Coping with Vendor Supplied Ebook & Streaming Video MARC Records

This presentation was given as part of the Ex Libris Users of North America (ELUNA) 2015 conference, held May 6-8, 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Vendors of databases of ebooks or streaming video frequently supply free MARC records for the individual titles within your subscription. You may need to edit these records to improve their quality and/or to add local information to ensure access, e.g. proxy prefix. Unfortunately, maintenance of these records doesn’t end once you’ve loaded the file into your catalog. For example, new titles may be added or deleted from the collection or you’re notified that the URLs have changed because the vendor has a new platform. This session will cover how to use the Tasks tool in MarcEdit to manage repetitive edits to MARC records prior to loading into your ILS and some tips for handling the ongoing maintenance of electronic records, e.g. Voyager batch load profiles, MS Access queries, etc

Aeon Flux: Transforming with Technology

Libraries frequently turn to new technologies to improve the user’s experience. This could be something as simple as a macro that speeds up data entry for catalogers to implementing a new discovery system. New technologies can result in a positive transformation for the organization or unit, but the process of implementing a new technology across an organization can be challenging. The Kenneth Spencer Research Library, the special collections library at the University of Kansas, has implemented Aeon, an online circulation system that not only gets rid of the need for paper call slips, but also facilitates data-driven management decisions for all areas of the library. Aeon has improved our users’ experience and transformed our workflows. This case study will address the reasons why we chose Aeon, how we developed new workflows, staff training and our plans for encouraging more data driven decisions

RDA and the Copy Cataloger

Catalogers in academic libraries are facing a fundamental change in our guidelines and instructions on formulating descriptions for our library resources. A new cataloging standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA), has been developed as a replacement for the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. This new standard is based on the conceptual models of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Data) and FRAD (Functional Requirements for Authority Data). The new standard and its online toolkit were tested over a 9-month period (July 1–December 31, 2010) by the Library of Congress and 26 additional partners. The Library of Congress, National Library of Medicine, and National Agricultural library announced in June 2011 that they have decided that RDA should be implemented no sooner than January 2013. However, that does not mean there are not already RDA bibliographic records in our cataloging utilities with plans in the offing to add more. This paper gives a review of RDA development along with a description of how the University of Kansas prepared and trained copy catalogers to handle RDA bibliographic and authority records during the RDA test period (October 1, 2010–January 1, 2011) and our plans for ongoing training during this interim period prior to full implementation

Your Division of Agriculture Reports

This report, prepared by Roy M. Kottman, associate dean for resident instruction in agriculture, indicaates that education will have an increasing obligation and role in aiding and guiding our farm youth in the years ahead

Chemoprevention for Primary Breast Cancer Risk Reduction for Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer: Implementing an Evidence-Based Recommendation

This capstone project was an evidence-based quality improvement project with three objectives: (a) to understand current practice of primary breast cancer chemoprevention in an integrated health system; (b) to evaluate the most current evidence available and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s (2013) Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction recommendation; and (c) to plan for implementation of the recommendation as a clinical practice guideline and evaluate the guideline outcomes through a future pilot study. The pilot study was not part of the capstone but included for planning purposes. Evidence exists of the effectiveness of selective estrogen receptor modulators and aromatase inhibitors for risk reduction of primary breast cancer for women at high risk for the development of breast cancer. Recommendations have been published by national prevention and oncology organizations advocating use of these pharmacologic agents in the high-risk female population. Despite good evidence, the use of medications to prevent breast cancer among women at high risk has not been put into practice. Local data support that women at high risk of breast cancer have not been educated about nor offered medications to reduce their risk. A Delphi method was used to understand obstacles to recommendation of chemoprevention and strategies to facilitate discussions with high-risk women. The development and implementation of a clinical practice guideline for breast cancer risk reduction would increase use of current evidence consistent with national standards of care, inform women of options for breast cancer risk reduction, and engage healthcare providers in shared decision-making with women relevant to breast cancer risks

Pathways to Progress

Commencement address given by Roy M. Kottman, Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Executive Dean for Agriculture, Home Economics and Natural Resources, to the Spring 1982 graduating class of The Ohio State University, Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, June 11, 1982

Use and Usability of a Discovery Tool in an Academic Library

In order to assess the use and usability of a new discovery tool, staff at the University of Kansas Libraries conducted usability tests with twenty-seven users and analyzed three semesters of the tool’s usage as measured by custom event tracking implemented in Google Analytics and usage statistics drawn from the discovery tool and server logs. An initial study with sixteen users was conducted prior to launching the new tool, and a subsequent study with eleven users was conducted a semester after the launch. This article describes test participants’ success using the new tool to complete basic library research tasks, details the specific features they used in their attempts (e.g., facets, “did you mean” suggestions), and identifies areas where changes were made to address problems identified in the studies, including changes outside the tool itself. In addition, comparisons between feature use in the discovery system as observed in usability testing and feature use as measured by event tracking and log analysis are discussed, including implications for the design of future tests