Digital Services at the MU Libraries

Description of some of the digitization services provided at the University of Missouri--Columbia Libraries, including scanning and making digital objects available. Screen shots of the legacy system and a new system being tested (Islandora) were shown

OCLC : an overview of interesting and useful products and services

Presentation at the 2019 MOBIUS Annual Conference.From WorldShare Management Services (WMS) to the Digital Collection Gateway to the new Library 100, OCLC products and services continue to expand and to provide opportunities for increasing access to library collections. Presenters will give overviews of: 1) Major OCLC products, such as WorldCat Management Services and the Digital Collections Gateway; 2) Products OCLC has created using WorldCat metadata, such as WorldCat Identities and The Library 100; and 3) Other good to know OCLC activities and services that support libraries. Rather than giving an in depth description for any one service or product, this will be a quick overview and introduction to several, with pointers to additional information

Establishing Personal and Corporate Name Headings with RDA

Behind-the-scenes metadata work assists our users in finding library resources. Determining the searchable form of names for people and corporate entities (aka authority work) is an important part of this metadata work. A unique form of name differentiates different people with the same name and brings together the works of a person who has used different forms of a name. This benefits users of online library catalogs and digital repositories. This session will cover the Resource Description and Access (RDA) principles and instructions for determining forms of personal and corporate names. In addition, changes between AACR2 rules and RDA instruction, recent RDA changes, and new elements in Library of Congress Name Authority File records will be covered

What's new in cataloging, 2014

This presentation provided an overview of changes in cataloging standards and practices since June 2013. It was presented at the MOBIUS Annual Conference on June 3, 2014 in Columbia, Missouri

Hidden treasures in the library : bridging the gap with digitized resources

Poster presented at the Missouri Library Association Annual Conference, October 5, 2017, St. Louis, Missouri.Poster presentation that reviews three single-title digitization projects completed at the University of Missouri libraries in response to user requests. Lessons Learned: 1) There really is not a bad candidate for digitization. As seen with the Paisa Akhbar, even resources with some missing text can be valuable to a researcher. The Book of Hours project allowed us to contribute a digital resource researchers indicated was needed. The University of Missouri Songs project reminded us just how quickly some resources can be taken from print to digital with a small amount of effort while yielding a large impact on the digital resource world. 2) It pays to build in time for spur-of-the-moment and special requests. In doing so, we've built positive relationships with our stakeholders and colleagues, built a reputation for being responsive to user needs, and are providing access to unique materials

Developing an OER textbook : the fun, the frustrations, and the progress

Presentation slides (50 slides)Presentation made at the March 2021 Missouri Affordable & Open Educational Resources Symposium held virtually March 3-5, 2021, sponsored by the University of Missouri--Kansas City, University of Missouri--St. Louis, and the University of Missouri--Columbia.Hoping to improve on available options with a high quality, locally created free resource, the presenters received UM system funding and support to coordinate the creation of an open educational resource (OER) textbook. The OER would be for use in the graduate level class Organization of Information at the MU iSchool, the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. The presentation begins by discussing the project’s initial goals and slow start, including practical limitations such as challenges of determining a platform and restricted performance of available options. The presenters will also describe the help they received through the MU office of Course Design & Technology, and additional support they might need. The OER textbook was partially rolled out during the spring 2020 semester. A complete Version 1.0 of the OER entirely replaced the commercially produced textbook in fall 2020, with additional edits to follow. This presentation will demonstrate the OER as it currently stands, providing a concrete look at how the authors interpreted OER functionalities and what might be done differently going forward. Finally, the presenters will also assess the use of the OER so far, including student reactions and subsequent edits, and they will describe future plans for its future rollout as a stand alone OER

The whats, whys and hows of collection level cataloging

Presentation at the 6th Annual MOBIUS Users Conference, June 8, 2005 at the Lake of the Ozarks, MissouriTitle from PDF title page, viewed on March 16, 201

What's New in Cataloging 2012?

This presentation provided an overview of changes in cataloging standards and practices since June 2011. It was presented at the MOBIUS Annual Conference on June 6, 2012 in Columbia, Missouri

Keeping up with scholarly identity : networks, identifiers, and metrics

Poster presented at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Missouri Library Association.A host of resources and tools are used to organize research, demonstrate value, and build communities. Researchers and librarians need to understand the pros and cons of each. This poster gives an overview of some options

The Author and the Person: A Foucauldian Reflection on the Author in Knowledge Organization Systems

Based on Foucault’s exploration of the author-function, the current study investigates knowledge organization systems’ treatment of persons. FRBR and FRAD do well to extend the information in library authority records beyond the personal name as a character string to include attributes of the person, yet aspects of the person as an author and of her author-function are still lacking. This paper briefly compares RDA/MARC and other current initiatives, and finds that Europeana, AustLit, The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries, and DBpedia all have the potential to record both attributes and relationships in authority records for persons. We conclude that additional attributes, relationships, and the previously unused category of events are pivotal to moving toward more Foucault-friendly KOSs in libraries