Raising the subject - unpacking Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Date2021-09-23TopicLIANZA CatSIG Online Sessions, 2021Duration0:31:39DescriptionCatherine Amey, Authority Record Coordinator, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand

How can we most usefully describe what a resource is about? This short talk is an introduction to Library of Congress Subject Headings, their application, limitations and potential. The talk will include a brief discussion of subject analysis, how to read LCSH authority records and the use of topical, geographic, time period and form subdivisions to refine subject access.

Raising the subject - unpacking Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Raising the subject - unpacking Library of Congress Subject Headings