19,633 research outputs found
EEBO in WorldCat Discovery
The presentation provides a descriptive overview of the UM Libraries' Early English Books Online (EEBO) cataloging project described in "A Case Study on the Path to Resource Discovery," in Information Technology and Libraries, 36:3 (2017). The project began as an attempt to adapt cataloging workflows to the new environment in which e-resources copy cataloging takes place within discovery system tools rather than MARC record set or individual record downloads into online catalog. The presentation covers EEBO’s relationship to scholarship and to cooperative cataloging. The presenter offers recommendations for maximizing existing bibliographic metadata to improve resource discovery and to open a dialogue with a goal to extend cooperative cataloging of EEBO resources beyond traditional lines
Cataloging Early English Books Online in WorldCat Discovery
“Cataloging Early English Books Online in WorldCat Discovery” was presented at the ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section’s (CaMMS) Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group program at the ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 24, 2018In late 2015, the University of Maryland Libraries initiated a cataloging project designed to ensure the discoverability of equivalent e-versions of its 5,062 cataloged microfilm resources in the series, Early English books, 1475-1640, and hoped to follow with its 41,306 resources in the Early English books, 1641-1700 series. The e-versions are held in ProQuest’s Early English Books Online (EEBO) collection. The project began as an attempt to adapt cataloging workflows to an environment in which e-resources copy cataloging takes place within discovery system tools rather than MARC record set or individual record downloads into online catalogs. The presentation considers EEBO’s relationship to scholarship and to cooperative cataloging; offers recommendations for maximizing WorldCat bibliographic metadata to improve resource discovery; and opens a dialogue to extend cooperative cataloging of EEBO resources beyond traditional lines
In Search of a New Model: Library Resource Sharing in China - A Comparative Study
This paper reviews the framework of library resource sharing (LRS) in China and examines, from a comparative perspective, cases of recent development, particularly in the 1990s and early 2000s. Highlights include: (1) historical review of LRS in the U.S. and China, particularly in the areas of print union catalogs and union lists, online bibliographic utilities, and interlibrary loan; (2) literature review of Chinese publications, and LRS issues and challenges in China; (3) Analysis of three LRS models to provide a contextual grasp of a paradigm shift taking place in China; and (4) comparative analysis of LRS objectives, structure, and governance, etc., in the U.S. and China. The study also underscores the imperative for building a national digital library system in China to gain a competitive edge in resource sharing and to support the country’s rapid social and economic growth. At this stage of development, the success of China Academic Library & Information System provides a convincing argument for a national digital library system with its methods of governing, financing, and development
Search Engines Giving You Garbage? Put A Corc In It, Implementing The Cooperative Online Resource Catalog
This paper presents an implementation strategy for adding Internet resources to a library online catalog using OCLC\u27s Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC). Areas of consideration include deciding which electronic resources to include in the online catalog and how to select them. The value and importance of pathfinders in creating electronic bibliographies and the role of library staff in updating them is introduced. Using an electronic suggestion form as a means of Internet resource collection development is another innovative method of enriching library collections. Education and training for cataloging staff on Dublin Core elements is also needed. Attention should be paid to the needs of distance learners in providing access to Internet resources. The significance of evaluating the appropriateness of Internet resources for library collections is emphasized
Evaluation of the Processing Centers
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A bibliographic metadata infrastructure for the twenty-first century
The current library bibliographic infrastructure was constructed in the early days of computers – before the Web, XML, and a variety of other technological advances that now offer new opportunities. General requirements of a modern metadata infrastructure for libraries are identified, including such qualities as versatility, extensibility, granularity, and openness. A new kind of metadata infrastructure is then proposed that exhibits at least some of those qualities. Some key challenges that must be overcome to implement a change of this magnitude are identified
Impact of Digital Technology on Library Resource Sharing: Revisiting LABELNET in the Digital Age
The digital environment has facilitated resource sharing by
breaking the time and distance barriers to efficient document delivery. However, for the librarians, this phenomenon has brought more challenging technical and technological issues demanding addition of more knowledge and skills to learn and new standards to develop. The overwhelming speed and growing volume of digital information is now becoming unable to acquire and manage
by single libraries. Resource sharing, which used to be a side business in the librarianship trade, is now becoming the flagship operation in the library projects
Serial Records: A Mechanism for Control
Consideration of serials has, to some extent, been pushed aside, allegedly
temporarily, as we have struggled for solutions to many other complex library
problems. The sheer volume of serial holdings in large research libraries and
the enormous resources required to gain control over them have caused
administrators to face what sometimes must seem like an intolerable dilemma.
They see the need for relieving a deteriorating situation, but they are
understandably reluctant to pour funds into what many of them view as a
bottomless pit.
At the same time the astronomic rise in the quantity of serial literature
in recent years cannot be ignored. Today the reputation of a research library
depends on its total holdings, and serials represent a very sizable portion of a
research collection. Some major libraries estimate that as much as
three-fourths of their holdings are serials, and it has been indicated that in
science and technology alone more than 50,000 serials are published
currently.
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It has always seemed something of a paradox to me that concentrated
attention to problems of serials controls has been so long delayed at a time in
our history when the scientists who are so dependent on them are more and
more active. Librarians have been quick to institute acquisitions arrangements
that would insure collection of the scientific and technical publications for
which the scientists have clamored. Yet one of the greatest disenchantments
of the scientific researcher for a very long time has been the lack of adequate
control over serial publications. He has not been timid either about expressing
his unhappiness as he has repeatedly asked why librarians have not been more
concerned about providing easier access to journals and their contents. Serials,
therefore, are very much with us and the problems of their control are not
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