The coverage of information science and knowledge organization in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
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The coverage of information science and knowledge organization in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). / Furner, Jonathan; Hjørland, Birger.
In: Journal of Documentation, Vol. 79, No. 5, 2023, p. 1265-1284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The coverage of information science and knowledge organization in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
AU - Furner, Jonathan
AU - Hjørland, Birger
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Purpose: This article examines the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), which is the most used subject heading system in the world and an instance of a controlled vocabulary (CV). Design/methodology/approach: The method used to examine the system is based on both authors’ subject knowledge in the field of information science (IS) and the subfield of knowledge organization (KO). Core concepts in this domain were examined (1) by checking if they are present or not in the system; (2) if not, by determining whether LCSH contains alternative terms useful for searching documents about the missing concept, by examining books indexed by the Library of Congress (LC); (3) by identifying the semantic relations between subject headings. Findings: The results demonstrate fundamental problems in the logical consistency of the representation of IS and KO in LCSH. Practical implications: The implications for CVs in general are discussed.Originality: No previous study has used our method to examine LCSH’s coverage of IS.
AB - Purpose: This article examines the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), which is the most used subject heading system in the world and an instance of a controlled vocabulary (CV). Design/methodology/approach: The method used to examine the system is based on both authors’ subject knowledge in the field of information science (IS) and the subfield of knowledge organization (KO). Core concepts in this domain were examined (1) by checking if they are present or not in the system; (2) if not, by determining whether LCSH contains alternative terms useful for searching documents about the missing concept, by examining books indexed by the Library of Congress (LC); (3) by identifying the semantic relations between subject headings. Findings: The results demonstrate fundamental problems in the logical consistency of the representation of IS and KO in LCSH. Practical implications: The implications for CVs in general are discussed.Originality: No previous study has used our method to examine LCSH’s coverage of IS.
U2 - 10.1108/JD-11-2022-0256
DO - 10.1108/JD-11-2022-0256
M3 - Journal article
VL - 79
SP - 1265
EP - 1284
JO - Journal of Documentation
JF - Journal of Documentation
SN - 0022-0418
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 336283177