Information professionals who attended library school before 1995 - and many more recent library school graduates - are unlikely to have had a formal introduction to LCSH. Paraprofessionals who undertake cataloguing are similarly unlikely to have enjoyed an induction to the broad principles of LCSH. This is the first compact guide to LCSH written from a UK viewpoint.
Key topics include:
background and history of LCSH
subject heading lists
structure and display in LCSH
form of entry
application of LCSH
document analysis
main headings
topical, geographical and free-floating sub-divisions
building compound headings
name headings
headings for literature, art, music, history and law
LCSH in the online environment.
Readership: There is a strong emphasis throughout on worked examples and practical exercises in the application of the scheme, and a full glossary of terms is supplied. No prior knowledge or experience of subject cataloguing is assumed. This is an indispensable guide to LCSH for practitioners and students alike.
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