Subject Determination during the Cataloging Process
by Alenka Šauperl
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

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