The Library That Almost Wasn\u27t

The evolution of the CSUMB library, from its original conception as a \u27virtual library\u27 in 1994 through the planning and construction of a physical library that opened in 2008

Keeping track of objects and metadata at UNLV: From material selection through metadata quality control

Often times a large amount of time is spent in organizing materials and tracking workflow in digital collection projects. Time is a precious resource in most projects since they are constrained by a rigid schedule. This problem is exacerbated in collaborative environments where different people collaborate in various stages of the project. Silvia Southwick and Jane Skoric with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present effective and efficient simple tools to manage digital objects and metadata throughout the life cycle of a digital collection project. Using actual work processes, we will describe and demonstrate the tracking of physical and digital items while simultaneously capturing metadata. Our presentation will begin talking about provisional metadata provided by content experts as they select materials for the collection. It progresses through various stages of the project up to quality control of metadata records within a soon to be published collection. Some of the existing tools are based on Access database and Excel spreadsheets. The presentation ends with plans for improving management processes to better integrate with collaborative environments

Taming the information frontier

At least seven years had passed since subject librarians at Santa Clara University Library (SCUL) had performed a comprehensive review of their information resources, including journal subscriptions. Institutional changes, including a new Cataloging and Metadata Librarian and University Librarian, as well as a new Strategic Plan, contributed to High Noon being declared. Roping together duty and determination, subject librarians, technical services staff, and EBSCO representatives worked together to tame the Wild West landscape and bring order to the new frontier