A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Subject Headings (Hardcover)

Karen Snow

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2021

1538142996 / 9781538142998

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Hardcover. 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 dont know where to begin.Heres 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 cant 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 readers understanding of the chapter material and provide opportunities to practice applying LCSH and subdivisions. Heres a resource that uses language non-catalogers can understand and provides hands-on, user-friendly training in LCSH. The book offers a brief history of LCSH, discusses basic principles of subject analysis, explains the key principles of LCSH, and details how to choose and apply LCSH subject headings and subheadings. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Titolo
A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Subject Headings (Hardcover)
Autore
Karen Snow
Editore
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
Anno di pubblicazione
2021
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1538142996
ISBN 13
9781538142998

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