Wine, Witchcraft, Women, Wool:

Classifying Women's Studies Collections

Sarah Hume

#LISDIS

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Anyone who genuinely thinks thatcataloging tools and copy are okayprobably has not looked at them lately

Sanford Berman, “Cataloging Tools and ‘Copy’: The Myth of Acceptability ­ a PublicLibrarian’s Viewpoint,” in Cataloging Heresy: Challenging the Standard BibliographicProduct, ed. Bella Hass Weinberg (Medford: Learned Information Inc., 1992), 36.

Sanford Berman:

Facets of a self

You are yourgender, race,

ethnicity,class,

sexuality,health...

METHODOLOGY

300 word taxonomy

METHODOLOGY

300 word taxonomy

Each term mapped to DDC numberand LCSH

METHODOLOGY

300 word taxonomy

Each term mapped to DDC numberand LCSH

Results analysed

DDC

DDC

One to one mapping - 48%

DDC

One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts

DDC

One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts

Complex mapping - 8%

DDC

One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts

Complex mapping - 8%Compound terms, inappropriate contexts

DDC

One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts

Complex mapping - 8%Compound terms, inappropriate contexts

No mapping - 44%

DDC

One to one mapping - 48%Includes medical and legal concepts

Complex mapping - 8%Compound terms, inappropriate contexts

No mapping - 44%Discipline specific concepts, concepts of genderand sexuality

LCSH

LCSH

One to one mapping - 63%

LCSH

One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases

LCSH

One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases

Complex mapping - 11%

LCSH

One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases

Complex mapping - 11%Outdated language, vague/undetailed headings

LCSH

One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases

Complex mapping - 11%Outdated language, vague/undetailed headings

No mapping - 26%

LCSH

One to one mapping - 63%Medical and legal concepts, colloquial phrases

Complex mapping - 11%Outdated language, vague/undetailed headings

No mapping - 26%Feminism, sexuality, gender, intersectionality

Conclusions

Conclusions

DDC is not suitable for a standalone Women's Studies collection

Conclusions

LCSH is slightly more suitable for aWomen's Studies collection

Conclusions

Stand alone Women's Studiescollections are rare

The way forward?

The way forward?

Structural changes

The way forward?

Institutional policies

The way forward?

Proactive cataloguing

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