds much more realistic than how the process was described in cataloging class. In class it ran (1) Examine the item to determine the subject. Look at the title, index, preface, and TOC. (2) Consult the subject heading list and determine the term(s) that match. In Sauperl's study it shows that the subject selection begins during descriptive cataloging. Looking at the publisher, series statements as well at the title and authors. Then the process becomes iterative moving back and forth from the vocabulary list to the item and to the catalog to see how similar items have been treated. How our users would look is also considered. Much messier. Better for our catalogs. It makes sense to consider how similar items have been treated. That's part of the collocation function of the catalog. Also, consideration of the user is basic. The 1st law (if I remember right) is save the reader time. If you are reading this while still in library school, do not believe the neat description from your cataloging class.
- Additions To Source Codes For Vocabularies, Rules, And Schemes
The source code listed below has been recently approved. The code will be added to the applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes list. See the specific source code list for current usage in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements. The code...
- Linking To Lcsh And Lcc
Linking to LCSH and LCC: Controlled Subject Headings and Classification Systems through the Web Barbara Tillett, Libby Dechman, and Loche McLean will be presented on August 16, 2011, at the World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference...
- Subject Headings For Cooking And Cookbooks
Image via WikipediaThis statement was issued by LC concerning the change from cookery to cooking. For some libraries this is going to be a major change. The Library of Congress issued the list of the new and revised subject headings for materials on cooking...
- Misinformation
Yesterday I read The Creation and Persistence of Misinformation in Shared Library Catalogs by David Bade. Lots to consider. He contends that cost-saving measures and increased bibliographic control have lead to a lack of language and subject knowledge...
- Authority
After reading the paper Hierarchical Gaps and Subject Authority Control Processing: an Assessment I'm not so sure this is a good way to go, at least for us. The paper describes how they added LCSH records for all broader terms needed when they added...
Library Cataloging
Subject Headings
Currently I'm reading the book Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process by Alenka Sauperl. The processes it describes sounds much more realistic than how the process was described in cataloging class. In class it ran (1) Examine the item to determine the subject. Look at the title, index, preface, and TOC. (2) Consult the subject heading list and determine the term(s) that match. In Sauperl's study it shows that the subject selection begins during descriptive cataloging. Looking at the publisher, series statements as well at the title and authors. Then the process becomes iterative moving back and forth from the vocabulary list to the item and to the catalog to see how similar items have been treated. How our users would look is also considered. Much messier. Better for our catalogs. It makes sense to consider how similar items have been treated. That's part of the collocation function of the catalog. Also, consideration of the user is basic. The 1st law (if I remember right) is save the reader time. If you are reading this while still in library school, do not believe the neat description from your cataloging class.
- Additions To Source Codes For Vocabularies, Rules, And Schemes
The source code listed below has been recently approved. The code will be added to the applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes list. See the specific source code list for current usage in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements. The code...
- Linking To Lcsh And Lcc
Linking to LCSH and LCC: Controlled Subject Headings and Classification Systems through the Web Barbara Tillett, Libby Dechman, and Loche McLean will be presented on August 16, 2011, at the World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference...
- Subject Headings For Cooking And Cookbooks
Image via WikipediaThis statement was issued by LC concerning the change from cookery to cooking. For some libraries this is going to be a major change. The Library of Congress issued the list of the new and revised subject headings for materials on cooking...
- Misinformation
Yesterday I read The Creation and Persistence of Misinformation in Shared Library Catalogs by David Bade. Lots to consider. He contends that cost-saving measures and increased bibliographic control have lead to a lack of language and subject knowledge...
- Authority
After reading the paper Hierarchical Gaps and Subject Authority Control Processing: an Assessment I'm not so sure this is a good way to go, at least for us. The paper describes how they added LCSH records for all broader terms needed when they added...