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Change or Die Alan Deutschman. Principle-Centered Leadership Stephen R. Emotional Intelligence 2. Extreme Ownership: How U. Views Total views. Actions Shares. No notes for slide. SLSH ppt 1. Since the first edition in , the Sears List has served the unique needs of small and medium- sized libraries, suggesting headings appropriate for use in their catalogs and providing patterns and instructions for adding new headings as they are required. The successive editors of the List have faced need to accommodate change while maintaining a sound continuity.

The new and revised headings in each edition reflect developments in the material catalogued, in the use of the English languages, and in cataloguing theory and practice. In these tools, you often see a controlled vocabulary in the form of 'subject headings' or 'descriptors'. These subject headings are applied to each resource to describe the topic areas of the document.

What is the Sears List of Subject Headings? The Sears List of Subject Headings popularly called the Sears List is a known tool for assigning standardized subject headings to all types of documents in a general small libraries having up to 20, titles in all subjects. In Pakistani and Indian conditions it is suitable for public, college and small university libraries.

Research, special and large libraries may not find it adequate or detailed enough for subject cataloguing their collections. The Sears List of Subject Headings is a thesaurus-like database delivering a core list of headings, together with patterns and examples to guide the cataloger in creating further headings as needed.

Sears List of Subject Headings, first published by Minnie Earl Sears in , has served as a standard authority list for subject cataloging in small and medium-sized libraries, delivering a basic list of essential headings, together with patterns and examples to guide the cataloger in creating further headings as needed. It is available as a print publication and an online database.

The headings can be used for transmitting information between trading partners, as search terms in bibliographic databases, as access points for database searching and as shelving guides. There are also scope notes in Sears that identify any headings in the area of literature that may be assigned to individual works of drama, fiction, poetry, etc.

The classification numbers in this edition of Sears are taken from the Abridged WebDewey , the continuously updated online version of the Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification. The numbers are intended only to direct the cataloger to a place in the DDC schedules where material on that subject is often found.

They are not intended as a substitute for consulting the schedules, notes, and manual of the DDC itself when classifying a particular item. The relationship between subject headings and classification is further discussed in the Principles of the Sears List.

Usually only one number is assigned to a subject heading. In some cases, however, when a subject can be treated in more than one discipline, the subject is then given more than one number in the List. The heading Chemical industry , for example, is given two numbers, Classification numbers are not assigned to a few very general subject headings, such as Charters, Exhibitions, Hallmarks , and Identification , which cannot be classified unless a specific application is identified.

The alphabetic notation of B for individual biographies is occasionally provided in addition to Dewey classification numbers for such materials. Numbers in the s and s prefixed by a C are given as optional numbers for topics in Canadian literature. The Dewey numbers given in Sears are extended as far as is authorized by the Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification , which is seldom more than four places beyond the decimal point. When an item being classified has a particular form or geographic specificity, the number may be extended by adding form and geographic subdivisions from the Dewey tables.

Only a few examples of built numbers are given in Sears, such as For a discussion of close and broad classification and for instructions on building numbers from the Dewey tables, the cataloger should consult the introduction to the most recent edition of the Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index. Capitalization and the forms of corporate and geographic names used as examples are based on the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules , 2nd ed. The filing of entries is alphabetical by main heading, with subheadings following, also alphabetically.

This is a change from the filing of the twentieth edition, but catalogers should note that they are not obligated to change the order used in their library. Corporate name headings for corporate entities within other entities, such as United States, Army , are interfiled with the subdivisions for the main corporate heading.

Every term in the List that may be used as a subject heading is printed in boldface type whether it is a main term; a term in a Use reference; a broader, narrower, or related term; or an example in a scope note or general reference. If a term is not printed in boldface type, it is not used as a heading.

Minnie Earl Sears prepared the first edition of this work in response to demands for a list of subject headings that was better suited to the needs of the small library than the existing American Library Association and Library of Congress lists. Published in , the List of Subject Headings for Small Libraries was based on the headings used by nine small libraries that were known to be well cataloged. In the second edition she added See also references at the request of teachers of cataloging who were using the List as a textbook.

Isabel Stevenson Monro edited the fourth and fifth editions. A new feature of the fourth edition was the inclusion of Dewey Decimal Classification numbers as applied in the Standard Catalog for Public Libraries.

The new subjects added to the List were based on those used in the Standard Catalog Series and on the catalog cards issued by the H. Wilson Company. The sixth , seventh , and eighth editions were prepared by Bertha M. Independent research library activities : using the Dewey decimal system. Cataloging nonbook resources : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians. Includes bibliographical references p. Subject headings for children : a list of subject headings used by the Library of Congress with abridged Dewey numbers added.

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