FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology): A simplified vocabulary based on the Library of Congress Subject Headings

IFLA Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 336-342

  O'neill, Edward T ^a   Mai Chan, Lois ^b  

^a President and Chief Executive Officer at the OCLC Online Computer Library Center   (Ireland)

^b IFLA Standing Committee on Classification and Indexing ^*

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EID: 84992803190     PISSN: 03400352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/034003520302900412     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Chan, Lois Mai, Eric Childress; Rebecca Dean, Edward T. O'Neill, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. 2001. ‘A faceted approach to subject data in the Dublin Core metadata record.’ Journal of Internet Cataloging, 4 (1/2): 35-47.
2. O'Neill, Edward T., Lois Mai Chan, Eric Childress, Rebecca Dean, Lynn El-Hoshy, Kerre Kammerer, and Diane Vizine-Goetz. ‘Form subdivisions: their identification and use in LCSH. 2001.’ Library Resources & Technical Services, 45, No. 4:187-197.
3. The future of subsdivisions in the Library of Congress Subject Headings System: report from the Subject Subdivisions Conference sponsored by the Library of Congress, May 9-12, 1991, edited by Martha O'Hara Conway (Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1992).
4. MARC 21 format for authority data: including guidelines for content designation, prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office. (Washington: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1999).
5. Changes for Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) subject headings, Proposal 202-13, May 8, 2002.
6. Library of Congress, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Subject cataloging manual: subject headings, 5th ed., 2000 cumulation. (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2000), H1090, p.1.
7. Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office. MARC code list for geographic areas. Web version. Last updated on March 11, 2003.