Essays about: "LCSH"

Found 3 essays containing the word LCSH.

  1. 1. Power Structures in the Age of Sanatoria : A digital examination of historical patient experience in Mörsil, Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Elin Hansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sanatoriums LCSH ; Patient satisfaction LCSH ; Tuberculosis patients’ writings LCSH ; Tuberculosis--History LCSH ; Archival Materials--Digitization LCSH .; Sanatorier; Patientupplevelse; Tuberkulos; Digitalisering.;

    Abstract : Introduction. This thesis examines historical patients’ experiences of staying in sanatoria in Mörsil, Sweden, with a special focus on power structures within the institution. READ MORE

  3. 2. How Worldly is the World Digital Library? : Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis of the Library of Congress Subject Headings

    University essay from

    Author : Woody Oliphant; [2019]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Global North; Localization; KOS; LCSH; Metadata; African cultural heritage; World Digital Libra;

    Abstract : Based on previous researchers’ criticism of Euro-American bias inherent to universal analogue and digital knowledge organisation systems, this combined qualitative and quantitative postcolonial critical discourse analysis investigates the constructed meanings behind the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) controlled vocabulary hosted by the Word Digital Library’s (WDL) metadata scheme. This is done with a sample of metadata pertaining to their African cultural heritage collection. READ MORE

  4. 3. How Worldly is the World Digital Library? : Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis of the Library of Congress Subject Headings

    University essay from

    Author : Woody Oliphant; [2019]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Global North; Localization; KOS; LCSH; Metadata; African cultural heritage; World Digital Library;

    Abstract : Based on previous researchers’ criticism of Euro-American bias inherent to universal analogue and digital knowledge organisation systems, this combined qualitative and quantitative postcolonial critical discourse analysis investigates the constructed meanings behind the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) controlled vocabulary hosted by the Word Digital Library’s (WDL) metadata scheme. This is done with a sample of metadata pertaining to their African cultural heritage collection. READ MORE