preliminary planning notes

Goal: Mass conversion from LCSH to FAST

Benefits

• simplified methodology for controlled subject vocabulary
• faceted-navigation-friendly for improved broad-based browsing

Projects

• Woodson -- Archivist toolkit and finding aids - Fall 2013

Future IR projects - 2014

• Rice University Historical Images
• Other University archives collections and Woodson manuscripts - minimum LCSH terms applied. Suitable as first IR  pilot (e.g. testing of conversion tools and methods, etc.)
• Special collections (*) with heavy LCSH terms applied: Americas Archive, TIMEA and Voyage au Brésil (manuscript collection that has subjects inline with OAAP AP)

(*) NB:  Project scope included in-depth subject analysis, so may need to retain LCSH terms and add FAST.

References

FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/fast.html