Outsourcing Cataloging at the University of Maryland, College Park: Problems and Opportunities

For the University of Maryland Libraries, a major outsourcing initiative began in late 2011 following an earlier implementation of WorldCat Local as a discovery tool: the transitioning from MARC record set loads of electronic resources collections into the local catalog to e-resource collection activations in the WorldCat knowledge base ending with the adoption of WorldCat Discovery and link resolver in July 2015, resulting in a highly automated and outsourced environment. During this time, e-resource cataloging processes shifted as the responsible units underwent a hand-full of reorganizations resulting in, as of April 2017, the formation of four units within Collections Services (formerly known as Technical Services): Acquisitions and Data Services, Continuing Resources and Database Management, Discovery and Metadata Services, and Original and Special Collections Cataloging. This latter reorganization brought relief with the creation of a new Discovery Librarian position. During these transitions, e-resource maintenance remained a constant challenge for personnel across unit lines. We have found, however, that with new skills brought by the Discovery Librarian such as programming and data-manipulation added to old-fashioned competencies, such as communication skills, institutional memory, and a good sense of humor, the challenges have become manageable, and may even offer new opportunities

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

Management of E-Resources Cataloging Workflows at the University of Maryland, College Park

In 2011, one of the authors, a staff member of the Metadata Services Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, created an electronic resources cataloging management database (ERCM) to manage the details of MARC record set loads to the online catalog. After attending the NISO Standards update session entitled “The NISO ERM Data Standards and Best Practices Review” presentation at the 2012 Annual Conference of the American Library Association, at which cataloging workflow support was referred to as a problem area in electronic resources management, she decided to follow up with an investigation of the nature of the problem and to explore its relevancy to the ERCM. This article will inform metadata services departments about the management of constantly changing electronic resources cataloging workflows and also discuss cataloging workflow as it pertains to Electronic Resources Management System (ERMS) development

Are we there yet? Electronic Resources Discovery in WorldCat

In 2012 the UMD Libraries began implementing WorldShare Collection Manager to manage the Libraries’ electronic collections and to make them accessible in the Libraries’ discovery system, WorldCat UMD. The panel will discuss how our understanding of WorldCat Discovery (WCD) informs our work to make the Libraries' resources available to students, faculty, staff, and others who rely on OCLC catalog records for library resource discovery. Our discussion will: provide background information on WCD; discuss its advantages and disadvantages; highlight cross-departmental collaboration and workflows; and finally, discuss new work in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, in particular, work to implement the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service, and to make undiscoverable and important electronic resources, such as the Adam Matthew Digital American Indian Histories and Cultures collection discoverable and accessible

Study of the Libraries’ Information and Research Services

In spring 2011 Public Services Division Mangers charged the Information and Research Services Team (IRST) to analyze and make recommendations for service improvement for all areas of Information and Research Services. IRST conducted surveys, interviews, literature review and an environmental scan of University of Maryland Libraries and other institutions in order to assess and evaluate the current information services situation and collect information for the following recommendation. In the ‘Considerations’ and ‘Recommendations’ sections, IRST identified the following areas that need to be modified: staffing, technology and physical spaces. The appendices section of this report contains the charge and a summary of findings

Evaluating Nurses' Implementation of an Infant-Feeding Counseling Protocol for HIV-Infected Mothers: The Ban Study in Lilongwe, Malawi

A process evaluation of nurses’ implementation of an infant-feeding counseling protocol was conducted for the Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral and Nutrition (BAN) Study, a prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV clinical trial in Lilongwe, Malawi. Six trained nurses counseled HIV-infected mothers to exclusively breastfeed for 24 weeks postpartum and to stop breastfeeding within an additional four weeks. Implementation data were collected via direct observations of 123 infant feeding counseling sessions (30 antenatal and 93 postnatal) and interviews with each nurse. Analysis included calculating a percent adherence to checklists and conducting a content analysis for the observation and interview data. Nurses were implementing the protocol at an average adherence level of 90% or above. Although not detailed in the protocol, nurses appropriately counseled mothers on their actual or intended formula milk usage after weaning. Results indicate that nurses implemented the protocol as designed. Results will help to interpret the BAN Study’s outcomes

Effect of cytomegalovirus infection on breastfeeding transmission of HIV and on the health of infants born to HIV-infected mothers

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can be acquired in utero or postnatally through horizontal transmission and breastfeeding. The effect of postnatal CMV infection on postnatal HIV transmission is unknown

Plasma Micronutrient Concentrations Are Altered by Antiretroviral Therapy and Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements in Lactating HIV-Infected Malawian Women

Background: Little is known about the influence of antiretroviral therapy with or without micronutrient supplementation on the micronutrient concentrations of HIV-infected lactating women in resource-constrained settings

Adherence to extended postpartum antiretrovirals is associated with decreased breast milk HIV-1 transmission

Estimate association between postpartum antiretroviral adherence and breastmilk HIV-1 transmissio