A Selective Bibliography of Influential Subject Cataloging Literature
Books
Anderson, James D., and Jose Perez-Carballo. Information Retrieval Design: Principles and Options for Information Description, Organization, Display, and Access in Information Retrieval Databases, Digital Libraries, Catalogs, and Indexes. St. Petersburg, FL.: Ometeca Institute; East Brunswick, NJ: distributed by University Publishing Solutions, 2005. Z699 .A49 2005
Berman, Sanford. Joy of Cataloging. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1981. Z693 .B47
Berman, Sanford. Prejudices and Antipathies: A Tract on the LC Subject Heads Concerning People. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1993. Z695.1.S6 B47 1993 http://www.sanfordberman.org/prejant.htm
Bliss, Henry Evelyn. The Organization of Knowledge and the System of the Sciences. New York: Holt and Company, c1929. BD241 .B635 1929
Bliss, Henry Evelyn. The Organization of Knowledge in Libraries and the Subject-approach to Books. New York: Wilson, 1939. Z696 .B635 1939
Bowker, Geoffrey C., and Susan Leigh Star. Sorting Things Out: Classification and its Consequence. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1999. BD175 .B68 1999
Bowman, J.H. Essential Dewey. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2005. Z696.D7 B69 2005
Broadfield, A. The Philosophy of Classification. London: Grafton & Co., 1946. Z696 .B77 1946
Broughton, Vanda. Essential Classification. Chicago: ALA-Neal-Schuman, 2015. Z695 .B8615 2015
Broughton, Vanda. Essential Thesaurus Construction. London: Facet, 2006. Z695 .B76 2006
Brown, A. G., in collaboration with D. W. Langridge and J. Mills. An Introduction to Subject Indexing. 2nd ed. London: Bingley, 1982. Z695 .B87 1982
Bryant, Rebecca. Discovery and Decision: Exploring the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Scientific Classification. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2000. BD241 .B785 2000
Bureau of Canadian Archivists. Subject Indexing Working Group. Subject Indexing for Archives: The Report of the Subject Indexing Working Group. Ottawa: Bureau of Canadian Archivists, Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards, 1992. Z695.2 .B87 1992
Burger, Robert. Authority Work: The Creation, Use, Maintenance, and Evaluation of Authority Records and Files. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1985. Z693 .B87 1985
Byrne, Deborah J. MARC Manual: Understanding and Using MARC Records. 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Z699.35.M28 B97 1998
Cataloging the Web: Metadata, AACR, and MARC 21. Ed. by Wayne Jones, Judith R. Ahronheim, and Josephine Crawford. (ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and Collections, no. 10). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press; published in cooperation with the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 2002. Z695.24 .C38 2002
Chan, Lois Mai. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Applications. 4th ed. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Z695 .C43 2005
Chan, Lois Mai. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles of Structure and Policies for Application. Annotated version. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, [1991], c1990. Z695.Z8 L5228 1990
Chan, Lois Mai, Sheila S. Intner, and Jean Weihs. A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification. 6th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2107. Z696.U4 C47 2017
Chan, Lois Mai, and Athena Salaba. Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Z693 .C437 2016
Chan, Lois Mai, and Joan S. Mitchell. Dewey Decimal Classification: Principles and Application. 3rd ed., rev. for DDC 22. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 2003. Z696.D7 C48 2003
Chan, Lois Mai, and Ed O'Neill. FAST:
Faceted Application of Subject
Terminology:
Principles and Applications.
Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries
Unlimited, c2010. Z695.Z8
F373 2010
Clack, Doris H. Authority Control: Principles, Applications, and Instructions. Chicago: American Library Association, 1990. Z693.3.A88 C58 1990
Classification of Library Materials: Current and Future Potential for Providing Access. Edited by Betty G. Bengtson and Janet Swan Hill. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1990. Z696.A4 C69 1990
Comaromi, John. Book Numbers: A Historical Study and Practical Guide to Their Use. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1981. Z698 .C65
Comaromi, John. Eighteen Editions of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Albany, NY: Forest Press, 1976. Z696 .D51952 1976
Curras, Emilia. Ontologies, Taxonomies and Thesauri in Systems Science and Systematics. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2010. Z695 .C87 2010
Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table. Swanson-Swift revision, 1969. Distributed by Libraries Unlimited, Littleton, Colo. Z698 .C95 1969
Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index. Devised by Melvil Dewey. Edition 23, edited by Joan S. Mitchell, Julianne Beall, Rebecca Green, Giles Martin, and Michael Panzer. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 2011. 4 vols. Z696 .D52 2011
Dittmann, Helena and Jane Hardy. Learn Library of Congress Classification. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. Z696.U4 D58 2000
Drabenstott, Karen Markey, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. Using Subject Headings for Online Retrieval: Theory, Practice, and Potential. San Diego: Academic Press, 1994. Z699.35.O55 D73 1994
Dykstra, Mary. Precis: A Primer. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987. Z695.92 .D94 1987
Ferguson, Bobby. Subject Analysis: Blitz Cataloging Workbook. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Z695 .F46 1998
Ferl, Terry E., and L. Millsap. Subject Cataloging: A How-To-Do-It Workbook. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1991. Z695 .F39 1991
Foskett, A. C. The Subject Approach to Information. 5th ed. London: Library Assoc. Pub., 1996. Z695 .F66 1996
Foundations of Cataloging: A Sourcebook. Edited by Michael Carpenter and Elaine Svenonius. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1986. Z693 .F68 1985
Fricke, Martin. Logic and the Organization of Information. New York: Springer, 2012. Z666.5 .F75 2012
Fritz, Deborah A, and Richard J. Fritz. MARC21 for Everyone: A Practical Guide. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003. Z699.35.M28 F75 2003
Ganendran, Jacki. Learn Library of Congress Subject Access. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press in cooperation with DocMatrix Pty Ltd, Canberra, Australia, 2000. Z695.Z8 L5237 2000
Guide to Indexing and Cataloging with the Art and Architecture Thesaurus. Edited by Toni Petersen and Patricia J. Barnett. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Z695.1.A7 G85 1994
Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Thesauri. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press, 1994. (ANSI/NISO Z39.19-1993) Z695 .N36 1994
Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction Drama, Etc. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. Z695.1.L6 G84 2000
Harner, James L. On
Compiling an Annotated
Bibliography. 2nd ed. New
York: MLA, 2000. Z1001
.H33 1991
NOTE: The only edition
available at the library is the
1991 revised edition.
Harpring, Patricia. Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies: Terminology for Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works. Los Angeles, Calif.: Getty Research Institute, 2010. Z695.1.C85 H37 2010
Haykin, David Judson. Subject Headings: A Practical Guide. Washington, D.C.: U.S.G.P.O., 1951. Z695 .H36
Haynes, Elizabeth and Joanna F. Fountain. Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging: A Workbook of Examples. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Z693.3.S65 H39 2005
Headings for Tomorrow: Public Access Display of Subject Headings. American Library Association, Subject Analysis Committee Subcommittee on the Display of Subject Headings in Subject Indexes in Online Public Access Catalogs. Chicago: American Library Association, 1992. Z699.35.S92 H43 1992
Hjorland, Birger. Information Seeking and Subject Representation. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. Z695 .H694 1997
Hunter, Eric J. Classification Made Simple. 3rd ed. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2009. Z696.A4 H86 2009
Iyer, Hemalata. Classificatory Structures: Concepts, Relations and Representation. Frankfurt/Main: Indeks Verlag, 1995. Q335 .I947 1995
Joudrey, Daniel N., and Arlene G.
Taylor. The Organization of
Information. 4th ed. Santa Barbara, CA:
Libraries Unlimited, 2018. Z666.5
.T39 2018
Joudrey, Daniel N., Arlene G. Taylor, and David P. Miller. Introduction to Cataloging and Classification. 11th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2015. Z693 .W94 2015
Keyser, Pierre de. Indexing: From Thesauri to the Semantic Web. Oxford: Chandos, 2012. Z695.9 .K49 2012
Kornegay, Rebecca S., Heidi E. Buchanan, and Hildegarde B. Morgan. Magic Search: Getting the Best Results from Your Catalog and Beyond. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009. Z659 .Z8 L52375 2009
Lakoff, George. Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. P37 .L344 1987
Lancaster, F.W. Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice. 3rd ed. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 2003. Z695.92 .L36 2003
Langridge, D. W. Classification: Its Kinds, Elements, Systems and Applications. London: Bowker-Saur, 1992. Z693 .L14 1992
Langridge, D. W. Subject Analysis: Principles and Procedures. London: Bowker-Saur, 1989. Z695 .L27 1989
Mann, Thomas. Library Research Models: A Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Z711 .M36 1993
Mann, Thomas. Oxford Guide to Library Research. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Marcella, Rita, and Arthur Maltby. The Future of Classification. Aldershot, Eng.; Brookfield, Vt.: Gower, 2000. Z696.A4 F88 2000
Markey, Karen. Subject Searching in Library Catalogs: Before and After the Introduction of Online Catalogs. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC, 1984. Z695 .M344 1984
Metcalfe, John. Information Indexing and Subject Cataloging. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1957. Z696 .M58
Miksa, Francis L. The Subject in the Dictionary Catalog From Cutter to the Present. Chicago: American Library Association, 1983. Z695 .M62 1983
Mills, Jack. A Modern Outline of Library Classification. London: Chapman & Hall, 1960. Z696 .M63
Mortimer, Mary. Learn Dewey Decimal Classification (Edition 21). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. Z696.D7 M66 2000
Nisbett, Richard E. The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently-- and Why. New York: Free Press, 2004, c2003. BF311 .N565 2004
Olson, Hope A. The Power to Name: Locating the Limits of Subject Representation in Libraries. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. Z695 .O47 2002
Olson, Hope A., and John J. Boll. Subject Analysis in Online Catalogs. 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001. Z699.35.S92 A46 2001
Pettee, Julia. Subject Headings: The History and Theory of the Alphabetical Subject Approach to Books. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1946. Z695 .P52
Principles Underlying Subject Heading Languages (SHLs). Edited by Maria Ines Lopes and Julianne Beall. Munich: KG Saur, 1999. Z695.1 .S74 P75 1999
Ranganathan, S.R. Classification and Communication. Delhi: University of Delhi, 1951. Z696.A4 R36 1951 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105279
Ranganathan, S.R. A Descriptive Account of the Colon Classification. Bombay: New York: Asia Publishing House, 1967. Z696.R192 R36 1967
Ranganathan, S.R. Elements of Library Classification. Bombay: New York: Asia Publishing House, 1962. Z696.A4 R364 1962
Ranganathan, S.R. Philosophy of Library Classification. New York: Hafner, 1951. Z696.A4 R368 1951 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105278
Ranganathan, S.R. Prolegomena to Library Classification. 3rd ed. Bombay ; New York: Asia Pub. House 1967. Z696 .R22 1967. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106370
Relationships in the Organization of Knowledge. Edited by Carol A. Bean and Rebecca Green. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2001. Z666.5 .R45 2001
Richardson, Ernest Cushing. Classification, Theoretical and Practical, Together with an Appendix Containing an Essay Towards a Bibliographical History of Systems of Classification. 3rd ed. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1930. Z696.A4 R53 1930
Satija, M.P., and Alex Kyrios. A Handbook of History, Theory and Practice of the Dewey Decimal Classification System. London: Facet Publishing, 2023. Z696.D7 S265 2023eb
Satija, M.P., and Elizabeth Haynes. User's Guide to Sears List of Subject Headings. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008. Z695.Z8 S4337 2008
Sauperl, Alenka. Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002. Z695 .S247 2002
Saye, Jerry D., with April J. Bohannan. Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification. 4th ed. rev. and expanded. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999. Z693 .M33 1999
Sayers, W.C. Berwick. An Introduction to Library Classification, Theoretical, Historical, and Practical, with Readings, Exercises, and Examination Papers. London: Grafton, 1958, c1954. Z696 .S292 1954
Sayers, W.C. Berwick. Manual of Classification for Librarians and Bibliographers. 5th ed. / [revised by] Arthur Maltby. London: Deutsch, 1975. Z696 .S2925 1975
Scott, Mona L. Dewey Decimal Classification, 22nd Edition: A Study Manual and Number Building Guide. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. Z696.D7 S36 2005
Shera, Jesse H. Libraries and the Organization of Knowledge. Hamden, Conn., Archon Books, 1965. Z665 .S422
Shera, Jesse, and Margaret Egan. The Classified Catalog: Basic Principles and Practices. Chicago: American Library Association, 1956. Z695 .S535
Shiri, Ali. Powering Search: The Role of Thesauri in New Information Environments. Medford, NJ: Information Today for ASIST, 2012. Z667 .S57 2012
Smiraglia, Richard P. The Elements of Knowledge Organization. New York: Springer, 2014. Z666.5 .S46 2014
Subject Access: Preparing for the Future, edited by Patrice Landry, Leda Bultrini, Edward T. O'Neill and Sandra K. Roe. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2011. Z695 .S935 2011
Subject Control in Online Catalogs. Robert P. Holley, ed. New York: Haworth Press, 1989. (Also published as v. 10, nos. 1/2 of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly.) Z699.35.S92 S83 1989
Subject Indexing: Principles and Practices in the 90's: Proceedings of the IFLA Satellite Meeting Held in Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 August 1993. Munich: Saur, 1995. Z695 .S84x 1995
Svenonius, Elaine. The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000. Z666.5 .S92 2000
Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook. Edited by Lois Mai Chan, Phyllis A. Richmond, and Elaine Svenonius. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1985. Z695 .T485 1985
Vickery, Brian. Faceted Classification: A Guide to Construction and Use of Special Schemes. London: Aslib, 1968. Z696 .V6 1968
Weinberger, David. Everything is Miscellaneous. New York: Times Books, 2007. HD30.2 .W4516 2007
Wilson, Patrick. Two Kinds of Power. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1968. Z1001 .W45
Yablo, Stephen. Aboutness. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 2014. B840 .Y33 2014
Zerubavel, Eviatar. The Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993. BF445 .Z47 1993
Zumer, Maja, Marcia Lei Zeng, and Athena Salaba. FRSAD: Conceptual Modeling of Aboutness. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, 2012. Z666.63.F77 Z86 2012
Articles and Web Resources
Chan, Lois Mai. "Inter-Indexer Consistency in Subject Cataloging." Information Technology and Libraries 8 (Dec. 1989): 349-358.
Chan, Lois Mai. "A Subject Cataloging Code?" Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 10, nos. 1/2 (1989): 199-202.
Classification Research Group. "The Need for a Faceted Classification as the Basis of all Methods of Information Retrieval." in Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook, pp. 154-167. (see above)
Cooey, Nancy, and Amy Phillips. "Library of Congress Subject Headings: A Post-Coordinated Future." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 61, nos. 5 /6 (2023): 491-505.
Cutter, Charles A. "Subjects." In Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook, pp. 1-20. (see above)
Fischer, Karen S. "Critical Views of LCSH, 1990-2001." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 41, no. 1 (2005): 63-109.
Gross, Tina, and Arlene G. Taylor. "What Have We Got to Lose: The Effect of Controlled Vocabulary on Keyword Searching Results." College & Research Libraries 66, No. 3 (May 2005): 212-230.
Haykin, David Judson. "Subject Headings: Fundamental Concepts." In Theory of Subject Analysis: A Sourcebook. Edited by L. M. Chan, P. A. Richmond, and E. Svenonius. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1985, pp. 105- 111. (see above)
Holley, Ralph M., and Daniel N. Joudey, "Aboutness and Conceptual Analysis: A Review," Cataloging & Classification Quarterly (2021) DOI: 10.1080/01639374.2020.1856992
Knowlton, Steven A. "Three Decades Since Prejudice and Antipathies: A Study of the Changes in the Library of Congress Subject Headings." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 40, no. 2 (2005): 123-145.
Library of Congress, Cataloging Policy and Support Office. "Library of Congress Subject Headings Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/pre_vs_post.pdf
Library of Congress, Cataloging Policy and Support Office. "The Policy and Standards Division's Progress on the Recommendations made in 'Library of Congress Subject Headings Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues'." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/pre_vs_postupdate.pdf
Marshall, Linnea. "Specfic and Generic Subject Headings: Increasing Subject Access to Library Materials." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 36, no. 2 (2003): 59-87.
Svenonius, Elaine. "LCSH: Semantics, Syntax and Specificity." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 29, no. 1/2 (2000): 17-30.
Taylor, Arlene G. "On the Subject of Subjects." Journal of Academic Librarianship. 21, no. 6 (Nov. 1995): 484-491.
Wellish, Hans H. "Aboutness and Selection of Topics." Key Words 4, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1996): 7-9.
Williamson, Nancy. "Classification in the Millennium." Online & CDROM Review 21, no. 5 (October 1997): 298-301.
Shelflisting Tools
Banerjee, Kyle. "The Cataloging Calculator." https://catalogingcalculator.com/
Classification and Shelflisting Manual. Prepared by The Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2008. http://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeCSM/freecsm.html
Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table. Swanson-Swift revision, 1969. Distributed by Libraries Unlimited, Littleton, Colo. Z698 .C95 1969