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Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings (Paperback, New Ed.)
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Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings (Paperback, New Ed.)
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are increasingly seen
as 'the' English language controlled vocabulary, despite their lack
of a theoretical foundation, and their evident US bias. In mapping
exercises between national subject heading lists, and in exercises
in digital resource organization and management, LCSH are often
chosen because of the lack of any other widely accepted English
language standard for subject cataloguing. It is therefore
important that the basic nature of LCSH, their advantages, and
their limitations, are well understood both by LIS practitioners
and those in the wider information community. Information
professionals who attended library school before 1995 - and many
more recent library school graduates - are unlikely to have had a
formal introduction to LCSH. Paraprofessionals who undertake
cataloguing are similarly unlikely to have enjoyed an induction to
the broad principles of LCSH. This is the first compact guide to
LCSH written from a UK viewpoint. Key topics include: background
and history of LCSH subject heading lists structure and display in
LCSH form of entry application of LCSH document analysis main
headings topical, geographical and free-floating sub-divisions
building compound headings name headings headings for literature,
art, music, history and law LCSH in the online environment.
Readership: There is a strong emphasis throughout on worked
examples and practical exercises in the application of the scheme,
and a full glossary of terms is supplied. No prior knowledge or
experience of subject cataloguing is assumed. This is an
indispensable guide to LCSH for practitioners and students alike.
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