The LCSH Century traces the 100-year history of the Library of Congress Subject Headings, from its beginning with the implementation of a dictionary catalog in 1898 to the present day. You will explore the most significant changes in LCSH policies and practices, including a summary of other contributions celebrating the centennial of the world's most popular library subject heading language.
BACKGROUND The LCSH Century: A Brief History of the Library of Congress Subject Headings, and Introduction to the Centennial Essays 1(16) Alva T. Stone THEORY AND PRINCIPLES LCSH: Semantics, Syntax and Specificity 17(14) Elaine Svenonius Turning Practice into Principles: A Comparison of the IFLA Principles Underlying Subject Heading Languages (SHLs) and the Principles Underlying the Library of Congress Subject Heading System 31(22) Heidi Lee Horeman Kevin A. Furniss Difference, Culture and Change: The Untapped Potential of LCSH 53(20) Hope A. Olson ONLINE ENVIRONMENT Improving LCSH for Use in Online Catalogs Revisited-What Progress Has Been Made? What Issues Still Remain? 73(18) Pauline Atherton Cochrane Filing and Precoordination: How Subject Headings Are Displayed in Online Catalogs and Why It Matters 91(16) Gregory Wool Machine-Assisted Validation of LC Subject Headings: Implications for Authority File Structure 107(10) Stephen Hearn SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVES Teaching Library of Congress Subject Headings 117(10) Thomas Mann LCSH Works! Subject Searching Effectiveness at the Cleveland Public Library and the Growth of Library of Congress Subject Headings Through Cooperation 127(8) Louisa J. Kreider LCSH for Music: Historical and Empirical Perspectives 135(24) Harriette Hemmasi J. Bradford Young LCSH and Periodical Indexing: Adoption vs. Adaptation 159(10) Joseph Miller Patricia Kuhr Out from Under: Form/Genre Access in LCSH 169(20) David P. Miller WORLD VIEW Survey on Subject Heading Languages Used in National Libraries and Bibliographies 189(10) Magda Heiner-Freiling Crossing Language Barriers in Europe: Linking LCSH to Other Subject Heading Languages 199(10) Andrew MacEwan Automated Authority Files of Spanish-Language Subject Headings 209(16) Alvaro Quijano-Solis Pilar Maria Moreno-Jimenex Reynaldo Figueroa-Servin FUTURE PROSPECTS Entering the Millennium: A New Century for LCSH 225(10) Lois Mai Chan Theodora Hodges Index 235
Authored by Stone, Alva T.