You can use any controlled vocabulary you wish; be sure to include the
correct code in the "source" attribute to tell where it came from. For
example:
<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Vampires in
literature</subject>
<subject encodinganalog="650" source="mesh">Arnold-Chiari
Malformation</subject>
<subject encodinganalog="650" source="agrovoc">Earias
vittella</subject>
Note that if you're using MARC, the encodinganalog="650" should be
changed to encodinganalog="690" if the term isn't devised according to
one of the accepted thesauri.
You can find a useful list of the most common thesauri along with the
abbreviation for the source attribute here, in the Library of Congress
EAD pages: http://www.loc.gov/ead/tglib1998/tlatt1.html (scroll down to
"SOURCE").
Michele C.
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Michele R. Combs
Librarian for Manuscripts and Archives Processing
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Library
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-9758
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Hi everyone,
When indicating subject headings for EAD, should they conform to LCSH
(Anesthesiology-History) or can they be in the MeSH format
(Anesthesiology/history).
Thanks in advance for your help.
Felicia
Felicia A. Reilly, MALS
Archivist
The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
American Society of Anesthesiologists
520 N. Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, IL 60068
847-825-5586, Ext. 121
Fax: 847-825-1692
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