The creation of authority records for 155 form headings will occur sometime in the future. Watch the CPSO home page for developments. Some libraries, such as Curry College in Massachusetts, have created search indexes for form headings. These headings and subdivisions will be useful if our OPAC s display them well. The subcommittee plans to have an educational forum in Philadelphia on form headings and subdivisions.
Some systems display narrower and used for terms but few display broader and related terms.
There is a wealth of information available in subject authority records which should be displayed in a friendly manner to the users. The two SAC Metadata subcommittees continued to learn about Metadata in anticipation of making recommendations concerning the applicability of subject headings and class numbers to Metadata. The subcommittee dealing with classification and Metadata will be reviewing some of the sites listed in Gerry McKiernan s Beyond Bookmarks site to see how they use classification. The general subcommittee on the use of subject analysis in Metadata discussed the subject field in the Dublin Core Metadata record which allows for keywords, controlled vocabulary, and classification. Subject analysis in other types of Metadata records will be reviewed later.