Controlled Vocabulary & Thesaurus Design Types of Controlled Vocabularies

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop The Goal The goal of a controlled vocabulary is to facilitate agreement between the concepts within the site and the vocabulary of the person using it. 1, p. 1

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 HierarchyThesaurus Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships Associative Relationships 5.4, p. 16

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Hierarchy Example 2c

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Thesaurus Example A

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Thesaurus Example B

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Thesaurus Example C

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Thesaurus Example D

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Other Means of Access  Folksonomies & tagging communities  Technorati - tagging blog entries  Digg - tagging webpages  Flickr - tagging images  Answerbag - folksonomy  Classification systems  Library of Congress Classification Outline  Universal Decimal Classification  Keyword extraction and search

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

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Google Coop Example

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Criteria for Selecting a CV Tool  Institutional requirements  Budget, time, manpower constraints  Purpose of the CV tool  Benefits to the user  Expected uses for the CV tool  Balancing ease of use and functionality App. B, p. 135

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Defining Scope & Users  Scope of the material  What is your core topic or topics?  What are your surrounding topics?  What is there a need for?  What is already out there?  What do you have resources for?  User population  Who is intended user?  How and when will they use the CV tool?

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Appropriate CV Applications  Subject  Genre  Physical material  Personal names  Corporate/organization names  Events  What else?

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop CV Tool Discussion  What is your topic?  Who is your intended audience?  What is your institution’s need for a CV tool?