Information Organization Project
Queer Access Media
A project for which I created an information institute focused on media featuring queer characters and used Libib to create a sample database with ten novels. I describe my ideal database for this collection and compare it to the database I was able to create.
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“What I like best about this system that I created is that I made it possible to search the collection by queer identity. Because, while I did not include all of the identities within the community by a longshot, just having the option is a great feature that I would love to find in another system.
I wasn’t lying when I said that the queer community has a tendency to search by identity as much as we search by genre. It’s a feature that I think any library or information institution could utilize to their benefit, as it would bring more traffic if users are about to perform a more specialized search.”
The paper is structured as follows:
Project description
1.1. Collection and information objects
1.2. Users’ demographics and knowledge
1.3. Users’ problems and questions
Representation of information objects
2.1. Entity level
2.2. Metadata elements and semantics
2.3. Record structure and specifications
2.4. Record content and input rules
Access and authority control
Representation of information content
4.1. Subject access
4.2. Thesaurus structure
4.3. Classification scheme
System evaluation and development
5.1. SWOT
5.2. Change and development
Project summary
Appendices
A. Metadata elements and semantics
B. Record structure and specifications
C. Record content and input rules
D. Sample thesaurus
E. Classification scheme
F. Sample records