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I run the techie side of http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/ and we use dc.subject: (*) We ask for at least three depositor-supplied keywords (*) When a depositor uses creative spelling in any of the depositor-supplied fields, we add standard spelling as a dc.subject (*) When any field uses non-English language terms we add an English term as a dc.subject (*) When any field uses English language terms to refer to non-English subjects, we add a dc.subject with the native-language term (*) We have some hacky stuff in vuwschema.subject.* which the DSpace development team have told use to keep hacky while they migrate to http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/ in the next couple of releases. We'd love to have the resources to do proper subject classification, because it would be a huge enabler of deep interoperability. cheers stuart On 31/08/13 01:36, Matthew Sherman wrote: > 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 >>> >> > -- Stuart Yeates Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/