Beyond the Subject: Non-Topical Facets for Exploration and Discovery

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dc.contributor.authorMcGrath, Kelley
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-26T16:40:52Z
dc.date.available2023-10-26T16:40:52Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-14
dc.description.abstractNew developments in the cataloging world can help libraries better answer questions like: What music do you have for string quartets? What young adult fiction do you have by African American male authors? Do you have any diaries written by pioneer women in Oregon in the late nineteenth century? Do you have any recent movies from China? Historically, the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) have included terms both for what something is about (topic) and for what something is (genre or form). Many users are looking for something either as a topic, or as a genre or form, and not for the two things mixed together. Sometimes LCSH makes a clear, albeit not intuitive, distinction. Starting in 2007, the Library of Congress (LC) began work on a new vocabulary, now known as Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), to use for genre and form instead of LCSH. In addition, they created two additional new vocabularies: Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music (LCMPT) for instruments and voices and Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT) for audiences and creators. This article investigates the application and results of using these new, faceted vocabularies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcGrath, K. (2019). Beyond the Subject: Non-Topical Facets for Exploration and Discovery. OLA Quarterly, 25(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1970en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/29042
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOregon Library Associationen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectfaceted vocabulariesen_US
dc.subjectfaceted searchen_US
dc.subjectlibrary discovery interfacesen_US
dc.subjectlibrary catalogsen_US
dc.subjectSubject headings, Library of Congressen_US
dc.subjectGenre/form terms, Library of Congressen_US
dc.subjectMedium of performance thesaurus for music, Library of Congressen_US
dc.subjectDemographic group terms, Library of Congressen_US
dc.titleBeyond the Subject: Non-Topical Facets for Exploration and Discoveryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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