[1099] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
RE: Subject Headings for Gopher Virtual Library
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MJENSEN@charlie.usd.edu)
Mon Aug 31 12:23:39 1992
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 11:09:11 CDT
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From: MJENSEN@charlie.usd.edu
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I also think that Library of Congress subject headings is not the way
to go. It simply is not hierarchical enough nor close enough to the
words people naturally think of. I would suggest that instead of
looking at subject headings, you look at classification schemes. The
LC classification scheme might work, but you may not need anything that
complicated. Take a look at the Dewey Decimal Scheme and consider
modifying that. It is much more hierarchical (am I spelling this right?)
and patrons seem to be able to browse fairly well in it.
Mary Brandt Jensen University of South Dakota
Director of the Law Library School of Law
Associate Professor of Law 414 E. Clark St.
MJENSEN@CHARLIE.USD.EDU Vermillion, SD 57069-2390
(605) 677 6363 Fax (605) 677 5417
