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Finnish National Thesaurus YSA

Finnish National Thesaurus YSA. Used by libraries, archives, museums, virtual libraries On the web with good search interface 14.000 terms, 3.000 UFs Maintained by Helsinki University Library = National Library of Finland National guidelines for monolingual thesaurus (ISO 2788-1986).

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Finnish National Thesaurus YSA

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  1. Finnish National Thesaurus YSA • Used by libraries, archives, museums, virtual libraries • On the web with good search interface • 14.000 terms, 3.000 UFs • Maintained by Helsinki University Library = National Library of Finland • National guidelines for monolingual thesaurus (ISO 2788-1986)

  2. Maintenance procedure • Users send term suggestions to the maintenance group • Maintenance group keeps a list of them • Compares suggestions to earlier relevant terms, consults experts, reference books, Internet, Finnish Language Office

  3. Maintenance procedure • New terms or changes decided by a meeting of 12-13 information specialists, 4-5 times a year • Changes: not easy since established and used extensively (20 yrs) • Maintenance database: new suggestions plus a record of suggestions which have not been included, for later reference

  4. Challenges • Two official languages - Swedish version called Allärs • Balance between different fields of study • Specificity - generality • Historical terms • New terminology • 10 translations for ’empowerment’

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