An assessment of the Splošni slovenski geslovnik (Slovenian general list of subject headings), published by the National and University Library (NUK) in 2000, is dealt with in this article. The analysis of the NUK subject headings list is made in the light of individual principles comprised in 1999 IFLA’s Principles Underlying Subject Heading Languages (SHLs).
The paper describes the first steps in the introduction of the authority control for personal and corporate names, and editing of the CONOR, V5.1 authority database. It also gives an account on activities related to the preparation of the COBISS General List of Subject Headings.
The article addresses the issue of the cataloguing rules used in Slovenia within the COBISS shared cataloguing system. The outdated cataloguing codes (PPIAK, AIK), and undocumented updates, modifications, and cataloguing practice from the last 14 years have created in the time of high-speed technological changes more and more difficulties in the development and operation of the COBISS system.
Within the framework of the Ministry of Science and Technology the Branch Information Centres for biomedicine, biotechniques, social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and engineering have taken on a task to prepare a general unified list of subject headings for the COBISS system.
