CCQ
INTERVIEW. Carolynne Myall, Interview Editor.
An Interview with Tom Delsey, conducted
by Mike Heaney
The Changes of Meaning in Subdivided
Subject Headings. By
Karen M. Drabenstott, Bonnie A. Roeber
Dede, and Melanie Leavitt
Abstract. The impetus for a large-scale study on
subject heading understanding was a recommendation of the Library of Congress
(LC) Subject Subdivisions Conference that suggested standardizing the order of
subject subdivisions for the purpose of simplifying subject cataloging.
This paper focuses on unexpected large-scale study findings about
multiple meanings for subdivided subject headings and the effects that changes
of meaning for different orders of subdivisions had on the meanings that end
users and librarians provided to subdivided subject headings.
Findings about changes of meaning insubdivided subject headings did not
dissuade the authors regarding their recommendation that the library community
adopt a standard order of subdivisions. The
authors also give suggestions for additional studies of subject heading
understanding that build on this one.
The
Cataloging of Digitized Texts. By Jim E. Cole
Abstract.
An Approach to Managing Vocabulary for
Databases on the Web. By Ronald C. Jantz.
Abstract.
This paper proposes an approach for managing vocabulary for reference databases
on the Web. The approach is
directed at domain specific databases in which much of the referenced material
remains in non-digital form. A
combination of interactive and manual processes are outlined along with a
proposed implementation approach. For
this limited class of databases, it is suggested that the approach can
significantly improve vocabulary management with relatively low costs in manual
effort.
Retrospective
Conversion: the Experience at the University of Botswana Library. By
Rose Tiny Kgosiemang.
Abstract. This paper describes the University of Botswana Library
(UBL) retrospective conversion project and introduces the UBL automation
planning activities. The paper also briefly discusses sources of records used in
the creation of UBL database; authority control measures; decisions made
regarding the editing of records and the recommended conversion procedures.
More attention is placed on the actual UBL conversion project as well as
the experiences of other libraries. This
part details how the project was carried out at U.B. Library from September 1995
until July 1997 and reports implications in terms of staffing arrangements,
success rates and quality considerations. Lastly, the paper describes the
methods the library used to convert the collection. It examines the problems
encountered throughout the project and gives advise to libraries that might be
in the process of embarking on a similar project.
New
Department Head's Staff Introduction Survey.
By Lyn
Condron
Abstract. A
survey was designed for new department heads at Tufts University to use in
facilitating introductions with a new staff.
Questions focused on eliciting information about individuals’ skills,
training needs, and job satisfaction. Background, lessons learned, and the
survey with results are included. The author presented this paper at ALCTS/CCS
Heads of Cataloging Departments Discussion Group, ALA Midwinter, 1999.
Technical
Services Today and Tomorrow, edited by
Michael Gorman. 2d ed.
Reviewed by George Gibbs
Management
of Serials in Libraries, by Thomas Nisonger.
Reviewed by Linda Smith Griffin
Indexing
and Abstracting in Theory and Practice, by F. W.
Lancaster.
2d ed.
Reviewed by Bert Boyce
