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“There was Sex but no Sexuality*:” Critical Cataloging and the Classification of Asexuality in LCSH [PDF]
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2020 This paper examines the addition of “asexuality” to the Library of Congress Subject Headings as a case study from which to examine the critical cataloging movement. Beginning with a review of some of the theoretical and practical issues around subject access for minoritized and marginalized sexualities, this paper then contextualizes, historicizes, and
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Alternative Vocabularies: What to do when LCSH isn\u27t enough [PDF]
Catalogers in the United States primarily use Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to describe the resources in their libraries, but sometimes, there isn\u27t an LCSH term that is the right fit.
Frizzell, Sasha
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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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Wikipedia-type Disambiguation Functionality in LCSH: a Recommendation [PDF]
, 2013 : A proposal for a modest change in LCSH practice (and RDA when chapter 23 is written) to provide a Wikipedia-type disambiguation function for subject headings in library catalogs.
CannCasciato, Daniel
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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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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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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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La LC classification come 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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Interoperability between classification systems using metadata [PDF]
, 2005 The First on-Line conference on Metadata and Semantics Research Conference (MTSR'05): Approaches to advanced information systems, 21-30 November 2005Metadata are structures which catalogue, classify, describe and articulate electronic information.
San Segundo Manuel, Rosa
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