Get to the Subject
Subject analysis is determining what the intellectual content of an item is "about."
True
Controlled vocabularies are useful... (Select the most appropriate answer.)
A. To eliminate bias in organizing systems.
B. To permit consistent searching and retrieval of resources in a collection.
C. To directly facilitate interfaces between organizing systems.
B. To permit consistent searching and retrieval of resources in a collection.
Which of the following is precoordinated controlled vocabulary?
A. Subject headings
B. Birds-Adaptation-North America
C. Thesauri
D. Typically supports a Boolean search
B. Birds-Adaptation-North America
True or False?
Classification and thesauri are two types of subject-based access points, which provide very effective means for finding information packages on certain subjects.
True
True or False?
An authority file is a compilation of metadata about a person, a family, a corporate body, a place, a work, or a subject.
False
An authority record is a compilation of metadata about a person, a family, a corporate body, a place, a work, or a subject.
An authority file is a collection of authority records.
Which best differentiates social tagging from traditional subject indexing?
A. Tags are used only in academic databases
B. Tags follow strict rules and controlled vocabularies
C. Tags are reviewed by catalogers before being added to records
D. Tags are assigned by users and may reflect personal or informal language
D. Tags are assigned by users and may reflect personal or informal language
Which of the following is NOT a controlled vocabulary?
A. Subject heading lists
B. Social tagging
C. Thesauri
D. Taxonomies
B. Social tagging
The subject descriptor "World War, 1939-1945-Motion pictures and the war-Film catalogs" is an example of a...
A. precoordinated subject descriptor
B. postcoordinated subject descriptor
A. precoordinated subject descriptor
How do controlled vocabularies improve search results?
A. By allowing users to enter any term they prefer
B. By standardizing terms to reduce ambiguity and improve precision
C. By automatically ranking search results by popularity
D. By removing subject headings from catalog records
B. By standardizing terms to reduce ambiguity and improve precision
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the purpose of authority control? (Select all that apply.)
A. Allow flexibility in heading display across systems
B. Collocation, easy access, higher recall
C. Maintain consistency of heading forms
D. Show relationships among headings
B. Collocation, easy access, higher recall
C. Maintain consistency of heading forms
D. Show relationships among headings
How do controlled vocabularies help improve subject access?
A. They eliminate all synonyms
B. They disambiguate terms with multiple meanings
C. They replace classification systems
D. They allow free tagging by users
B. They disambiguate terms with multiple meanings
True or False?
Subject heading lists have stricter hierarchies than thesauri.
False
Subject heading lists have looser hierarchies with fewer NT and BT relationships.
Thesauri have stricter hierarchies with more NT and BT relationships.
Which best compares Library of Congress Classification (LCC) and Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)?
A. LCC uses numerical ranges for general classes, while DDC uses letters.
B. Both LCC and DDC use a faceted classification system to represent general classes.
C. DDC organizes knowledge into 10 main classes, while LCC uses 21 broad categories represented by letters.
D. LCC and DDC share identical general class structures.
C. DDC organizes knowledge into 10 main classes, while LCC uses 21 broad categories represented by letters.
True or False?
Using controlled vocabularies in a corporate information system can help ensure consistent tagging and retrieval of documents across departments.
True
Controlled vocabularies standardize terminology, which improves consistency in how information is categorized and retrieved, reducing ambiguity and enhancing collaboration across teams.
In LIS, "authority control" refers to:
A. Using a controlled list of author names
B. Using a controlled list of titles
C. Using a controlled list of subject headings
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Which basic questions that help determine what an information package is about?
A. What is it? What kind of information is it? What category of knowledge would it fit int?
B. What is it for? Who might use it?
C. What is it about? What topics are covered?
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
In thesauri, what does notation like BT, NT, RT typically indicate?
A. Alphabetical order of terms.
B. Classification numbers for indexing
C. Relationships between terms
D. Synonyms used in uncontrolled vocabularies
C. Relationships between terms
BT - Broader term
NT - Narrower term
RT - Related term
Which of the following best describes an enumerative classification scheme?
A. It uses a faceted approach to combine multiple concepts into a single classification number.
B. It uses a hierarchical structure to organize all existing knowledge.
C. It relies on postcoordination to allow flexible subject representation.
D. It avoids assigning classification numbers to compound subjects.
B. It uses a hierarchical structure to organize all existing knowledge.
Which of the following is true?
A. High exhaustivity means coving a wide range of topics.
B. Low exhaustivity means covering the most important topics only.
C. High specificity is usually associated with high precision.
D. High recall usually means low precision.
E. All of the above.
E. All of the above.
What is the primary function of Library of Congress authority files?
A. To allow catalogers to create headings based on professional judgment
B. To organize books by genre and publication date
C. To provide standardized forms of names, subjects, and titles for consistent cataloging
D. To store bibliographic records for all published books
C. To provide standardized forms of names, subjects, and titles for consistent cataloging
Which best describes the Figure-Ground Method for determining aboutness?
A. Try to determine the author's purpose in creating the work
B. Try to determine what is most central to the work
C. Count references to topics and presume it is central
D. Try to determine what holds the work together
B.
A. Purposive method: Try to determine the author's purpose in creating the work
B. Figure-Ground method: Try to determine what is most central to the work
C. Objective method: Count references to topics and presume it is central
D. Appealing to unity: Try to determine what holds the work together
Thesauri typically distinguish three types of relationships among subject descriptors. These three relationships are:
A. Precoordination, postcoordination, and hybrid relationships
B. Instance, generic, and part/whole relationships
C. Equivalence, hierarchical, and associative relationships
C. Equivalence, hierarchical, and associative relationships
Which of the following about faceted classification are true? (Select all that apply.)
A. Colon classification is an example of faceted classification system.
B. Faceted Classification is only useful for physical library collections.
C. Allows combination of different aspects of an information package in one classification number.
D. The Library of Congress Classification is an example of faceted classification.
A and C
Which of the following is an example of postcoordinated indexing?
A. Birds-Adaptation-North America
B. Using a classification number that represents all aspects of a topic
C. Choosing terms from a controlled vocabulary without combining them
D. Using separate terms that can be combined during a search
D. Using separate terms that can be combined during a search
Postcoordinated indexing is a method where indexing terms or subject descriptors are assigned independently and can be combined at the time of search.
Ex: birds AND adaptation AND North America
How do Library of Congress authority records support interoperability across library systems and linked data environments?
A. By allowing catalogers to create custom headings for local use
B. By providing standardized identifiers and structured metadata for names, subjects, and titles
C. By limiting subject access to only Library of Congress collections
D. By replacing controlled vocabularies with user-generated tags
B. By providing standardized identifiers and structured metadata for names, subjects, and titles