Document (#23612)

Author

Hoerman, H.L.
Furniss, K.A.

Title

Turning practice into principles : a comparison of the IFLA Principles underlying Subject Heading Languages (SHLs) and the principles underlying the Library of Congress Subject Headings system

Source

The LCSH century: one hundred years with the Library of Congress Subject Headings system. Ed.: A.T. Stone

Imprint

New York : Haworth Press

Year

2000

Pages

S.31-52

Series

Cataloging and classification quarterly; vol.29, nos.1/2

Abstract

The IFLA Section on Classification and Indexing's Working Group on Principles Underlying Subject Headings Languages has identified a set of eleven principles for subject heading languages and excerpted the texts that match each principle from the instructions for each of eleven national subject indexing systems, including excerpts from the LC's Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings. This study compares the IFLA principles with other texts that express the principles underlying LCSH, especially Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles of Structure and Policies for Application, prepared by Lois Mai Chan for the Library of Congress in 1990, Chan's later book on LCSH, and earlier documents by Haykin and Cutter. The principles are further elaborated for clarity and discussed

Theme

Verbale Doksprachen für präkombinierte Einträge
Verbale Doksprachen im Online-Retrieval
Theorie verbaler Dokumentationssprachen

Object

LCSH
SHL-IFLA

Location

USA

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