Controlled Vocabulary & Thesaurus Design Term Selection/Format & Synonyms.

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Controlled Vocabulary & Thesaurus Design Term Selection/Format & Synonyms

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Term Selection  Defining your scope  What is the purpose of this controlled vocabulary?  Who is the user of this controlled vocabulary?  Refining your scope  Which terms are central to your collection/topic/mission?  Which terms are on the periphery?  Stick with your scope  Focus on the central terms  Hang onto the peripheral terms for future consideration

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Term Format & Style  Plural nouns  Ex. Cats, Dogs  Abstract concepts  Ex. Happiness  Abbreviations  Use only when the full form is rarely used (e.g., AIDS, DNA )  When the full form is used, add a cross reference from the abbreviation (and vice versa)  Capitalization  Generally, use capital letters only for proper names, etc.  Follow common usage (e.g., eBay, dBase IV ) 6.3–6.7, p

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Compound Terms - Good or Bad?  Multiple words to express a single concept  Supported by literary or user warrant Aid to families with dependent children  Avoid false hits during retrieval Search: library AND science Desired: Library science or Science library ??  When to use compound terms – section 7.5 on page 39  Generally, avoid multiple concepts in a single expression Children and television – prefer Children AND Television Bird migration – prefer Birds AND Migration Aircraft engines – prefer Aircraft AND Engines 7, p. 36

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Descriptor vs. Subdivision Logic  Descriptor vocabularies express multiple concepts with separate terms  Each concept or aspect warrants a term  Intended for post-coordinate searching – user brings concepts together  Ex: Liver AND Blood Vessels AND Diseases  Vocabularies like LCSH use subdivisions to refine major concepts with additional aspects  Selected aspects are routinely expressed as subdivisions  Intended for pre-coordinate searching – vocabulary brings concepts together  More complex to create, learn and apply  Ex: Liver—Blood Vessels--Diseases , p. 37

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Terms Can Be Ambiguous  “Pitch” can represent:  a property of sound  throwing a baseball  a sales talk  degree of deviation from the horizontal plane  dark heavy viscid substance  a high approach shot in golf  a card game  abrupt up-and-down motion  the action of throwing something  etc , p. 13

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Term Disambiguation  Term qualifiers can be used to disambiguate between two or more terms with different meanings  Mercury (planet)  Mercury (metal)  Try to use only when necessary 6.2, p. 21

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Resolving Synonyms  Determine which is the preferred term  What do your sources say?  Which is more frequently used?  Which is more likely to be prefaced with “also known as”?  Talk to your experts  Ask the user community  Through user testing  Checking search logs  Save the others as synonyms 6.6, p. 30

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Term Record Components  Preferred or Main Entry Term  SN - Scope note  A definition of when to the term applies  Anything from a few words to a paragraph  UF - Use for  Indicates the synonymous terms for which the preferred term should be substituted  Non-preferred or Non-entry term  USE - Use  Indicates the preferred term to be used instead of the synonym term 4.1 – 4.2, p. 3-10

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example Scope Notes  Cartography  SN Science or art of making maps  Printmaking  SN The process of making a picture or design from an impression of an engraved metal plate, wooden block, silkscreen stencil, lithographic stone, photographic negative, etc.  Patternmaking  SN (Note: Do not use for the study of numerical patterns -- see the Identifier "Number Sequences" for that concept)

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Exercise 2: Terms & Synonyms Using your terms from the previous exercise…  Format your terms  As plural nouns, abstract concepts, compound terms, etc.  Add qualifiers where necessary  Resolve any synonyms into  Preferred terms  And their non-preferred terms  Start term records for each term  Preferred terms  Add a SN and UF if there are synonyms  Non-preferred term  Add the preferred term to USE

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Exercise 2: Discussion  How did you format your terms?  What terms did you select as preferred?  Was everyone in your group in agreement about the terms?

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Continuum of Vocabulary Control Less Complexity More List Synonym Ring Hierarchy Thesaurus Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships Associative Relationships

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop The Synonym Ring  Synonym rings are for the controlling of synonymous terms  Predominantly used for query expansion 5.4.2, p. 18

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Synonym Ring Example 1

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Synonym Ring Example 2a

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Synonym Ring Example 2b

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Synonym Ring Discussion  What are the potential benefits of a Synonym Ring?  What are the potential drawbacks?  When would it be appropriate to use a Synonym Ring for access?