Converting Ulrich’s™ Subject Headings to FAST Headings: A Feasibility Study

This paper presents a study that assessed the feasibility of applying the approach of the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST), an initiative of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), to records in the Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory.™ The goal is to determine whether a simplified application of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), as illustrated by FAST, would benefit the Ulrich’s system. This feasibility study found that although a few problems were encountered in the process, overall the FAST database was useful for converting Ulrich’s subject headings into FAST headings