Enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotations
ABSTRACT In Slovenia, subject description of fiction was traditionally limited to the Universal Decimal Classification number, which was mainly assigned for shelving. Readers found their books by browsing the library shelves, while librarians had to rely on their personal familiarity with the libr...
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2007-10-01
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| author | Alenka Šauperl Viktor Harej Tanja Merčun Tamara Jesenovec Jelka Kastelic Barbara Plestenjak Uršula Vimer Kovaček |
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In Slovenia, subject description of fiction was traditionally limited to the Universal Decimal Classification number, which was mainly assigned for shelving. Readers found their books by browsing the library shelves, while librarians had to rely on their personal familiarity with the library collection if they wanted to advise readers on the selection of books. Subject description, such as is often associated with non-literaryworks, would require a lot of time. Therefore, we wanted to know whether reading book reviews in newspapers could replace reading the entire literary work. We analysed a small sample of book reviews written by literary critics and published in Slovenian newspapers and compared them to the reviews, written by librarians for thesame literary works (in the »Priporočamo!« project). We realized that the content is different. However, they could be used for identification of additional subject headings. The same findings resulted from a similar analysis of literary works written for children. Concepts, that seemed potentially appropriate subject headings, often actually do not appear in the Slovenian subject headings or subject headings from the Pionirska knjižnica of Ljubljana. Both subject heading lists should include a larger number of abstract concepts, which more often appear in literary than in non-literary works. Both subject heading lists should also be coordinated.
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| spelling | doaj-art-242833d0c8ef48af92c8b8dd4faa086d2025-08-20T02:47:02ZengSlovenian Library Association & University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Knjižnica0023-24241581-79032007-10-01513-410.55741/knj.51.3-4.14370Enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotationsAlenka ŠauperlViktor HarejTanja MerčunTamara JesenovecJelka KastelicBarbara PlestenjakUršula Vimer Kovaček ABSTRACT In Slovenia, subject description of fiction was traditionally limited to the Universal Decimal Classification number, which was mainly assigned for shelving. Readers found their books by browsing the library shelves, while librarians had to rely on their personal familiarity with the library collection if they wanted to advise readers on the selection of books. Subject description, such as is often associated with non-literaryworks, would require a lot of time. Therefore, we wanted to know whether reading book reviews in newspapers could replace reading the entire literary work. We analysed a small sample of book reviews written by literary critics and published in Slovenian newspapers and compared them to the reviews, written by librarians for thesame literary works (in the »Priporočamo!« project). We realized that the content is different. However, they could be used for identification of additional subject headings. The same findings resulted from a similar analysis of literary works written for children. Concepts, that seemed potentially appropriate subject headings, often actually do not appear in the Slovenian subject headings or subject headings from the Pionirska knjižnica of Ljubljana. Both subject heading lists should include a larger number of abstract concepts, which more often appear in literary than in non-literary works. Both subject heading lists should also be coordinated. https://journals.uni-lj.si/knjiznica/article/view/14370fictionlibrary catalogssubject descriptionbook reviewsnotes |
| spellingShingle | Alenka Šauperl Viktor Harej Tanja Merčun Tamara Jesenovec Jelka Kastelic Barbara Plestenjak Uršula Vimer Kovaček Enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotations Knjižnica fiction library catalogs subject description book reviews notes |
| title | Enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotations |
| title_full | Enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotations |
| title_fullStr | Enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotations |
| title_short | Enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotations |
| title_sort | enhancement of subject description of fiction with annotations |
| topic | fiction library catalogs subject description book reviews notes |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/knjiznica/article/view/14370 |
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