User Study: Implementation of OCLC FAST Subject Headings in the Lafayette Digital Repository

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 reposit...

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Published inCataloging & classification quarterly Vol. 61; no. 5-6; pp. 579 - 589
Main Author Zimmerman, Nora
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 18.08.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
controlled vocabularies
digital repositories
linked data
OCLC FAST
open-source software
Samvera
subject headings
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Summary: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 complicated by several features of in-scope metadata as well as gaps in available controlled subject authorities.
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ISSN:0163-9374
1544-4554
DOI:10.1080/01639374.2023.2207566