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part of creating metadatea the deals with determing the intellectual content of an information package.
- Using "aboutness" to create controlled vocabulary term and classification notations to assist in the retrieval of the item at a later time. |
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| one of Taylor's purposes of subject analysis... |
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| provides for collocation of information packages of a like nature |
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-Determine what is the intellectual content of the item.
-Determine how the concept or concepts fit with the classification scheme.
-Determine how the concept or concepts may be described by terms in the subject heading or indexing system being used. |
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| classifcation versus subject heading |
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-an iformation pack only assigned one place in the classification scheme
-SH allow access to mult. topic or concepts that may be contained in an info package |
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-(taylor/wilson)
-one tries to determine what the author's aim is
-preface statment
-intro
-browse table of content
-skimming contect
-examining indexes |
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determine a central figure that stands out from the background of the rest of the information package...
... but...
interests vary person to person... and even week to week |
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-usually used in automated attempts
-counting references to various terms
but... this method may miss the central concept |
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a predetermined list of terms/concepts used to index an information package
LCSH, SEARS |
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creates catagories from general to specific
-DDC |
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attempts to assign a designation for every subject concept needed in the system
-LCC |
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allow for the building of a notation by borrowing and combinding various aspects from varous parts fot he system to provide notation for concept or subject.
-DDC fair amount of number building
-LCC some |
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-number notation only
-heirarchical
-fair amount of number building
-less enumerative
-has a relative "overall" index
-universal scheme
-at least 3 digits
-contain no more than one decimal point
-not end with a zeor to the right of the decimal point
-should contain only numbers and represent a concept |
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-number and alphabet notation
-no overall index-- each vol. has its own
-hierarchical
-enumerative
-some number building
-universal scheme |
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