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"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. Sauperl dissects the subject cataloguing process, seeking to answer the question, ""How do cataloguers determine or identify the topic of a document and choose the appropriate subject description?"" Her investigation encompasses the work of 12 subject cataloguers, examining how they understand and employ standards to create subject representation, as well as what unwritten rules and practices they use during the process. The volume addresses the cognitive processes that lie behind the application of cataloguing rules. It should help cataloguing students and practising cataloguers to gain a better understanding of their craft. More broadly, it is intended for a wide audience of librarians and information scientists, for whom a better understanding of subject determination will assist with search methodologies and information retrieval in a variety of environments."

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...presents an extremely detailed case study of twelve catalogers and their various approaches to subject cataloging...will likely have significant impact on the way subject cataloging is taught at Library and information Science Schools. ...useful as far as the writer intended - helping experienced catalogers to have a fresh view of their own workflows. For the student it does offer an insider's view of the assignment of subject headings. American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) ...will be particularly useful to subject cataloguing teachers and trainers who could use the model to design case descriptions and exercises. Knowl. Org. This study makes a definite contribution to the quite limited body of literature...should be owned by any library and information science collection that supports serious scholarship. College & Research Libraries ...fills a gap in the literature...this work will be a good resource for instructors. Library Journal

...presents an extremely detailed case study of twelve catalogers and their various approaches to subject cataloging...will likely have significant impact on the way subject cataloging is taught at Library and information Science Schools. ...useful as far as the writer intended - helping experienced catalogers to have a fresh view of their own workflows. For the student it does offer an insider's view of the assignment of subject headings. Arba ...will be particularly useful to subject cataloguing teachers and trainers who could use the model to design case descriptions and exercises. Knowl. Org. This study makes a definite contribution to the quite limited body of literature...should be owned by any library and information science collection that supports serious scholarship. College and Research Libraries ...fills a gap in the literature...this work will be a good resource for instructors. Library Journal

...presents an extremely detailed case study of twelve catalogers and their various approaches to subject cataloging....will likely have significant impact on the way subject cataloging is taught at Library and information Science Schools.

...presents an extremely detailed case study of twelve catalogers and their various approaches to subject cataloging...will likely have significant impact on the way subject cataloging is taught at Library and information Science Schools. ...useful as far as the writer intended - helping experienced catalogers to have a fresh view of their own workflows. For the student it does offer an insider's view of the assignment of subject headings. American Reference Books Annual ...will be particularly useful to subject cataloguing teachers and trainers who could use the model to design case descriptions and exercises. Knowl. Org. This study makes a definite contribution to the quite limited body of literature...should be owned by any library and information science collection that supports serious scholarship. College & Research Libraries ...fills a gap in the literature...this work will be a good resource for instructors. Library Journal

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Alenka Šauperl is Assistant Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science and Publishing, the Faculty of Arts, at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Dr. ?auperl is a member of the International Society for Knowledge Organization, the American Society for Information Science and Technology, and the Slovene library association.

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