Dear all,
We are reviewing our indexing standards at the moment and are doing some
initial research before deciding which standards we might use in the future.
Any thoughts? Reponses from specialist or HE repositories especially welcome,
however short!
I am interested in the following areas:
1. Which standards are used for subject indexing? LCSH? Unesco? UKAT? For
archive collections held in HE institutions, do you follow the same standard
as is used in-house for all book cataloguing?
2. Which is the preferred standard for personal/family/corporate name and
place name indexing - NCA Rueles, AACR2? Or others?
3. Does anybody use the authority record part of CALM in addition? If so, do
you follow in-house for their creation, or do you instead subscribe to
ISAAR(CPF)?
I am trying to get an idea of overall trends to help us decide which path to
take. Any responses to me will be summarised on the list shortly.
Thanks,
Charlotte
Charlotte Berry
Archivist
Special Collections
Old Library
University of Exeter
Prince of Wales Road
EXETER EX4 4SB
tel: 01392 262096 or direct 01392 263879
fax: 01392 263871
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