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Cataloging and classification: Review of the literature 2007-8

Sydney Chambers, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2010 - 
- Vol. 54, Iss: 2, pp 90-114
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The paper reviews pertinent literature in the following areas: the future of bibliographic control, general cataloging standards and texts, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), cataloging varied resources, metadata and cataloging in the Web world, classification and subject access.
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This paper surveys library literature on cataloging and classification published in 2007–8, indicating its extent and range in terms of types of literature, major subject areas, and themes. The paper reviews pertinent literature in the following areas: the future of bibliographic control, general cataloging standards and texts, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), cataloging varied resources, metadata and cataloging in the Web world, classification and subject access, questions of diversity and diverse perspectives, additional reports of practice and research, catalogers’ education and careers, keeping current through columns and blogs, and cataloging history.

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Lois Mai Chan
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the history of cataloguing in the United States, and some of the techniques used in the development of modern cataloguing practices were developed in the 1950s and 1960s.
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The structure and form of folksonomy tags: The road to the public library catalog

TL;DR: The linguistic structure of folksonomy tags collected over a thirty-day period from the daily tag logs of Del.icio.us, Furl, and Technorati indicate that the tags correspond closely to the NISO guidelines pertaining to types of concepts expressed, the predominance of single terms and nouns, and the use of recognized spelling.
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How We Construct Subjects: A Feminist Analysis

Hope A. Olson
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TL;DR: Current and potential elements of connected knowing in subject access with a focus on the relationships, both paradigmatic and syntagmatic, between concepts are explored.