Library and Archives Canada and OCLC announce that Canadian Subject Headings are now included as part of OCLC's Terminologies Service

Canadian Subject Headings (CSH) is an English-language vocabulary that has been created specifically for the Canadian context, intended to align with and supplement Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library and Archives Canada develops and maintains this list, and uses it (along with Library of Congress Subject Headings and Université Laval's Répertoire de vedettes-matière) to provide subject headings for bibliographic records in Canadiana, the national bibliography, and in the AMICUS database. Canadian Subject Headings is available online at Library and Archives Canada’s Web site and is now included as part of the OCLC Terminologies Service.

OCLC’s Terminologies Service (www.oclc.org/ca/en/terminologies/default.htm) provides access to multiple controlled vocabularies to help you create consistent metadata for your library, museum, or archive collections. The Terminologies Service can be integrated with Connexion or used as a standalone tool to copy terms into a variety of metadata editors. Contact OCLC in Canada for more information by calling 1-888-658-6583, or e-mail canada@oclc.org.

Liz McKeen
Director, Resource Description Division
Published Heritage
Library and Archives Canada