{"title":"Use/User Studies in Knowledge Organization","authors":"Inkyung Choi, Hyun Seung Lee","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2024.2316319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2024.2316319","url":null,"abstract":"The study examines the research streams of user studies in Knowledge Organization literature. Authors give particular attention to the distinction of use and user, which has not been clearly define...","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140073467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying Best Practice in Recording Copy-Specific Elements in Special Collections Cataloging","authors":"Alex Kither, Leo Appleton","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2023.2290725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2023.2290725","url":null,"abstract":"This paper considers various approaches to the practice of copy-specific descriptive cataloging in rare books and special collections and seeks to identify how practice can be improved to ensure gr...","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139928152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Dicey Situation: A Study of How Controlled Vocabularies Describe Tabletop Roleplaying Games","authors":"Taylor Skelton Smith","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2024.2308117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2024.2308117","url":null,"abstract":"As popular culture has become an accepted aspect of study, academic interest has increased for tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). However, existing controlled vocabularies cannot accurately descr...","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"211 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139768308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing the DDC Optional Arrangement for Religion at a Public Library: A Case Study","authors":"Lisa Thornton","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2024.2302523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2024.2302523","url":null,"abstract":"Professional discussions regarding bias in classification are occurring internationally. Libraries are investigating ways to address these issues in manageable steps as we push for broader changes....","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139590261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marit Kristine Ådland, Michael Preminger, David Massey, Karoline Kornkveen Hoff, Anne-Stine Ruud Husevåg
{"title":"Subject Cataloging by Norwegian Cataloging Agencies","authors":"Marit Kristine Ådland, Michael Preminger, David Massey, Karoline Kornkveen Hoff, Anne-Stine Ruud Husevåg","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2023.2294279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2023.2294279","url":null,"abstract":"This article reviews the practices of subject assignment by the two main Norwegian cataloging agencies serving the public library domain, Biblioteksentralen and Bokbasen, analyzing 47,235 records r...","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139069205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Colin Post, Tiffany Henry, Katherine Nunnally, Chloe Lanham
{"title":"A Colossal Catalog Adventure: Representing Indie Video Games and Game Creators in Library Catalogs","authors":"Colin Post, Tiffany Henry, Katherine Nunnally, Chloe Lanham","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2023.2280207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2023.2280207","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Significant changes in how video games are made and distributed require catalogers to critically reflect on existing approaches for representing games in library catalogs. Digital distribution channels are quickly supplanting releases of games on physical media while also facilitating a dramatic increase in independent-made games that incorporate novel subject matter and styles of gameplay. This paper presents an action research project cataloging 18 independently-made digital games from a small publisher, Choice of Games, considering how descriptive cataloging, subject cataloging, and name authority control for these works compares to mainstream video games.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring Typographical Errors in Online Catalogs of Academic Libraries Using Ballard’s List: A Case Study from Egypt","authors":"Mahmoud Sherif Zakaria","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2023.2282579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2023.2282579","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Typographical errors in bibliographic records of online library catalogs are a common troublesome phenomenon, spread all over the world. They can affect the retrieval and identification of items in information retrieval systems and thus prevent users from finding the documents they need. The present study was conducted to measure typographical errors in the online catalog of the Egyptian Universities Libraries Consortium (EULC). The investigation depended on Terry Ballard’s typographical error terms list. The EULC catalog was searched to identify matched erroneous records. The study found that the total number of erroneous records reached 1686, whereas the mean error rate for each record is 11.24, which is very high. About 396 erroneous records (23.49%) have been retrieved from Section C of Ballard’s list (Moderate Probability). The typographical errors found within the abstracts of the study’s sample records represented 35.82%. Omissions were the first common type of errors with 54.51%, followed by transpositions at 17.08%. Regarding the analysis of parts of speech, the study found that 63.46% of errors occur in noun terms. The results of the study indicated that typographical errors still pose a serious challenge for information retrieval systems, especially for library systems in the Arab environment. The study proposes some solutions for Egyptian university libraries in order to avoid typographic mistakes in the future.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138542657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ensuring Good Enough is Actually Good Enough: Utilizing Metadata Maker to Enhance Discovery and Access of a Hidden Collection of Spanish Plays","authors":"Jennifer A. Maddox Abbott","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2023.2269141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2023.2269141","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractA collection of approximately 12,000 late eighteenth- to mid-twentieth-century Spanish plays were purchased by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library in the 1960s and bound into 669 volumes. These items have been technically accessible and browsable but practically undiscoverable. A project was undertaken to improve access and discoverability of this hidden collection. The volumes were disbound, stabilized, cataloged, digitized, and placed in storage with ideal preservation conditions. Metadata Maker, an open source cataloging tool, was a critical resource in making the project feasible and ensuring good enough records were actually good enough.Keywords: Hidden collectionsbacklogscatalogingMetadata Makerdiscovery Disclosure StatementThe authors declare there is no Complete of Interest at this study.Notes1 Barbara M. Jones, “Hidden Collections, Scholarly Barriers: Creating Access to Unprocessed Special Collections Materials in America’s Research Libraries,” RBM: A Journal of Rare Book, Manuscripts, and Cultural History 5, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 88-105.2 Mary S. Laskowski, “When Good Enough Is Not Good Enough: Resolving Cataloging Issues for High Density Storage,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 54, no. 3 (2016): 151, https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2016.1138420.3 Leigh Billings, Nerea A. Llamas, Beth E. Snyder, and Yunah Sung, “Many Languages, Many Workflows: Mapping and Analyzing Technical Services Processes for East Asian and International Studies Materials,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 55, no. 7/8 (2017): 606-29.4 Alberto Petrucciani, “Quality of Library Catalogs and Value of (Good) Catalogs,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 53, no. 3/4 (2015): 303-13.5 Libby Hertenstein, “Current State of Special Collections and Rare Books Cataloging Education at LIS Programs,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2023.2247402.6 Shawne D. Miksa, “You Need My Metadata: Demonstrating the Value of Library Cataloging,” Journal of Library Metadata 8, no. 1 (March 2008): 23-36.7 Harriet E. Wintermute and Mary K. Bolin, “Metadata Generators for Backlog Reduction: Metadata Maker Streamlines Cataloging and Facilitates Transition,” Technical Services Quarterly 35, no. 2 (April 2018): 144-63, https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2018.1422879.8 Norm Medeiros, “Good Enough Is Good Enough: Cataloging Lessons from the University of California Libraries,” OCLC Systems & Services 22, no. 3 (August 2006): 157.9 Medeiros, 157.10 Petrucciani, “Quality of Library Catalogs and Value of (Good) Catalogs.”11 Ozgen Felek, Agnieszka Rec, and Ayse Cicek Unal, “Light Shone on a Hidden Collection: A Collaborative Project to Catalog Yale’s Turkish MSS,” MELA Notes 95 (January 2022): 56-74.12 Meg Fisher and Pauline Rafferty, “Current Issues with Cataloging Printed Music: Challenges Facing Staff and Systems,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 61, no. 1 (2023): 91-117.13 Jones, “Hidden Collections, Scholarly B","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135888894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflections on the PCC Wikidata Pilot at UCLA Library: Undertaking the PCC Learning Objectives","authors":"Erica Zhang, Paromita Biswas, Iman Dagher","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2023.2269416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2023.2269416","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractIn 2020, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Task Group on Identity Management in NACO sponsored a 14-month PCC Wikidata Pilot, complete with learning objectives, for participants to experiment with Wikidata, an open linked data platform. UCLA Library joined the Pilot to create and edit Wikidata items related to UCLA Library’s collections and UCLA Library entities. With the Pilot’s conclusion, the UCLA Library Pilot team reflected on lessons learned. By assessing UCLA Library’s experience against the Pilot’s learning objectives, the authors hope to contribute on-the-ground insights that may be relevant to PCC’s progress toward identity management, and the role Wikidata may play in this transition.Keywords: Wikidataidentity managementlinked dataProgram for Cooperative Catalogingmetadata AcknowledgementsThis article reflects the work of the PCC Wikidata Pilot UCLA team, all of whom contributed incredible time, effort, and enthusiasm for Wikidata work under the leadership of the Pilot team coordinator, Paromita Biswas. The authors would like to thank UCLA Library’s Head of Resource Acquisitions and Metadata Services, John Riemer, for his support of UCLA’s participation in the PCC Wikidata Pilot. The authors would also like to thank contributors to an internal Wikidata report that informed much of this article: Joseph Andrews, Paromita Biswas, Iman Dagher, Peter Fletcher, Martha Steele, and Erica Zhang. Special acknowledgements to Peter Fletcher for his contributions in crafting this article.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Program for Cooperative Cataloging, “PCC (Program for Cooperative Cataloging) Strategic Directions January 2018-December 2021 (Extended to December 2022),” accessed September 27, 2023, https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/about/PCC-Strategic-Directions-2018-2022.pdf.2 PCC Identity Management, “Wikidata Pilot,” LYRASIS Wiki, accessed September 19, 2023, https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/pccidmgt/Wikidata + Pilot.3 Throughout the article, the phrase “Pilot participants” generally refers to participating institutions of the PCC Wikidata Pilot, and the phrase “Pilot team members” generally refers to UCLA Library participants specifically.4 Program for Cooperative Cataloging, “Vision, Mission, and Strategic Directions (January 2015-December 2017),” accessed September 27, 2023, https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/about/PCC-Strategic-Plan-2015-2017.pdf.5 Program for Cooperative Cataloging, “PCC (Program for Cooperative Cataloging) Strategic Directions January 2018-December 2021 (Extended to December 2022).”6 Participants in the PCC’s NACO program contribute authority records for names, uniform titles, and series to the Library of Congress/NACO Authority File. Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging, “About NACO,” accessed May 22, 2023, https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/about.html.7 Program for Cooperative Cataloging, “PCC ISNI Pilot Home,” LYRASIS Wiki, accessed Septe","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135994996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}