Abstract
The Subject Analysis Committee Subcommittee on FAST of the Association for Library Collections&Technical Services (ALCTS) was established in the fall of 2004 to explore issues related to the implementation of the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) subject heading schema. FAST is being developed at the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and is derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) with a simplified syntax. This paper is based on comments by the Subject Analysis Committee Subcommittee on FAST, which reviewed a sample of 5,000 bibliographic records with both LCSH and FAST headings. It provides the library community with some understanding of FAST, a new system of subject cataloging and metadata.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 91-110 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Cataloging and Classification Quarterly |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 18 2008 |
Keywords
- Chronological facet
- FAST
- Form facet
- Geographic facet
- LCSH
- Names facets
- Topical facet
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Library and Information Sciences