[SAC-FAST] Re: Sample of 5,000 records with FAST headings

[qiangjin at uiuc.edu]

Hello everyone,

I am sending you two word files with a sample of 5,000 
original records and a sample of 5,000 records with FAST 
headings (LCSH headings removed). We will look at the file of 
a sample of 5,000 records with FAST headings. The file with a 
sample of 5,000 original records is there in case we have 
questions. We will discuss our questions at ALA Annual 
meeting in Chicago.

1. Please review the records by your names. Let me know if 
you have any questions.

Qiang Jin (100-440)
Laura Akerman (441-820)
Sherman Clarke (821-1200)
Lynn El-Hoshy (1201-1580)
Shelby E. Harken (1581-1960)
Stephen Hearn (1960-2340)
Shannon Hoffman (2341- 2720)
Gertrude Koh (2721-3100)
Pat Lawton (3101-3480)
Jimmie Lundgren (3481-3860)
John Maier (3861-4240)
Arlene Taylor (4241-4620)
Noelle Van Pulis (4621-5000)

2. I am sending you Arlene’s methodology again and we are 
going to follow #1 to #5 now. 

1). Do the FAST headings as a group seem to cover the
"aboutness" of the item?  (This will be difficult because
we'll have only the bib record.  We can't count on the title
to be explicit enough to give us the "aboutness."  If there's
a contents note or a summary, that
will help.)

2). If the topical headings have topical subdivisions, do they
appear to be properly constructed?

3). If there are geographic headings, 
 a. Does each one cover the whole of the item being described,
or doesone or more geographics cover only a part of the
"aboutness"?
 b. Do the geographic headings make sense as constructed in
indirect order?

4). If there are personal and/or corporate names, 
a. Do they seem to represent the "aboutness" of the item?  
b. Is the entire item about the person or corporate body, or
just a part of the item?  
c. Do topical subjects associated with the person or corporate
body (that would have been subdivisions following the name)
make sense by themselves?

5). If there are form or genre headings, 
a. Does each one represent the whole of the item being
described, or does one or more form/genre heading apply to
only a portion of the item?  
b. Is the term that is coded as form/genre truly
representative of the form of the item, or is the item "about"
that form/genre concept?

6).If there are chronological headings, do the time periods
make sense for the item being described?  (Given the way these
examples will be created,
i.e., deconstructing LCSH, the chronological headings will
represent LCSH time periods, not the exact period covered by
the item as FAST is intended to do; so I'm not sure what we
can evaluate here.)

3. Write down your questions. We will discuss them at our 
meeting at ALA Annual in Chicago. You could also send your 
questions to the subcommittee list before the meeting.

4. Below is the instruction how to open the documents. 

The FAST wiki is at:

http://wip.dublincore.org/fastwiki/

User name: fast
Password:  fast

This will take you to a page which has links to the FAST 
resource page, a brief background on FAST and links to the 2 
word documents.  They can either be viewed online or 
downloaded to a pc.  The download shouldn't take more than a 
minute or two for each document.  

Thanks!

Qiang