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

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Taylor S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T15:10:35Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T15:10:35Z
dc.date.copyright© 2024 Taylor & Francis
dc.date.issued2024-02-09
dc.description.abstractAs 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.
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dc.identifier.citationTaylor Skelton Smith (2024) A Dicey Situation: A Study of How Controlled Vocabularies Describe Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/01639374.2024.2308117
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01639374.2024.2308117
dc.identifier.issn1544-4554
dc.identifier.orcid0009-0001-1966-6457
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/13108
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
dc.subjectRoleplaying games
dc.subjectSubject analysis
dc.subject.lcshSubject headings
dc.subject.lcshForm headings
dc.titleA Dicey Situation: A Study of How Controlled Vocabularies Describe Tabletop Roleplaying Games
dc.typeArticle
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