University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections & University of Alberta, School of Library and Information Studies Subject Access Points: Friend or Foe? Ka Yan Jacky Lai, MLIS Candidate (U of A) & Archives and Circulation Assistant (UBC) Why Subject Access Points Opportunities SAPs vs LibGuides Cultural groups (MemoryBC) (SAP)? • Increase discovery of holdings The purpos. [...] New SAPs and “SAPs are fundamental to any kind of document • Limitations of using existing SAPs from subdivisions are created to increase the level of retrieval” (Hjørland & Nielsen, 2001, p. [...] Cultural groups--Chinese (RBSC) • When to add subdivisions? Chinese Canadian history (RBSC) Physical Extent and SAP • Creating new SAPs - Vocabulary Family and personal life (MemoryBC) Hate groups (RBSC)• Defining scope of SAPs • Individuals (all ages), families In addition to assigning SAP, information related • Using two sets of SAPs for RBSC AtoM and • Friendships, personal relationships, home. [...] This type of information can be very private lives of families and individuals 60 and subdivisions valuable when: 50 40 Legacy SAPs Current SAPs • Developing outreach programs, Totem Poles First Nations--Totem Poles 30 • Communicating with stakeholders and donors Boats Transportation and utilities--Boats20 • Identifying strengths and weaknesses of Festivals Events and celebrations--Festivals10 Sex. [...] Also use for Acknowledgements such as Japanese and Chinese, as well as interpersonal romantic content created by or Many thanks to my colleagues Krisztina Laszlo and Claire mining and forestry for natural resources and about all sexual orientations and gender Williams for their guidance and support, and to Felicia de la industries.
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