{"title":"Misrepresentation in the Surrogate: Author Critiques of “Indians of North America” Subject Headings","authors":"J. Bullard, Brian Watson, Caitlin Purdome","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2090039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2090039","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The surrogate record for a book in the library catalog contains subject headings applied on the basis of literary warrant. To assess the extent to which terms like “Indians of North America” are accurate to the content of the items with that label, we invited the items’ creators to critique their surrogate records. In interviews with 38 creators we found consensus against the term “Indians of North America” and identified a periphery of related terms that misrepresent the content of the work, are out of alignment with their scholarly communities, and reproduce settler colonial biases in our library systems.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"599 - 619"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45427222","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":"Description Specialists and Inclusive Description Work and/or Initiatives—An Exploratory Study","authors":"T. Perera","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2093301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2093301","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper presents preliminary findings from an exploratory research study investigating the education, Library and Information Science (LIS) work experiences, and demographics of description specialists engaging in inclusive description work and/or initiatives. Survey results represent participants’ education background, LIS work experiences, motivations behind projects and initiatives, areas of work and types of project priorities, preferred outcomes, and challenges encountered while engaging in inclusive description work and/or initiatives. Findings also point to gaps in understanding related to cultural concepts. A participant-created definition for inclusive description is a successful outcome of the study.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"355 - 386"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43865019","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}
F. Redigolo, Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita, Isidoro Gil-Leiva
{"title":"Guidelines for Subject Analysis in Subject Cataloging","authors":"F. Redigolo, Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita, Isidoro Gil-Leiva","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2093300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2093300","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The representation of information in subject cataloging as a result of subject analysis will depend on the cataloger’s prior knowledge, influenced by subjectivity. The subject analysis in cataloging is a central theme of this investigation with the aim to elaborate guidelines for subject analysis in cataloging. For this purpose, how books are cataloged in university libraries has been verified. The Individual Verbal Protocol was applied with catalogers from Brazilian and Spanish University Libraries. Directions for the elements and variables of the subject analysis and procedures for good development were obtained to constitute the Guidelines of Subject Analysis in Cataloging. It is concluded that the guidelines formed by four sections are indicated for incorporation in subject cataloging procedure manuals for the purpose of improving the levels of representation and information retrieval results.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"424 - 443"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47646342","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":"Can CONSER Lead the Way? Considering Ethical Implications for Corporate Bodies in Name Authority Records","authors":"Paromita Biswas","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2086334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2086334","url":null,"abstract":"Corporate bodies need to be included in discussions of ethical issues related to name authority control, yet as Sandberg has noted they are largely missing from this conversation.1 This paper calls upon the Cooperative Online Serials (CONSER) Program of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) to lead discussions exploring ethical issues that might arise in authority records for corporate bodies. This is because CONSER catalogers work extensively with corporate body authority records and as such would be well suited to discuss issues related to these entities. Unfortunately, even as CONSER has led the way in setting standards for bibliographic descriptions and has been attentive to the contribution of its membership in upholding and improving descriptive cataloging standards, it has largely been silent on the membership’s role in creating corporate body authority records. A collective acknowledgement from CONSER participants about their role in contributing corporate body authority records to the national name authority file can encourage CONSER catalogers to start thinking about ethical aspects of their authority work and even lead discussions in this area of limited research. Such activity will also benefit corporate body name entities created in other registries and would well align with the recent strategic direction adopted by the PCC that emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in all aspects of the PCC’s operations. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2086334","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"387 - 399"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45885870","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":"Metadata: The Dimension of Cataloging in the Digital Age","authors":"M. Guerrini","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2095069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2095069","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Metadata creation is the process of recording metadata, that is data essential to the identification and retrieval of any type of resource, including bibliographic resources. Metadata capable of identifying characteristics of an entity have always existed. However, the triggering event that has rewritten and enhanced their value is the digital revolution. Cataloging is configured as an action of creating metadata. While cataloging produces a catalog, that is a list of records relating to various types of resources, ordered and searchable, according to a defined criterion, the metadata process produces the metadata of the resources.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"411 - 423"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44107877","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":"ICT Driven Cataloging and Classification Practical Classes: Perception of Nigerian Library and Information Science Students Motivational Factors","authors":"A. A. Salman, A. Isah","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2097754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2097754","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study investigated the motivational factors that could enhance the teaching and understanding of ICT driven cataloging and classification practical classes. It deployed positivist research paradigm using quantitative method by using questionnaire for data collection. The population of the study is one thousand, one hundred and twenty-five (1,125), out of which 110 was sampled using research advisor table for determining sample size. The findings revealed that respondents were averagely motivated toward ICT driven Cataloging and Classification practical classes. Recommendations were made for the provision of cataloging and classification tools as well as extension of the practical classes’ periods, among others.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"444 - 459"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44406700","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}
Brian Dobrerski, Karen Snow, Heather Moulaison-Sandy
{"title":"On Overlap and Otherness: A Comparison of Three Vocabularies’ Approaches to LGBTQ+ Identity","authors":"Brian Dobrerski, Karen Snow, Heather Moulaison-Sandy","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2090040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2090040","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Bibliographic records can include information from controlled vocabularies to capture identities about individuals, especially about authors or intended audiences; personal name authority records can also contain information about identity. Employing a systematic analysis of the overlap of the Homosaurus, Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), and Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT), this article explores the extent to which LGBTQ+ identities are represented in the three vocabularies. Despite LCSH’s long, iterative history of development and the faceted, post-coordinate nature of LCDGT, neither vocabulary was found to be adequate in covering the complex, LGBTQ+ identities represented in the Homosaurus.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"490 - 513"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42252010","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":"Controlled Vocabulary as Communication: The Process of Negotiating Meaning in an Indigenous Knowledge Organization System","authors":"Margaret Joyce, Keahiahi Long","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2090041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2090041","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article outlines the early process and reflects on the experiences of the authors as members of a team creating a Hawaiian knowledge organization system. The authors put forward shared understanding as a process, not a goal, and a way to reimagine and elucidate the process of knowledge organization work. As the project has progressed, team members have embraced their work as not solely knowledge creation and organization, but also communication. The group has identified a metaphorical frame, community agreements, knowledge graphs, and authority record templates as communication tools that are critical to creating a shared space to discuss meaning.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"583 - 598"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47437774","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":"“I Try… but Do I Succeed?”: Representing the Diversity of Australian Culture in the National Library of Australia’s Catalog","authors":"Jodie Boyd","doi":"10.1080/01639374.2022.2089935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2089935","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In a survey of catalogers at the National Library of Australia, perceptions were sought on how effective they felt themselves and their tools to be in constructing a catalog able to enact the NLA’s vision to “connect all Australians with national collections”. The survey found that a significant proportion of catalogers were cognizant of long-standing concerns about standardizing tools and practices working to reinforce a binary and contributory understanding of “cultural diversity” that is at odds with both institutional policy goals and broader values relating to citizenship within a plural, multicultural construct of the Australian nationality.","PeriodicalId":45054,"journal":{"name":"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly","volume":"60 1","pages":"536 - 559"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44756990","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}