IFLA Principles Underlying Subject Heading Languages were published in 1995 and translated into Slovene in 2002. They try to recover the theory of indexing languages from an analysis of subject heading languages that are used in libraries around the ...
Alenka Šauperl
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Black Subject Headings in LCSH: Successes and Challenges of the African American Subject Funnel Project [PDF]
The African American Subject Funnel Project was recently revitalized and is actively contributing new and improved terminology related to the African American experience to the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).
Ross, Staci, Cronquist, Michelle
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Representing Historically Marginalized Communities in Archives: Moving Beyond LCSH to Create More Inclusive Subject Headings [PDF]
The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are widely used around the world in libraries and archives to add access points for users searching their collections.
Ewing, Melissa A
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FAST: Development of Simplified Headings for Metadata [English version presented at the International Conference] = FAST: La messa a punto di intestazioni semplificate per i metadati [Versione italiana presentata alla Conferenza internazionale] [PDF]
The enormous volume and rapid growth of resources available on the World Wide Web as well as the emergence of numerous metadata schemas have spurred a re-examination of the way subject data are provided for Web resources.
Dean, Rebecca J.
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Measuring the applicability of user-generated social tags along with expert-generated LCSH descriptors in Sociology: a heuristic study [PDF]
28-38The study attempts to compare user-generated social tags with expert-generated LCSH descriptors of one thousand sociology books. The objective is to examine if social tags can be used to enhance the accessibility of library collections.
Rath, Durga Sankar +1 more
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Purpose: This article examines the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), which is the most used subject heading system in the world and an instance of a controlled vocabulary (CV). Design/methodology/approach: The method used to examine the system
Birger Hjørland +3 more
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MeSH Authority Records with LCSH Mapping Data, 2019: a XML File
This is a file of Medical Subject headings (MeSH) authority records with Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) mapping data which is entered into 750, 780, and 788 MARC linking entry fields.
Olson, Anton J
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CTP Ontology: A Semantic Model for Structuring Cultural Thematic Paths
Abstract A thematic path enhances the appreciation of cultural heritage by connecting diverse cultural objects through shared themes. This study introduces the Cultural Thematic Path (CTP) Ontology, designed to support the creation, organization, description, publication, and management of thematic paths within the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives,
Tiziana Pasciuto +2 more
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LCSH authority records with MeSH Mapping Data, 2019: a MARC binary file
This is a file of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) authority records with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) mapping data which are entered into 750, 780, and 788 MARC linking entry fields. The mapping data has been updated to account for changes
Olson, Anton J
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This study exmaines the question of whether academic libraries keep up with changes in the Library of Congress subject heading system. An analysis of the handling of 15 subject headings in 50 academic library catalogs available online through the Internet found that libraries are not consistently maintaining subject authority control, or making ...
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