ABSTRACT
SUMMARY. In 1991 work began at Warsaw University Library to establish an online catalog. One of the first issues faced was choosing an indexing language and subject heading system that would meet the requirements of, and use the capabilities of, an automated library system with authority control. From a variety of types of indexing languages reviewed, a subject heading system was chosen, and it was decided to make it compatible with the two most important and widely-used foreign systems, the American Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and the French Répertoire d’ autorité-matière encyclopédique et alphabétique unifié (RAMEAU). The new Polish subject heading system was called KABA, “Katalogi automatyczne bibliotek akademickich” (Academic libraries’ automated catalogs), and is now used by many major academic libraries in Poland. KABA headings, written in USMARC format, can be automatically translated into RAMEAU or LCSH headings. The author describes the procedure for creating and verifying new headings by member libraries. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <https://getinfo@haworthpressinc.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">getinfo@haworthpressinc.com> Website: <https://www.HaworthPress.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.HaworthPress.com> © 2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
