Subject Cataloging

This page highlights information and articles published in the Librarianship Studies & Information Technology about Subject Cataloging.

SCOPE: About subject headings. Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), MESH, Sears List of Subject Headings, Subject Indexing, Vocabulary Control--Thesaurus, List of Subject Headings, Etc.

LIST OF ALL ARTICLES

Margaret Mann Citation - The Margaret Mann Citation is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of library and information science, specifically recognizing outstanding achievements in cataloging and classification. Presented annually by the American Library Association (ALA), this award celebrates individuals who have made significant contributions to the organization and accessibility of knowledge.

Library of Congress Classification - F 592: Foreign Relations - A Guide for Catalogers

Library of Congress to Expand Use of LC Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT) and Implement Subject Heading (LCSH and CYAC—Children & Young Adult) Cataloging Simplification

OCLC’s New AI Cataloging Tools

Aboutness

Arlene G. Taylor
Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award
Controversies in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): the Case of Illegal Aliens
Controlled Vocabulary
Metadata
Charles Ammi Cutter’s Objects of the Catalogue (or Objectives of the Library Catalog)
ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
Twenty-Percent Rule (LCSH)
COMPASS
MARC 21
PRECIS (Preserved Context Index System)
POPSI (Postulate-Based Permuted Subject Indexing)
Chain Indexing
Vocabulary Control
Problems of Natural Language in Indexing
Indexing Languages
Citation Indexing
Key-Term Alphabetical (KEYTALPHA)
Keyword Augmented in Context (KWAC)
Keyword Out of Context (KWOC)
Keyword in Context (KWIC) Indexing
Title-Based Indexing
Subject Cataloging
Subject Indexing Process
Subject Heading
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) - Subject Headings Manual (SHM) H 202 and H 203 Revised
Information Access Through The Subject
Subject Approach to Information in Libraries
Subject Heading List
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Subject Headings Manual
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) : Assigning and Constructing
Assigned Indexing
Index
The Role of Information Organizations in Commodifying the Kings of the Fairies

LIST OF QUIZZES

• List of quizzes from Library and Information Science Questions Answers Quizzes
• A simple term list (a "pick list") _____ semantic relationships among terms [(A) does not show (B) shows]
• Keywords and social tagging are [Fill-In-The-Blank: Keywords and social tagging are ______ approaches to access. They provide ______ collocation for resources.]
• What are the purposes of a controlled vocabulary? (Select all that apply.) [A) To allow for consistent retrieval of resources. B) To allow for comprehensive searching of a catalog. C) To allow user-supplied tags that are specific to the user that applies them. D) To allow for the control of synonyms. E) To link terms that are related to each other, for ease of retrieval. F) To repeat all the nouns that appear in the titles of every resource.]
• Using a controlled vocabulary is the same as using natural language. [True or False]
• What are the two primary methods of subject access?
• Metadata is structured information that describes resources [True or False]
• Metadata can be defined as [Fill in the Blanks. Metadata can be defined as ______ about ______. In libraries, the creation of metadata is often referred to as ______. It is a subset of ______ organization.]
• Complete Cutter's "objects" of the catalog [Fill in the Blanks. To enable a person to ________ a resource of which the ________, title, or ________ is known. To show what the library has by a given ________, on a given ________, or in a given ________ of literature.]