Wine, Witchcraft, Women, Wool: Classifying Women's Studies Collections Sarah Hume #LISDIS sarahfhume
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Wine, Witchcraft, Women, Wool:
Classifying Women's Studies Collections
Sarah Hume
#LISDIS
sarahfhume
Anyone who genuinely thinks thatcataloging tools and copy are okayprobably has not looked at them lately
Sanford Berman, “Cataloging Tools and ‘Copy’: The Myth of Acceptability a PublicLibrarian’s Viewpoint,” in Cataloging Heresy: Challenging the Standard BibliographicProduct, ed. Bella Hass Weinberg (Medford: Learned Information Inc., 1992), 36.
Sanford Berman:
Facets of a self
You are yourgender, race,
ethnicity,class,
sexuality,health...
METHODOLOGY
300 word taxonomy
METHODOLOGY
300 word taxonomy
Each term mapped to DDC numberand LCSH
METHODOLOGY
300 word taxonomy
Each term mapped to DDC numberand LCSH
Results analysed
DDC
DDC
One to one mapping - 48%
DDC
One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts
DDC
One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts
Complex mapping - 8%
DDC
One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts
Complex mapping - 8%Compound terms, inappropriate contexts
DDC
One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts
Complex mapping - 8%Compound terms, inappropriate contexts
No mapping - 44%
DDC
One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts
Complex mapping - 8%Compound terms, inappropriate contexts
No mapping - 44%Discipline specific concepts, concepts of genderand sexuality
LCSH
LCSH
One to one mapping - 63%
LCSH
One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases
LCSH
One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases
Complex mapping - 11%
LCSH
One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases
Complex mapping - 11%Outdated language, vague/undetailed headings
LCSH
One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases
Complex mapping - 11%Outdated language, vague/undetailed headings
No mapping - 26%
LCSH
One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases
Complex mapping - 11%Outdated language, vague/undetailed headings
No mapping - 26%Feminism, sexuality, gender, intersectionality
Conclusions
Conclusions
DDC is not suitable for a standalone Women's Studies collection
Conclusions
LCSH is slightly more suitable for aWomen's Studies collection
Conclusions
Stand alone Women's Studiescollections are rare
The way forward?
The way forward?
Structural changes
The way forward?
Institutional policies
The way forward?
Proactive cataloguing
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