[game_preservation] Descriptive terms for Video Games

[Alex Handy]

Hey Richard. My wife is a fledgeling librarian, and she constantly complains
about the Library of Congress' methods of categorization.

Rather than emulating them, perhaps something similar to the Dewey system
could be formulated. We could start with broad topics, such as the genres,
then refine those into sub-words....

Something like the strategy genre could then be refined into sub-categories:
turn-based, real-time, fast-paced, plodding, tactical, multi-tasking, etc...

Perhaps another idea would be to refine the tags used in existing online
game listings. Giant Bomb and Moby Games sort of have tag clouds....
kinda.... http://www.giantbomb.com/

Giant Bomb has "concepts." Might be a good starting point:
http://www.giantbomb.com/concepts/

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Pugh, Richard <rpugh at loc.gov> wrote:


> Greetings, all.

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> Some of us at NAVCC are building an archival collection of video games,

> both console and platform based.  We are cataloging the items using

> conventional machine-readable cataloging records, and the standardized

> Americal Library  Association descriptive rules for computer files.

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> While the descriptive aspect of this project is doing very well, we are

> having some trouble with subject analysis and genre selection.  We have

> found the Library of Congress subject headings to be sorely lacking, and the

> new Library of Congress genre form headings are (so far) a minimal

> improvement.  We're looking into using a different thesaurus of descriptive

> terms, or, developing our own list.  Has anyone in here found or developed a

> thesaurus (or term list) for describing video games?  If so, I would be

> interested to know more about such lists.

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> Thank you,

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> Richard J. Pugh

>

> Motion Picture, Broadcast, & Recorded Sound Division

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> National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress

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> (202) 707-6636 / rpugh at loc.gov

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