Course: Principles of Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design (The Digital Library Environment (Cat21)). Catalogers Learning Workshop, Program for Cooperative Cataloging, Library of Congress. Back to Workshop Course Materials Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF documents. Course Description The Principles of Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design course provides an overview of these topics. It presents a rationale for the use of controlled vocabularies and prepares catalogers to participate in the development of specialized thesauri or glossaries for specific projects. Introduction to controlled vocabulary and thesaurus design Types of controlled vocabularies Thesaurus planning and design Thesaurus construction and development Hierarchical structure and relationships Thesaurus display and navigation Thesaurus implementation and management Intended Audience This course is designed for practicing catalogers (with or without MLS degrees) from all types of libraries, with a working knowledge of MARC and AACR2. Course Hours The course is designed as a one-day workshop, consisting of 6.5 or 6 instruction hours.
enriches its data with the Art and Architecture Thesaurus By Valentine Charles and Cécile Devarenne, Europeana Foundation The Getty Research Institute announced last March the release of their Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) as Linked Open Data. This release opened many opportunities for Europeana. AAT is a rich, structured and multilingual vocabulary including terms, descriptions, and other information for generic concepts related to art, architecture, other types of cultural heritage and conservation. AAT has always been an important resource for Europeana’s data providers, especially museums. The implementation of the Europeana Data Model (EDM) was the first step towards the re-use of widespread vocabularies such as AAT. It offers: an unambiguous reference to a controlled, trustable subject representation machine-readable access to multilingual labels machine-readable access to semantic relationships The following collections were re-published in the Europeana portal:
State Records of South Australia - Thesauri Thesauri On This Page <p><b>Some features on this web page need JAVASCRIPT to be available from your browser. Your browser appears to have JAVASCRIPT disabled or does not support it. What is a thesaurus? A thesaurus is an alphabetical listing of terms derived from a classification scheme and arranged in a hierarchical manner that shows relationships between the terms. A thesaurus is a classification tool, used to title records according to the business function and activity that the records are documenting. It provides: links between termsguidance as to the use of terms (through scope notes, non-preferred terms, related terms, broader and narrower terms). A thesaurus is based on the Business Classification Scheme developed from an analysis of the business functions and activities of a South Australian Government Agency. However, a Business Classification Scheme is not based on the organisational structure. ARM in Perspective - Classifying Official Records (48 KB PDF File) What is classifying?
List of 100 Art concepts Wikipedia should have This is a series of lists to identify the missing articles in Wikipedia related to Art. It is based on the concept of "List of vital articles" but specifically for art. There are three lists: art materials; art techniques; conservation-restoration materials; and conservation-restoration techniques. The point of creating these lists is to identify the 100 most important articles in each one so that the articles can then be assessed and improved. "Redlinks" identify subjects that currently do not have a Wikipedia article, but should! Here are some good online resources: Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online (AAT) Art Materials Information and Education Network, also known as AMIEN Conservation & Art Material Encyclopedia Online (CAMEO) Grove Art Online (known as the Grove Dictionary of Art); subscribers only. Preserv'Art by the Centre de conservation du Québec (CCQ) (English) & (French) Art materials[edit] Art techniques[edit] Conservation-restoration materials[edit]
Controlled Vocabulary: your site for information on Keyword, Hierarchical Classification, Thesauri, Taxonomy and Subject Heading systems used to describe images in databases (Thesaurus, facet classification, hierarchy) HILT Sources: Thesauri A-Z This list will continue to be updated. Please feel free to recommend any thesauri that may be missing. We are hoping in the near future to organise the following according to subject. E-mail: e.mcculloch@strath.ac.uk Access to Asian Vegetables Thesaurus - Thesaurus of the key Asian Vegetables and the different names that these vegetables are also commonly known under. AGRI / AGRISANASTO - agriculture, environmental sciences, food, nutrition. Agrovoc Thesaurus - agriculture. APSDEP thesaurus of vocational training terms APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service)Thesaurus Art & Architecture Thesaurus Browser - Used to describe objects, textual materials, images, architecture and material culture from antiquity to the present. ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts) Thesaurus ASIS Thesaurus of Information Science Astronomy Thesaurus Australia - Japan Research Project (Australian War Memorial). Australian Governments’ Interactive Functions Thesaurus (AGIFT) Bioethics Thesaurus 1999
Thesaurus Design for Information Systems In a humorous introduction, Dr. Sherry Vellucci, who teaches cataloging at St. John's University, suggested that Bella Hass Weinberg became involved in thesaurus construction through her love of hats. Bella wished to answer such questions as: When did women start wearing hats — and why? She took her request to the library of a well-known fashion institute. "Versace's friends passed the hat to help him According to Dr. The thesaurus provides a powerful tool for organizing and searching large bodies of online information such as databases, help systems, and knowledge bases. In her presentation, Bella demonstrated the diversity and complexity of current paper and online thesauri. Bella discussed thesauri in relation to Natural Language Searching. Controlling or managing the vocabulary used for the purposes of indexing and/or searching provides a solution - known as "vocabulary control." The thesaurus enables you to organize and manage vocabulary. Thesaurus structure Thesaurus presentation
ERIC Thesaurus A thesaurus provides a standard language or set of terms with which to describe a subject area. Applied to indexing of a database, it indicates to a searcher which terms to use to retrieve the maximum number of relevant documents. The thesaurus terms are used by indexers to describe the contents of publications in a consistent, comprehensive and concise manner. These terms are listed in the Descriptors field (DE=) of each record added to the database. When logged into CSA Illumina, you may browse for terms via a hierarchical, alphabetical, or rotated index display using our interactive Thesaurus Search. The Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 13th Edition, contains an alphabetical listing of terms used for indexing and searching in the ERIC database. This word-by-word alphabetical display is probably the most familiar since it provides a variety of information (a "display") for each Descriptor. Scope Note A Scope Note is a brief statement of the intended usage of a Descriptor. UF (Use For)
TGM I. Summary of Features: I.A. Scope and Purpose: LC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I) INTRODUCTION (1995 printed edition) I. TGM I: Summary of Features The Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I) provides a substantial body of terms for subject indexing of pictorial materials, particularly the large general collections of historical images which are found in many libraries, historical societies, archives, and museums. Developed to support the cataloging and retrieval needs of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, TGM I is offered to other institutions in the hope that it will fill similar needs and will promote standardization in image cataloging. TGM I is primarily designed for automated cataloging and indexing systems and is authorized for use in MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) records. TGM I is designed as a tool both for those who create catalog records and for those who search for them. Go to: Library of CongressLegal | External Link Disclaimer
Thesaurus Construction - Glossary Broader term The superordinate term in a hierarchical relation. A symbol used in a thesaurus to identify the following terms as broader terms to the heading term. Chain A sequence of terms in which the class represented by each term includes all the classes represented by the terms that follow that term. Controlled indexing Indexing with terms from a controlled vocabulary, such as a thesaurus. Enumerative Of an indexing or classification scheme, listing or enumerating terms explicitly, rather than making provision for synthesizing them. Equivalent term A term in a controlled vocabulary, such as a thesaurus, that is treated as if it means the same thing as another term. Extraction indexing Indexing with terms from the text or title of the item indexed. Hierarchical relation A semantic relation in which one term is strictly subordinate to the other; for example, a genus/species relation. Homograph A term with the same spelling as, but a different meaning from, another term. Narrower term Postcoordination
British Museum Object Names Thesaurus Contents IntroductionRules for Compilation of the ThesaurusBibliographyWorking PartyList of Top Terms for the Object Names ThesaurusCopyrightAlphabetical listing with relationships:A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, ZSimple list of terms:A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z Note on This Version Introduction A Collections Data Management Section (CDMS) Working Party was set up in the 1980s to analyse the terms used to record object names in the British Museum, and to incorporate them into an on-line thesaurus. Hierarchical and other standard thesaural relationships were added, as well as explanatory notes where appropriate. The thesaurus architecture is based on ISO 2788. Curatorial advice has been sought at all stages of the project, and a number of publications were consulted, which are listed in the bibliography. PT: Preferred Term. BT: Broad Term (a PT may have more than one BT). [Top of page ] Punctuation J.
about Thesauri © 2000. Jessica L. Milstead. All Rights Reserved What is a thesaurus? For writers, it is a tool like Roget’s one with words grouped and classified to help select the best word to convey a specific nuance of meaning. For more information on what an information retrieval thesaurus is and what it contains, see the American standard for thesauri: National Information Standards Institute. When does my organization need a thesaurus? If it has large files of text and unstructured information, and needs to control and provide access to that information. What can a thesaurus do for me and for my organization? Properly developed and used, a thesaurus can play several roles: It can be a separate tool to which both indexers and searchers refer in deciding how to tag documents and queries for indexing and retrieval. What about using an existing thesaurus? Different fields vary in how well they are served by thesauri. If I decide to build my own thesaurus, how do I go about the process? a.k.a. MultiTes
Metadata: Cataloging by Any Other Name Metadata: Cataloging by Any Other Name ... by Jessica Milstead and Susan Feldman ONLINE, January 1999Copyright © Information Today, Inc. Editor's Note: Be sure to take a look at this article's companion piece, also by Jessica and Susan, entitled "Metadata Projects and Standards," for an overview of the variety of emerging and often conflicting projects for standardizing electronic resources. Whether you call it cataloging, indexing, or metadata, the concept is a familiar one for information professionals. While metadata has become a buzzword in the information business, the concept is important for both authors and seekers of electronic information. Like the man who had been writing prose all his life without knowing it, librarians and indexers have been producing and standardizing metadata for centuries. Metadata is crucial to searching. Metadata is data about data. Some metadata is designed for computers to use. Metadata serves several functions. Those are two big IFs, however.
Publications on thesaurus construction and use - including some references to facet analysis, taxonomies, ontologies, topic maps and related issues This is a list of printed and electronic publications about the principles of constructing and using information retrieval thesauri. It is not a list of existing thesauri, although some thesauri have been included when they are good examples or illustrate the results of different approaches to thesaurus construction. At the end I have given a few references on the following: I have not yet examined all the articles listed, so in some cases the details and abstracts quoted have come from current awareness services and other sources. Thesaurus structure and use About thesauri / Jessica L. A brief introduction to what a thesaurus is, why an organisation may need one, and the process of thesaurus construction. After the dot-bomb : getting Web information retrieval right this time / by Marcia J. ASIS thesaurus of information science and librarianship / by Jessica L.