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Explaining Cataloging to a Six Year Old

07 Oct 2019-Technical Services Quarterly (Routledge)-Vol. 36, Iss: 4, pp 379-390
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the standards used in cataloging, as well as the larger ecosystem in which catalogers work including the models developed to undergird the cataloging process.
Abstract: Cataloging is complex, both in the formal and informal sense. The standards used in cataloging, as well as the larger ecosystem in which catalogers work including the models developed to undergird ...
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TL;DR: The purpose is to present library OPAC as a communication genre in its mutability based on the idea of OPAC development as a transition to subsequent OPAC generations.
Abstract: The purpose is to present library OPAC as a communication genre in its mutability. The paper is based on the idea of OPAC development as a transition to subsequent OPAC generations. Every generation, in the light of genre theory, can be treated as a subgenre with its own communication purpose. As such, it is subject to transformations caused by information technology development. OPAC development is described as an electronic genre transition process, which allows for distinguishing eight OPAC subgenre generations. They were distinguished based on socio-historical development of the genre system and were described according to Shepherd and Watters1 genre development model. These subgenres are then subjected to genres analysis revealing their basic characteristics (purpose, form and functionality).

4 citations

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16 Dec 2019
TL;DR: W artykule przedstawiono podstawową funkcje katalogow centralnych - zapewnienie wspoldzialania (ang. interoperability ) metadanych bibliotecznych as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: W artykule przedstawiono podstawową funkcje katalogow centralnych – zapewnienie wspoldzialania (ang. interoperability ) metadanych bibliotecznych. Zdefiniowano problem wspoldzialania metadanych jako element wspoldzialania systemow informacyjnych, szczegolnie funkcjonujących w sieci. Przedstawiono sposoby stosowane do zapewnienia wspoldzialania. Opisano trzy technologie, ktore w przyszlości powinny ulatwic osiągniecie wspoldzialania metadanych: bazy danych NoSQL, aplikacje chmurowe oraz Linked Open Data.
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TL;DR: The authors found that more than a third of records retrieved by keyword searches would be lost without subject headings, and that the proportion of results that would be returned in a keyword search would be high.
Abstract: In their 2005 study, Gross and Taylor found that more than a third of records retrieved by keyword searches would be lost without subject headings. A review of the literature since then shows that numerous studies, in various disciplines, have found that a quarter to a third of records returned in a keyword search would be lost without controlled vocabulary. Other writers, though, have continued to suggest that controlled vocabulary be discontinued. Addressing criticisms of the Gross/Taylor study, this study replicates the search process in the same online catalog, but after the addition of automated enriched metadata such as tables of contents and summaries. The proportion of results that would be lost remains high.

48 citations

01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: This study replicates the search process in the same online catalog, but after the addition of automated enriched metadata such as tables of contents and summaries, to address criticisms of the Gross/Taylor study.

37 citations

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TL;DR: The use of machine-readable cataloging (MARC) has been a hot topic in the library community for decades as discussed by the authors, with early efforts gradually leading to the Library of Congress exploring the idea for its own library.
Abstract: Automation in libraries dates back to the 1950s, with early efforts gradually leading to the Library of Congress exploring the idea for its own library. This led to the MARC pilot project in 1965. Sixteen libraries participated in the distribution of early MARC I records. The success of the project resulted in MARC II, with the Library of Congress becoming the distributor of machine readable cataloging records. Use of Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) exploded in the 1970s, helped by the growth of cataloging services such as Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) and Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN). Changes to MARC became the responsibility of the Library of Congress and the American Library Association's MARBI. LC-MARC became USMARC in the 1980s, which became MARC 21 in the late 1990s. Resource Description Access (RDA), the replacement for the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed., 2002 revision will produce many changes to MARC 21, but some elements of MARC 21 already address RDA under dif...

21 citations

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TL;DR: The history of cataloging rules is often written as a story of continuous improvement toward a more rational and efficient code, but not all catalogers have been in agreement that reform of the cataloging code has been improvement.
Abstract: The history of cataloging rules is often written as a story of continuous improvement toward a more rational and efficient code. Not all catalogers, however, have been in agreement that reform of the cataloging code has been improvement. The debate of the 1950s and 1960s over cataloging code reform, hosted in part by LRTS, is an example of conflicting values in the cataloging community. Seymour Lubetzky’s proposal for a cataloging code based on logical principles eventually became the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, but many catalogers of the period felt that other values, such as tradition and the convenience of the user, also deserved consideration in the cataloging code.

18 citations

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TL;DR: The authors provides a review of the ten-year period at the Library of Congress (LC) during which attempts to deal with the "crisis in cataloging" set the stage for the profound changes in Anglo-American cataloging theory and rules that occurred during the 1950s and 1960s.
Abstract: This article provides a review of the ten-year period at the Library of Congress (LC) during which attempts to deal with the "crisis in cataloging" set the stage for the profound changes in Anglo-American cataloging theory and rules that occurred during the 1950s and 1960s. The review centers around the previously unpublished report of the Librarian's Committee, which recommended reorganization, simplified cataloging, cooperative cataloging, changes in personnel policies, and changes in methods of cost analysis. Each of these recommendations is examined in detail, and the results of implementation are traced through the decade that followed.

11 citations