Taxonomy Development of PTAR Local Content Collections: A critical analysis of the expert-assigned and LCSH subject headings

A’dillah Mustafa; Eza Eliana A. Wahid; Noredayu Rosli; Mawar Noor Abdullah

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v9iSI18.5473

Authors

A’dillah Mustafa School of Information Science, College of Computing, Informatics & Mathematics, 40150 Shah Alam, Malaysia
Eza Eliana A. Wahid Tun Abdul Razak Library, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia
Noredayu Rosli Tun Dr Ismail Library, Universiti Teknologi MARA Johor, Segamat, Malaysia
Mawar Noor Abdullah Tun Dr Ismail Library, Universiti Teknologi MARA Johor, Segamat, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v9iSI18.5473

Keywords:

Taxonomy, Library Classification , Academic Library, Sports Science

Abstract

Developing a taxonomy for local content collection is a massive challenge for librarians which involves understanding the complexity of a particular subject classification. This paper aims to report the analysis of the taxonomy developed for the Sports Science & Recreational compared to Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The analysis employs subject analysis as the methodology for comparing expert-assigned keywords with LCSH. The analysis found 6 divisions in the local content compared to only 2 divisions in LCSH, and 364 subjects compared to only 98 in LCSH. The percentage of terms categories includes exact terms used (14%), similar terms used (11%), and not used terms (97%).

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