Classification Methods in Context at Theological Libraries: A Case Study [PDF]
, 2017 This case study explores issues of interoperability and shared collection management between two libraries – one community and one academic – located within the American Jewish University (AJU).
Noland, Chloe G.
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Capitalizing on Information Organization and Information Visualization for a New-Generation Catalogue [PDF]
, 2012 Subject searching is difficult with traditional text-based online public access library catalogues (OPACs), and the next-generation discovery layers are keyword searching and result filtering tools that offer little support for subject browsing.
Bouthillier, France +2 more
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Rethinking Representation: Indigenous Peoples and Contexts at the University of Alberta Libraries
The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2018 Appropriate subject access and descriptive practices within library and information science are social justice issues. Standards that are well established and commonly used in academic libraries in Canada and elsewhere, including Library of Congress ...
Sharon Farnel +6 more
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Subject No-hits Searches in an Academic Library Online Catalog: An Exploration of Two Potential Ameliorations [PDF]
, 2004 Describes a study that explored ways in which users subject searching problems in a local online catalogue might be reduced. On a weekly basis, the author reviewed catalogue transaction logs to identify topics of subject searches retrieving no records ...
Graham, Rumi Y
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Interoperable subject retrieval in a distributed multi-scheme environment : new developments in the HILT project [PDF]
, 2005 The HILT (HIgh-Level Thesaurus) project (http://hilt.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/), based primarily at the Centre for Digital Library Research (CDLR) (http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/) at Strathclyde University in Glasgow is entering its fourth stage following the ...
McCulloch, E., Nicholson, D.
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The future of metadata: open, linked, and multilingual – the YSO case [PDF]
, 2017 Peer ...
Niininen, Satu +2 more
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Subject Searching in Online Catalogs: Metaknowledge Used by Experienced Searchers [PDF]
, 1995 This paper begins to identify and characterize the knowledge used by experienced librarians while searching for subject information in online catalogs.
Connell, Tschera Harkness
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LC Classification as linked data
JLIS.it, 2013 In 2009 and in 2011, the Library of Congress made two of its largest authority files – Subject Headings and Names – available as linked data via LC’s Linked Data Service, ID.LOC.GOV. Both are offered in MADS/RDF and SKOS.
Kevin Ford
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Searching HathiTrust: Old Concepts in a New Context
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2013 This paper examines the use of the HathiTrust Digital Library as a resource for locating primary sources in the course of historical research. It focuses on the incorporation of library metadata into HathiTrust database records and the benefits this has ...
Eamon P. Duffy
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Information Technology and Libraries, 2010 This study explores the current state of metadata-creation practices across digital repositories and collections by using data collected from a nationwide survey of mostly cataloging and metadata professionals. Results show that MARC, AACR2, and LCSH are
Jung-ran Park, Yuji Tosaka
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