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Unit 8: Vocabulary Control
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Topic Areas: Controlled vocabularies are
presented as the best means for
providing verbal subject access to
information resources. Includes controlled
vocabulary theory, thesaurus
construction, applying controlled
vocabularies such as LCSH and AAT .
Learning Objectives:
- Compare and contrast various theories relating to the use of controlled vocabularies for subject description of resources.
- Construct a basic thesaurus, employing theasaural relationships and demonstrating how and why they are built and used.
- Apply knowledge gained about subject analysis and thesaurus construction.
- Navigate and apply subject terminology from the AAT and other thesauri to information resources.
- Navigate and choose basic LCSH for information resources.
Guiding Questions:
- What are the issues and/or
problems involved in
establishing vocabulary terms?
- How is subject content
expressed verbally in metadata
records?
- Why is a controlled vocabulary
important?
- What is the significance of
literary warrant, specific
entry, and coextensive entry?
- How are controlled
vocabularies structured?
- What advantages do natural
language terms have over
controlled vocabulary?
- How can natural language and
controlled vocabulary be used
together advantageously?
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Required Readings
Week 1: Introduction
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Joudrey, The
Organization of Information,
Chapter 12 (p. 455-79)
Gross and
Taylor, "What Have We Got to
Lose?"
And please read at least one of the following:
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Week 2: Standards, Issues, and Tools |
Joudrey, The
Organization of Information,
Chapter 12 (p. 479-508)
Berman, Prejudices
and Antipathies
Please read the introduction, and
then skim through other parts of
the book (read as much as you
like)
And please read at least one of the following:
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Relevant Articles from The
Encyclopedia of Library and
Information Sciences
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Baca, "Controlled
Vocabularies for Art,
Architecture, and Material
Culture"
Bruijn and Fensel,
"Ontologies and Their Definition"
Childress and
Vizine-Goetz, "FAST"
Furner,
"Folksonomies"
Hodges and Chan,
"Subject Cataloging Principles and
Systems"
Poo and Khoo,
"Online Catalog Subject Searching"
Young, "Library of
Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)"
Young, "Library of
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Recommended Readings
Articles
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Aitchison,
"The Thesaurus: A Historical
Viewpoint"
Cumming,
"Tomatoes are Not the Only Fruit"
FAST Policy Outreach Committee, "FAST Quick Start Guide"
George, et al., "A Path for Moving Forward with Local Changes to the Library of Congress Subject Heading Illegal Aliens"
Gross,
Taylor, & Joudrey,
"Still a Lot to Lose: The Role of
Controlled Vocabulary in Keyword
Searching"
Wichowski,
"Survival of the Fittest Tag"
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Recommended Readings
Web Resources
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Getty,
"The Art & Architecture
Thesaurus Browser"
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/index.html
Getty,
Getty Vocabulary Program
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/index.html
Library
of Congress, Catalogers
Learning Workshop.
"Library
of Congress Subject Headings:
Online Training"
WordNet.
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/
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Recommended Readings
Books at Beatley
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Berman,
The Joy of Cataloging (skim
pp. 61-165)
Hedden,
The Accidental Taxonomist, Chapters
1, 3-4
Joudrey,
Introduction
to Cataloging & Classification, Chapters
12-15
Kornegay,
Buchanan, and Morgan, Magic
Search
Mann,
Oxford
Guide to Library
Research, Chapter 2
Sears
List of Subject Headings, "Principles"
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Course Outline
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- Unit 1:
Introduction to Information
Organization
- Unit 2:
Retrieval Tools and Systems
- Unit 3:
Encoding
- Unit 4:
Introduction to Metadata
- Unit 5:
Conceptual Models, Description, and Access
- Unit 6:
Authority Control
- Unit 7:
Aboutness & Subject Analysis
- Unit 8:
Vocabulary Control
- Unit 9:
Classification & Arrangement
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