Using library of congress records as a knowledge-base for automated subject cataloguing assistance

• Main Author: Lam, Hang Lee
• Other Authors: Khoo, Christopher Soo Guan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Automation; DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Cataloguing and classification; DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information organization
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1515
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study evaluates a computer program that recommends 20 subject headings when a book title is input into the program. The objective of the study was to determine to what extend the program is useful as a subject cataloguing aid - in assisting cataloguers to assign subject headings to books.