User Study: Implementation of OCLC FAST Subject Headings in the Lafayette Digital Repository
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Abstract
- Digital repository migrations present a periodic opportunity to assess metadata quality and to perform strategic enhancements. Lafayette College Libraries implemented OCLC FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) for its digital image collections as part of a migration from multiple repositories to a single one built on the Samvera Hyrax open-source framework. Application of FAST has normalized subject headings across dissimilar collections in a way that tremendously improves descriptive consistency for staff and discoverability for end users. However, the process of applying FAST headings was somewhat complicated by several features of in-scope metadata as well as gaps in available controlled subject authorities.
| Title | User Study: Implementation of OCLC FAST Subject Headings in the Lafayette Digital Repository |
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| Creator | Zimmerman, Nora |
| Publisher | Cataloging and Classification Quarterly |
| Academic Department | Libraries |
| Organization | Lafayette College |
| Date Issued | 2023 |
| Date Available | 2023-09-08 |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Bibliographic Citation | Zimmerman, N. (2023) "User Study: Implementation of OCLC FAST Subject Headings in the Lafayette Digital Repository." Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 61.5-6: 579-589. |
| Permalink | https://ldr.lafayette.edu/concern/publications/wp988m33z |
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