Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is a widely used controlled vocabulary by libraries around the world, but like any controlled vocabulary, it comes with limitations. Come learn about other controlled vocabularies to consider using in your library catalog to help your patrons find the resources they're looking for. Controlled vocabularies to be covered include FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), AAT (Art and Architecture Thesaurus), and LCTGM (Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials).NoMax Chambers Librar

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Controlled Vocabularies Beyond LCSH: Customizing Your Catalog To Meet Your Patrons’ NeedsShay BeezleyManager, Metadata & CatalogingUniversity of Central Oklahomasbeezley@uco.eduPresented at the New Mexico and Mountain PlainsLibrary Association Joint ConferenceAlbuquerque, NMOctober 31, 2019https://tinyurl.com/beyondlcshBackground■ Chambers Library is a medium-sized academic library with a robust Metadata & Cataloging department (we do not outsource cataloging, the magic is done ourselves!)■ Semi-unusual situation of not having established professional catalogers for some time– Meaning I had to learn a lot on the go!■ Personal interest in the limitations of controlled vocabularyMetadata & Cataloging staff on Halloween 2017(we won 2nd place in our library staff costume contest!)Objectives1. Increase knowledge of other controlled vocabularies available for catalogers2. Increase knowledge of assigning genre terms3. Leave with ideas on possible improvements to make in your own library’s catalog!For visual materials (photographs, prints, drawings, ephemera, etc.)For subject and genre access to material cultureSimplified LCSHLGBTQ+ vocabularyBob Burke Film and Television Autograph CollectionCollection contents included cast scene photos, comic books, lobby cards, movie posters, scripts, star photos, signatures on paper, VHS tapes, and miscellaneous items Photographs of autographed photos or scripts of Pulp Fiction, The Princess Bride, Men in Black, and Labyrinth(feat. your presenter very excited about it)Bob Burke Film and Television Autograph Collection■ Aboutness vs. Isness■ Used some subject terms from LCSH, but focus needed to be on what the item is or is portraying■ LCGFT (genre-form terms) investigatedLCGFT OptionsFilm PostersLobby CardsPostersScreenplaysTelevision PlaysBob Burke Film and Television Autograph Collection■ Specifically designed for visual materials■ “includes more than 7,000 subject terms and 650 genre/format terms to index types of photographs, prints, design drawings, ephemera, and other pictures”Bob Burke Film and Television Autograph CollectionActorsActressesAdvertisementsAutographsCelebritiesCollagesCorrespondenceFilm stillsFilm transparenciesLobby cardsMotion picture postersPublicity photographsTelevision scriptsTelevision stillsLCTGMBob Burke Film and Television Autograph CollectionExamples of LCTGM added when creating original records:650 \7 $aActors.$2lctgm650 \7 $aActresses.$2lctgm 650 \7 $aMotion picture posters.$2lctgmLCTGM ResourcesSearch Portalhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/Instruction Manualhttps://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/Theatre PlaysChambers Library’s collection has plays scattered throughout the P range■ Students specifically needed scripts for assignments, auditions, etc.■ Monologue anthologies were not enough or adequate for assignments—and appeared in search results the most■ Theatre faculty donated a collection of plays to improve access with library having longer hours; we could not shelve plays together but compromised with extensive metadata remediationTheatre PlaysDiscovery Barriers■ No specific class range for plays■ Homonym problem when searching for plays and scripts■ LCGFT is too broadLCGFTDrama  UF DramasFilmed plays [Former heading]PlaysPlayscriptsScripts, StageStage playsStage scriptsTelevised plays [Former heading]Theatrical worksTheatre Plays■ One of the Getty vocabularies– ”structured resources that can be used to improve access to information for art, architecture, and other material culture.”■ In addition to metadata specifically designed for our discovery interface, AAT terms were added to anything identified as a play already in the catalog655 \7 $aPlays (Performed Works).$2aat655 \7 $aScripts (Documents).$2aatTheatre Plays■ If you want to remediate older bib records, how will you find the records you want to add new search terms for?■ Theatre plays– Specific call number ranges– Subject headings– LitF fixed field coded ‘d’– Title search for “a play”DramaScreenplaysPlays*MonologuesDialogues* “Plays” is not an official LCSH but this search caught “Christmas plays,” “Morality plays,” etc.Theatre PlaysSearching by subject headingsQuery criteria in library catalog000_d_Theatre PlaysSearching by fixed field Lit ‘d’Query criteria in library catalogTheatre Plays2,354 results!• Advised reference librarians to use plays (performed works) when asked for assistance in finding a play• Prior to improving metadata, roughly only 500 or 600 plays could be easily identified in discovery interfaceSearch results in Central Search interfaceAAT ResourcesAAT Onlinehttps://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/Getty Vocabularies Training Materialshttps://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/training.htmlHerland Sister Resources Donation■ An educational and advocacy group and works for equal rights for women and the LGBT community in Oklahoma City■ Donated their papers and circulating library of ~3k items to UCO in 2016Herland Sister Resources Donation■ Papers – mostly issues of Herland Voice, the organization’s newsletter– Keywords – Added to institutional repository and not catalog■ Books – several thousand fiction, non-fiction, guides, etc. of interest to the lesbian community– Concern about using “other”-inferring terms like ‘sexual minorities'– Lack of specific terminology in LCSHHerland Sister Resources Donation■ Breaks LC subject headings down into keywords■ OCLC retroactively added FAST headings to the WorldCat database and OCLCQ regularly adds them to newly created records without FAST■ FAST caveat – can be repetitive of LCSH in same record; may display as duplicate keywordsHerland Sister Resources Donation■ Among a few other collections, UCO has the Herland Voice Newsletter Archive and the Dimensions Magazine Archive in their section of SHAREOK, a joint institutional repository■ Wanted simple terms for application and discovery due to interfaceFAST headings in SHAREOK interfaceHerland Sister Resources Donation■ Existed in several iterations since 1997; most recent version released in May 2019■ Developed by IHLIA LGBT Heritage and assisted by Digital Transgender Archive to turn it into a linked data vocabularyHerland Sister Resources DonationLC TermOlder sexual minoritiesHomosaurus TermsOlder lesbiansOlder queer peopleOlder bisexual peopleOlder gay menOlder (LGBTQ)LC TermGender-nonconforming peopleHomosaurus TermsAgender peopleNon-binary peoplePangender peopleHerland Sister Resources DonationAction Plan for Adding Homosaurus Terms1. Compare LCSH and Homosaurus to determine where they differ2. Use subject searches to target bibliographic records for updating3. Export bibliographic records 4. Review and edit records in MarcEdit5. Import edited records to catalog650 \7 $aAgender people.$2homoit650 \7 $aNon-binary people.$2homoit650 \7 $aPangender people .$2homoitResourcesFASThttp://fast.oclc.org/searchfast/LCSH -> FAST Converterhttp://fast.oclc.org/lcsh2fast/Homosaurushttp://homosaurus.org/ConsiderationsAdditional Resources■ https://www.loc.gov/librarians/controlled-vocabularies/– LCSH, LCGFT, LCMPT (Performance Thesaurus for Music), Ethnographic Thesaurus, LCTGM, RBMS Controlled Vocabularies, Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc, Moving Image Genre-Form Guide, Radio Form/Genre Terms Guide, CRS Legislative Subject Terms■ http://www.loc.gov/standards/sourcelist/subject.html– List of source codes for various controlled vocabularies to be used in MARC records (e.g. $2 lcgft)■ https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/metadata-basics/controlled-vocabs– LibGuide from UT with controlled vocabularies listed for arts & humanities, physical & life sciences, and social & behavioral sciencesAdditional Resources• TCL is “designed to be a wiki where folks can collaborate on headings together to create stronger proposals”http://cataloginglab.org/Additional Resources■ MarcEdit 101 Webinar Series– https://marcedit.reeset.net/marcedit-101-workshop■ MarcEdit 101 Slides (Presentation by yours truly at KLA-MPLA last year)– https://marcedit.reeset.net/marcedit-101-workshop■ MARCEDIT-L– https://listserv.gmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=marcedit-lDownload Slides https://tinyurl.com/beyondlcshQuestions?

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