Chronology in Cataloging Chinese Archaeological Reports: An Investigation of Cultural Bias in the Library of Congress Classification |
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| Authors: | Junli Diao Haiyun Cao |
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| Institution: | 1. The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, New York, USA;2. Bibliographic Services, York University, Toronto, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This article first examines cultural limitations embedded in the Eurocentric Library of Congress Classification and calls for catalogers' sensitivity to authors' cultural background while cataloging the Bronze China archaeological materials. It then discusses the ambiguity in Library of Congress Subject Headings Manual H1225 and presents a debate on the necessity of including Chinese dynastic information in constructing subject headings through comparing facets extracted from this manual and title patterns of Chinese archaeological reports. Furthermore, this article elaborates the significance of the chronological issue from three different perspectives: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology headings, local library users' need, and next-generation catalogs. |
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| Keywords: | Catalogers cataloging subject cataloging classification classification systems Library of Congress Classification Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) |
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