Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process

Download or read book Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process written by Alenka Šauperl and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on case studies shadowing the work of a dozen catalogers, Sauperl (library and information science and publishing, U. of Ljubljana, Slovenia) identifies the processes by which they interpret document topics, and distinguishes between subject cataloging and indexing. She concludes that the profession is a difficult one due to complex explicit and unwritten rules and practices. Even more daunting may be conveying to students the passion and values that such work encompasses. Taylor is with the School of Information Sciences at the U. of Pittsburgh, PA. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR