Tag Archives: Subject access
Update on First Nations Subject Headings
With LAC’s decision to hold back on making a decision about the use of First Nations subject headings, I am still attempting to provide proper access to these names in my own work as a cataloguer. Recently, one of my … Continue reading
Filed under Access Issues, Authority Work
Aboriginal Peoples in Canada – LAC’s Canadian Subject Headings Announcement
August 2009 – Announcement from Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Library and Archives Canada (LAC) initiated a review in 2007 of the terminology used in Canadian Subject Headings (CSH) to identify Aboriginal peoples in Canada. A LAC proposal to change … Continue reading
Filed under Access Issues, Subject Headings
Contextualizing Subject Access Across Digital Collections
This is a bit old (2006) but Joseph Dalton’s presentation on Contextualizing Subject Access Across Digital Collections is still a useful resource to go through. When I reviewed it, it sparked some thinking on my part as to how I … Continue reading
Filed under Access Issues, Subject Headings, The Library Catalogue
