On another front, geographic coordinate data is now able to be entered
in name and subject MARC authority records for places (OCLC Tech Bull
255).
This brings us to what my colleague Jorge Gonzalez calls "the crisis
stage of a paradigm shift" in place-related access to library resources.
How quickly can this data be compiled and actually loaded in LCSH and
name authority records?
Will OPAC developers empower users with GIS capabilities in catalogs, or
will this opportunity languish while librarians chant "keyword is all we
need"?
Stay tuned ...
Thanks,
Jimmie
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Neil Godfrey
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:50 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [NGC4LIB] update on lcsh??
Hi all,
I have been out of the loop for a little while here, and would greatly
appreciate it if anyone could point me to where I can bring myself up to
date with the current state of play with the debate over controlled
vocabularies for subjects, please. I recall some time back a fierce
debate
raging over the future of the LCSH. Has that been resolved yet? If not,
is
there a best place to search archives? Other sites? for a catch up?
Many thanks,
Neil Godfrey
http://metalogger.wordpress.com
Received on Wed Jun 25 2008 - 10:25:21 EDT