Showing papers on "Cataloging published in 1986"

Academic Librarians and Cataloging Networks: Visibility, Quality Control, and Professional Status

Abstract: Hafter examines the increasingly accepted assumption that the development of a huge online catalog, accessible by telecommunications to all member institutions, will only result in a vast saving of catalogers' time without the dilution of quality inherent in most mass production activities. She describes comparative changes in actual library and network practice and shows how the new realities of library performance, standards, and evaluation practice have impacted prevailing theories and beliefs about the work of library and information professional and their management of technological change. Her research is based on sixty-eight in-depth interviews with affected catalogers, administrators, and network personnel at six West Coast academic libraries.

The Use of Standards in the Application of the AMC Format

Abstract: As archivists begin to use the new MARC Archival and Manuscripts Control (AMC) format, they will find themselves confronting many unfamiliar questions, not the least of which relate to the use of traditional library-based standards controlling the form and content of certain information elements. This article explores the ramifications for archivists using standards relating to cataloging codes, name authorities, and subject headings. In addition to explaining the importance of these standards as they relate to both the demands of the format as well as traditional archival principles, some suggestions are made to help ease the archivists into this "brave new world" of automation-induced library-archives coexistence.

Accuracy of LC copy: a comparison between copy that began as CIP and other LC cataloging

Abstract: Comparaison de la qualite du catalogage a la Library of Congress de 900 documents catalogues dans le cadre du programme CIP (Cataloging in Publication) et 900 documents ne relevant pas de ce programme. Les erreurs sont plus nombreuses dans les documents du CIP mais elles sont aussi moins graves

Subject authority control and syndetic structure ― myth and realities. An inquiry into certain subject heading practices and some questions about their implications

Abstract: An examination of subject heading practices in the card catalogs of libraries in one New York State county and an analysis of selected subject headings found that only the largest libraries were able to provide any kind of subject authority control. Furthermore, not even the largest libraries were able to provide the "See Also" references upon which the Library of Congress assignment of subject headings is based. Changes in LCSH headings resulted in great confusion and a dispersal of resources in the smaller libraries. Is this situation typical of practices at other libraries in other parts of the United States? If so, the implications could be very serious. The study offers no answers, but raises important questions.

Managing Special Collections

Abstract: A guide to the effective development and management of special collections. Illustrations include budget forms, cataloging examples, gift and bequest forms.

Does the Catalog Record Make a Difference? Access Points and Book Use.

Abstract: Recherche sur la correlation entre le nombre et le type de points d'acces au catalogue et la circulation des documents dans une bibliotheque de recherche de moyenne importance

The Relevance of Archival Theory and Practice for Library Education: An Argument for a Broader Vision.

Abstract: Archivists during the past decade have been greatly concerned with archival education and professional development and the proper context of archives training programs: History, Library Science, or independent Archival Science degree programs. Library schools offer the most reasonable possibilities because of their move toward new information technology and management strategies and a broadening of the older library-centered core. If their curricula can accommodate the differences between libraries and archives and alter their dominant focus on the book and traditional library procedures such as cataloging, then archival concerns can be divergent professional vantage points, alternative strategies and multi-disciplinary discussion about common issues such as the organization of information, shared problems and policy implementation. Archivists are at a crossroads, with choices to remain separate and exclusive or to work for alliances and cooperation. Technological developments make the latter choice imper...

Developing the Common Communication Format

Abstract: The Unesco Common Communication Format (CCF) is described in the context of other exchange formats. A definition is given of 'exchange format', and the CCF is compared against this definition. The history of its development is outlined and its major technical features are summarized. Examples are given of the ways in which it is being used and is likely to be used in the future, and a number of implementation manuals are mentioned which have been developed to assist in its use.

Indian Academic Libraries and Dr. S.R. Ranganathan: A Critical Study

Abstract: Review:This book is the outcome of independent research undertaken by the author for his Ph.D. dissertation at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Surveying the development of Indian academic libraries and librarianship since 1800, the author has relied first on Indian sources, published and unpublished, as well as sources available in England, France, and the United States. Besides, personal interviews and correspondence supplement the written record, especially in dealing with a critical assessment of Ranganathan's contributions to Indian academic libraries. The book begins with a general review of the development of academic libraries and higher education in ancient and medieval India. A more com- prehensive, historical analysis of developmental activities during the British period (1800-1947) and in independent India (1947-82) is presented in chap- ters 2, 3, and 4. Chapters 5 and 6 deal with the impact of Ranganathan on Indian academic libraries, including a brief sketch of his work as a librarian from 1924 to 1972. At length it reviews such of his contributions to librarianship as the five laws of library science, cataloging, classification, library education, standards and services, and the status of academic librarianship. The last chapter deals with crucial problems of management and services currently faced by the Indian academic libraries and librarianship. The author has made certain suggestions and recommendations to solve these problems. Many of these suggestions and recommendations are familiar themes of discus- sion in professional meetings in India, but no workable solutions have emerged to major problems facing higher educational institutions as they enter the twenty-first century. Unless academicians and library users press demands to have access to information and information sources for their research and training programs, there cannot be any improvements in libraries as well as in the library profession. In order to create such demand, there should be radical change in the present-day education system and training programs for the development of human resources. Such being the case, academic administrators, faculty members, and professional libraries do well to consider deeply some of the issues raised by the author. Finally, the author states that the academic libraries are "still the weakest link in higher education" (p. 233). He argues that academic libraries did not rise to the expectation set by Ranganathan because university administration and faculty maintained progressiveness and unhelpful attitudes toward academic libraries after independence. Review by P. K. Patil The Library Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 3 (Jul., 1988), pp. 310-311

Archives of library research from the Molesworth Institute

Abstract: Contents Introduction: Disjunctive Librarianship * The History of The Molesworth Institute * A Note About the Texts * The Molesworth Institute * The Molesworth Institute Revisited * A Computer Analysis of Library Postcards (CALP) * Negative Library Growth * A Cost Analysis of a Cost Analysis * Connectiwhat? * Umbrella Disappearance, Exchange, and Loss Rates in American Academic Libraries * An Innovative Approach to Collection Management * An Observation on Shelving Practices * Multiple Acronymization as a Creative Solution to the Effective Use of Library Resources * The Librarian's Record: A Neglected Library Periodical Revived * Oscar Gustafsen: A Tragic Minor Figure of American Librarianship * New Measures of Library Efficiency * OLCC, Inc.: Offline Library Creative Cataloging * Precostretrieval or, Old Wine in New Bottles * Cornelia's Last Information Search * Full Circle or, the Last Shall Be First * Selections from the Dictionary of Libinfosci Terms * Permissions

Coordination of Cataloging Practices in the United States Newspaper Program

Abstract: The bibliographic component of the United States Newspaper Program comprises cooperative efforts to locate and catalog the more than 300,000 newspapers published in the U.S. and its territories since colonial times, and to enter bibliographic and holdings information about those titles into the CONSER data base. The attempt to gain bibliographic control over existing newspaper collections, as well as the attempt to gather and organize previously uncollected materials, has required procedural adaptations determined by a unique set of working conditions. The scale of the program has required specificity of goals and objectives, satisfying standards for inclusion of records in the national serials data base while maintaining reasonable economies. This paper outlines some of the mechanisms put in place to achieve that balance.

The Role of National Libraries in UAP.

Abstract: Progress towards UAP is very difficult without the involvement of national libraries. A national acquisition plan can be supported in various ways by a national library; if it plays a central role, this could take the form of a dedicated document supply centre or an integrated reference/supply collection. Document supply, whether centralized or involving union lists, needs planning, coordination and management, for which the national library is a natural centre. Retention for future availability also requires national planning and possibly a national repository. To play a proper role in UAP national libraries may need to reconsider their nature and functions.

Serials Control in an Online Integrated System: Can Latest Entry Cataloging Help?

Abstract: An experiment in latest entry cataloging of selected serial title changes is currently being conducted at Northwestern University Library. The integrated structure of Northwestern's automated system NOTIS and its applications to serials processing were primary factors leading to the investigation of latest entry cataloging as an alternative to the current standard of successive entry cataloging for serial title changes. A systematic investigation was conducted through most of 1985 and allowed project staff to identify and evaluate a number of concerns and problems. The study team is encouraged with the results, but will continue gathering cataloging statistics and will conduct user studies before adopting latest entry cataloging as a permanent option.

The microcomputer in the library: IV. Cataloguing and acquisitions software

Abstract: The bibliographic record is the link between the software packages discussed in this article: cataloguing and acquisitions. Cataloguing software ranges from sophisticated online public access catalogues to cheaper and simpler software designed to produce catalogue entries for an existing manual system (e.g. cards). The range of acquisitions software is equally wide encompassing packages which simply print an order from data which is keyed in to those which incorporate the whole process of acquisitions from the recommendation stage through to receipt and full fund accounting. This article, the fourth in the series, describes the different features with examples, and concludes with a discussion on the nature of integrated systems.

A Review of Recent Developments in Rare Books Cataloging

Abstract: In the forty years since Paul Dunkin's call for significant expansions in rare books cataloging, such developments as the adaptation of computing power to library problems and the widespread adoption of MARC formats and ISBD in descriptive cataloging have, simultaneously, opened the way for such expansions and created new problems. The modifications in ISBD and MARC tags to meet specific concerns of rare books catalogers illustrate this process. It is, however the task of adopting consistent descriptive terminology which presents the field with its greatest challenge, and will ease the transition to widespread use of machine readable cataloging, expanded access points, and greater cooperation among rare book and research libraries.

Microcomputer Software Acquisition and Control: A Survey of Selected Michigan Libraries.

Abstract: In 1984, Macomb Community College Library surveyed 47 selected academic and research libraries in Michigan to discover how they were handling the problems inherent in the acquisition and control of microcomputer software. The returned questionnaires were followed up with selected telephone interviews. The resulting data revealed some interesting points: half of the libraries surveyed collected no software; in most cases the institutions' computer services departments were involved in software control; and there is yet no clear direction as to the cataloging of software. Microcomputer use and staff training, both by the institution and by the library, is widespread but still informal. Also, little is being done in evaluation of software. A good deal of experimentation is in progress, however, with library management software by the libraries surveyed.

Waiting for Cataloging

Abstract: The concept of cooperative cataloging has significant consequences for technical services departments and the libraries they serve. Cooperative cataloging succeeds only if members of bibliographic utilities input current cataloging promptly, but since LC began supplying printed cards priorities have been arranged around waiting for other people's cataloging. Although this practice may reduce technical services costs, it reduces the availability of library materials. The alternative to the resulting deterioration in both library service and the quality of our bibliographic utilities is to make timely cataloging possible through more streamlined workflows.

Challenges of On-Site Cataloging

Abstract: On-site newspaper cataloging in libraries, historical societies, newspaper publishers' offices and private collectors' homes in rural northcentral Pennsylvania created a host of challenges and rewards for project librarians of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Project. The experiences of the Penn State team in their quest to identify, inventory and catalog newspapers in a variety of unorthodox and exciting situations are shared in this article. The paper focuses on problems associated with identifying titles, linking titles, updating cataloging and gathering holdings data, and offers some solutions to those problems.

Cataloging U.S. Depository Materials: A Reevaluation

Abstract: Automation is reshaping the rhetoric and content of an old debate: to catalog or not to catalog federal publications. The availability of quality records online, keyword search capabilities of online catalogs, and other developments argue persuasively against patent acceptance of old premises. This article reviews previous arguments, discusses conditions redefining them, and proposes partial guidelines for reevaluating current U.S. depository cataloging policies and practices.

Auto-Graphics' AGILE II

Abstract: AGILE II is a full service utility providing shared cataloging in eight MARC formats with access to local data, database management, inter library loan, electronic mail, subject searching, authority control and other features. The adoptation of AGILE II and the MARC format to support community (agency and program) information suggests imaginative applications for similar systems. Two sidebars discuss installations of AGILE II.