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Sorry, I probably should have provided a bit more depth. It is a University Institutional Repository so we have a rather varied collection of materials from engineering to education to computer science to chiropractic to dental to some student theses and posters. So I guess I need to find something at is extensible. Does that provide a better idea or should I provide more info? On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Jacob Ratliff <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi Matt, > > It depends on the subject area of your repository. There are dozens of > controlled vocabularies that exist (not including specific Enterprise > Content Management controlled vocabularies). If you can describe your > collection, people might be able to advise you better. > > Jacob Ratliff > Archivist/Taxonomy Librarian > National Fire Protection Association > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Matthew Sherman > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > > Hello Code4Libbers, > > > > I am working on cleaning up our institutional repository, and one of the > > big areas of improvement needed is the list of terms from the subject > > fields. It is messy and I want to take the subject terms and place them > > into a much better order. I was contemplating using Library of Congress > > Subject Headings, but I wanted to see what others have done in this area > to > > see if there is another good controlled vocabulary that could work > better. > > Any insight is welcome. Thanks for your time everyone. > > > > Matt Sherman > > Digital Content Librarian > > University of Bridgeport > > >