Subject Determination during the Cataloging Process

by Alenka ?auperl

It is during the subject determination process that the critical terms are created that link any given document to its audience, the information seeker. Perhaps it is rational that subject cataloguing should itself be subjective, but, in fact, subject cataloguers create and use the processes that assist them in assigning classification numbers and subject headings. The process of subject determination, however, is little understood outside the cataloguing department.

173 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2002