Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is used by more
libraries worldwide than any other controlled vocabulary system.
Yet, many librarians and paraprofessional staff do not have any
formal education or training in LCSH. They find themselves having
to decipher or construct LCSH strings and don't know where to
begin. Here's a resource that uses language non-catalogers can
understand and provides hands-on, user-friendly training in LCSH.
Here Karen Snow transfers her popular LCSH workshops and continuing
education courses to book form for those who can't attend her
courses. This book offers material on the basics of subject
analysis, the importance of controlled vocabularies, and the main
features and principles of LCSH. It explains and provides guidance
on the application of LCSH. Library of Congress' instruction manual
for LCSH, the Subject Headings Manual, is discussed at length.
Several chapters concentrate on assigning LCSH to resources of a
certain focus or genre: fiction works, biographical works (or works
that focus heavily on a certain person or their works), and
resources that emphasize a geographic location. A separate chapter
on encoding subject information in the Machine-Readable Cataloging
(MARC) standard will be particularly useful for library staff. Most
chapters contain exercises (with answers at the end of the book)
that test a reader's understanding of the chapter material and
provide opportunities to practice applying LCSH and subdivisions.
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