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Subject indexing in an institutional repository

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posted on 2023-06-12, 07:24 authored by Clare PlayforthClare Playforth
I've been a cataloguer for some years but have only just started training to become an indexer with the Society of Indexers. I can now see that there are many parallels between cataloguing and indexing and I am often expanding my knowledge of one activity through the other. The clearest example of a task in which the two areas are intertwined is when I classify theses in our institutional repository. Our current repository platform is EPrints using the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set. This allows us to assign subjects to research outputs so that they are indexed and available to users through access points in our discovery layer (Primo). I’m going to avoid discussion about the systems involved here and their interaction with each other and am going to focus on the details of this task and try to understand some of the benefits and flaws of the current workflow.

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Catalogue & Index

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2399-9667

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Cataloguing and Indexing Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

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192

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17-19

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2018-09-13

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-10-08

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-09-12

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