FAST and simple faceted subject headings Jorge A

FAST and simple: faceted subject headings Jorge A. González P. July 13, 2015 Technical Services Standing Committee meeting

What is FAST? Faceted Application of Subject Terminology q A rich controlled vocabulary based on the terminology of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) q A simplified application syntax q Easy for non-catalogers to assign q Flexible enough across disciplines and access environments

Why so FAST? You might ask– Need for New Approach n Growth of electronic resources n Emergence of countless metadata schemes n Need for controlled vocabulary access n Need to make LC subject headings more flexible to faceting n Increase in number of less skilled subject catalogers supplying headings

All Headings Are Established*… n …because they come from LCSH and NACO n Assigning FAST headings doesn’t require an understanding of the rules for constructing headings …*”mostly” n Automatic and/or machine assisted assignment possible

Attributes of FAST Easy to use, easy to learn, and easy to implement n n Simple syntax n Linked data and headings n Faceted navigation n Uniform indexing

Why not so……. . FAST for some q Absence of customer support (Open source) q Funding, administrative reasons q Better disclosure of user base (16 identified so far…)

FAST – Examples of 8 Facets Topical (650: Marc) Lawyers Organized Crime Geographic (651) Florida ― Crescent Beach Personal Names (600) Kilgour, Frederick G. Corporate Names (610) Ohio Library Association MERCOSUR (Organization) Form (Genre) (655) Guidebooks, Maps Events (611) Olympic Games Chronological (648) 1939(June)-1945(May) To 1500 Uniform Titles (630) Dead Sea scrolls

FAST Converter a Web interface for the conversion of LCSH to FAST headings and provide a learning tool to familiarize with FAST and differences between FAST and LCSH 8

Example of Faceting/Conversion LCSH Topical Heading: 650 Architecture, Modern $y 20 th century $z Illinois $z Chicago $v Guidebooks. VS. Derived FAST Headings: Architecture, Modern (Topical; 650) Illinois $z Chicago (Geographic; 651) 1900 -1999 (Chronological; 648) Guidebooks (Form; 655)

FAST LCSH to FAST Comparison 600 Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809 -1865 650 Political leadership $z United States $v Case studies 650 Genius $v Case studies 600 Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809 -1865 $x Friends and associates 650 Presidents $z United States $v Biography 651 United States $x Politics and government $y 1861 -1865 600 Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809 -1865 648 1861 - 1865 650 Political leadership 650 Genius 650 Friendship 650 Presidents 650 Political science 651 United States 655 Case studies 655 Biography

search. FAST or assign. FAST Start typing, and See also and Authorized headings will appear. Your result in common, Marc, or Connexion format. The interface combines search box, brief results list, and full view of a selected record on one page. The default ranking is by usage, giving most likely candidate heading near the top of the result; alphabetic and facet order options are available. An autosuggest is also available. 11

map. FAST 12

Project application: Florida History Newspapers Geographical -- 651 Florida ǂz Amelia Island. ǂ2 fast Florida ǂz Pensacola. ǂ2 fast Chronological -- 648 1812 (May 18) *date issue Genre/Form -- 655 Sources. Cheat Sheet 650 7 History ǂ2 fast 655 7 Sources ǂ2 fast 651 7 Florida ǂ2 fast 648 7 [Chronological: ex. , 1818 (May)] 65017 [consult topic name entry in fast. oclc. org] 611 7 [Event, as in War of 1812, etc. ] Records and correspondence. ǂ2 fast Statutes and codes. ǂ2 fast Personal name -- 600 Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, ǂd 1777 -1849. ǂ2 fast Jackson, Andrew, ǂd 1767 -1845. ǂ2 fast Event -- 611 War of 1812. ǂ2 fast Cession of Florida to the United States (1819) 13

Fast and linked data Linked Data authorities are formatted using SKOS. Linked Data of FAST authorities incorporate links to corresponding LCSH authorities *updated twice a year

Linked data FAST Linked Data is the effort to make the meaning of information on the Web more understandable to computers. These Linked Data authorities are formatted using SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System). To download FAST data in RDF (linked data format N-triples) files (. zip: 250 MB) at http: //www. oclc. org/research/themes/datascience/fast/download. html Also available by individual facets. ***** Heading: Seminole War, 2 nd (1835 -1842) Controlled Heading Identifier: http: //id. worldcat. org/fast/1112331 611 2 7 Seminole War, 1 st ǂd (1817 -1818) ǂ2 fast ǂ0 (OCo. LC)fst 01112330

Cornell – ahead of the game CUL Discovery and Access – Release notes at: http: //blogs. cornell. edu/discoveryandaccess/

Summary q LCSH Vocabulary/Compatibility q Faceted q Hierarchical q Fully established q Linked!