Original scientific paper
Inter-indexing consistency in subject heading of electronic materials in Croatian public libraries’ WebPAC-s
Kornelija Petr Balog
; Filozofski fakultet J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Inge Majlinger Tanocki
; Gradska i sveučilišna knjižnica Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
It is assumed that indexing consistency will greatly increase users’ chances of finding a required document. Indexing consistency is a well researched and analyzed concept in Western countries, but in the field of Library and information science in Croatian it is relatively new. This paper presents findings of a research of the public library indexing consistency of electronic resources (or their analogue counterparts) conducted in three Croatian union catalogs (CROLIST, MetelWIN, and ZaKi). Two methods were used to calculate inter-indexer consistency: one posited by Hooper (1965), and the other by Rolling (1981). Inter-indexing consistency was calculated for a sample of 44 bibliographic records contained in all three catalogues. The research has shown that the average consistency was extremely low: 8.72% using Hooper’s method, and 11.20% using Rolling’s.
Keywords
indexing consistency; CROLIST; MetelWIN; ZaKi; subject analysis; electronic resources; public libraries
Hrčak ID:
142252
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Publication date:
16.3.2015.
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