Providing Better Subject Access to Nonprint Fire Emergency Materials

Firefighters, Illinois Ruan, Lian

Cataloging & classification quarterly 2001 31 (3-4)213-236
(ReLIS:jul:qmcdam:y:2001:v:31:i:3-4:p:213-236)

Abstract:

The Illinois Fire Service Institute Library (FSI Library) has the most comprehensive and popular nonprint fire emergency collection in Illinois. Besides providing descriptive cataloging for nonprint materials, the Library assigns in-depth subject terms and modified Library of Congress Classification to the catalog records. The Library began a project in August 1999 to map the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) from the National Library of Medicine, and other fire vocabulary systems. The project developers created FireTalk, a new FSI thesaurus with a mix of LCSH, MeSH terms (identified as such), plus more specific fire science terms. FireTalk is used with the Library's Online Public Access Catalog at the Institute's web site to enhance retrieval of relevant bibliographic citations and facilitate multiple database searching.

Keywords: Materiales no librarios ; Catalogación ; Acceso a la información
Pages: 213-236
Volume: 31
Year: 2001
Issue: 3-4

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