Automated authority files of Spanish language headings

Quijano Solis, Alvaro Moreno Jimenez, Pilar María Figueroa Servin, Reynaldo

Cataloging & classification quarterly 2000 29 (1-2)209-223
(ReLIS:jul:qmcdam:y:2000:v:29:i:1-2:p:209-223)

Abstract:

Authority control of Spanish-language subject headings is described, with a special focus on Mexico. Efforts currently underway in Colombia, Chile, Spain and Mexico, although they share the same language, are somewhat lacking in standardization and cooperation among countries. In the absence of a national authority for bibliographic control in Mexico, a group of university libraries has initiated a cooperative project to build in the near future a national file of Spanish subject headings for the Social Sciences. The project, based upon the experience and rich collections of El Colegio de Mexico, has attracted support from the U.S. Library of Congress and is being partially financed by the U.S.-Mexican Fund for Culture (sponsored by the Rockefeller and Bancomer Foundations). The paper mentions some of the difficulties found in translating LCSH, which is the main resource for the project. These difficulties can include semantics, syndetic structure or pragmatic problems, most have been solved by supplementing the LCSH with Spanish-language subject heading lists or thesauri.

Keywords: Control de autoridades ; Español ; México ; Encabezamientos de materia ; Automatización
Pages: 209-223
Volume: 29
Year: 2000
Issue: 1-2

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