Language Subject Access to Indigenous Materials: The Philippine Cordillera Case

Limitations of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in assigning subject access terms for Philippine Cordillera materials are presented. A number of Indigenous terms that have no American or English language equivalent are described, as well as issues with spelling variations, nomenclatur...

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Published inCataloging & classification quarterly Vol. 60; no. 3-4; pp. 297 - 314
Main Author Villanueva, Cristina B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 12.07.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Academic libraries
Cordillera Indigenous materials
Cordillera Region
Indexing
language subject access terms
Library cataloging
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Philippines
University of the Philippines Baguio Library
Philippines
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Summary:Limitations of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in assigning subject access terms for Philippine Cordillera materials are presented. A number of Indigenous terms that have no American or English language equivalent are described, as well as issues with spelling variations, nomenclature, and local terms in the different languages and dialects. With the cataloging and indexing policy of University of the Philippines System Libraries adopting the use of LCSH and assigning broader concepts to local terms when no translation and specific representations exist, low findability of materials is expected. Steps to address the problems and solutions to improve searching are discussed and recommended.
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ISSN:0163-9374
1544-4554
DOI:10.1080/01639374.2022.2075512