On the subject of trying to use LCSH in a facetted environment, I highly
recommend Kelley McGrath's examination and analysis of just that issue:
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/23
Ed Jones wrote:
> Sorry, Karen, I routinely clicked on "reply" without realizing it would only go to you. I'll get it right this time.
>
> I also wanted to touch on the fact that LCSH wasn't designed as a faceted scheme, so what we're really trying to do here is see how well subfield $a in MARC heading and reference fields serendipitously maps to what might be considered a "principal facet" in a faceted scheme. In my example below, the War of 1812 is represented in subfield $a of a UF reference, which could then be used as an anchor to identify this record (and the longer three-term heading) as representing a "candidate facet". (The battles of the War of 1812 are each represented in subfield $a of the heading field and so would qualify as "principal facets" in this thought experiment, so it's rather perverse if the selection criteria exclude the war of which they were a part.)
>
> I think including the UF references (when they consist of a single $a subfield) would capture many, if not most, of these situations.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen Coyle [mailto:kcoyle_at_kcoyle.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:21 PM
> To: Ed Jones
> Subject: RE: [NGC4LIB] FRBR WEMI and identifiers
>
> Ed, are you suggesting that single-facet cross references be used?
> That is an interesting idea. Presumably they would have the same
> identifier, but wouldn't be the prefLabel. (But you didn't send this
> to the list, it looks like -- can you do that?)
>
> kc
>
Received on Mon Nov 16 2009 - 10:56:48 EST