A Dicey Situation: A Study of How Controlled Vocabularies Describe Tabletop Roleplaying Games

作者
Taylor Skelton Smith
出版日期
09 Feb 2024
內容

As popular culture has become an accepted aspect of study, academic interest has increased for tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). However, existing controlled vocabularies cannot accurately describe them, and this will decrease their discoverability in collections. This article surveys several controlled vocabularies that feature headings for TTRPGs and argues that their definitions, structures, and disambiguation between subject and genre/form fail to distinguish TTRPGs from other forms of roleplay or from works about TTRPGs. The author also offers possible short and long-term solutions for better implementing existing vocabularies in TTRPG records.

刊名
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
卷期
09 Feb 2024
頁數
1-25
關鍵字
Controlled vocabularies, roleplaying games, subject analysis, genre/form terms
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