Showing papers on "Cataloging published in 1987"
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01 Jan 1987
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01 Jan 1987
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TL;DR: A prototype expert system in the limited domain of map cataloging is designed that will seek to employ the reasoning used by expert catalogers in applying AACR2 rules, and it is anticipated that the research results will shed some light on the way catalogers reason and conceptualize the structure of a catalog entry.
Abstract: In the 1960s, information science researchers pioneered in the design of computer-based document storage and retrieval systems. These efforts were crowned with success, and online systems are now in common use as reference tools. Today the new information science frontier is to design, develop, and test expert systems for use in libraries and other information centers. At UCLA we are exploring the applicability of artificial intelligence and expert systems for modeling the cognitive processes involved in cataloging. Specifically, Zorana Ercegovac, a doctoral student, is designing a prototype expert system in the limited domain of map cataloging that will seek to employ the reasoning used by expert catalogers in applying AACR2 rules. It is anticipated that the research results will shed some light on the way catalogers reason and conceptualize the structure of a catalog entry. The project is still in its initial stages, and in this presentation one can only indicate the design choices that need to be made, the reasons for the decisions made, and the problems encountered.
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TL;DR: Subject searchers' use of the subject outline search capability of the experimental online catalog is described and recommendations are provided for the enhancement of bibliographic records, online catalogs, and online cataloging systems with a library classification.
Abstract: In the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) Online Project, subject searching and browsing of DDC Schedules and Relative Index were featured in an experimental online catalog. The effectiveness of this DDC in an online catalog was tested in online retrieval experiments at four participating libraries. These experiments provided data for analyses of subject searchers' use of a library classification in the information retrieval environment of an online catalog. Recommendations were provided for the enhancement of bibliographic records, online catalogs, and online cataloging systems with a library classification. In this paper, subject searchers' use of the subject outline search capability of the experimental online catalog is described. This capability was unique to the experimental online catalog and all other online catalogs, because it referred searchers to online displays of the classification schedules based on their entry of subject terms. Failure analyses of subject outline searches demonstrated its ...
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TL;DR: This paper presents one approach to the teaching of both the basic and advanced courses in cataloging that places emphasis upon group interaction and making the course enjoyable for the student, thus increasing interest while imparting more information and better preparing the four groups of students for work in organizing information.
Abstract: This paper presents one approach to the teaching of both the basic and advanced courses in cataloging. In addressing the basic course, short-term and long-term objectives of the course are identified for four categories of students-Cataloging Specialists, General/Special Librarians, Non-Cataloging Specialists and Non-Library Information Specialists. The philosophy underlying this mode of instruction places emphasis upon group interaction and making the course enjoyable for the student, thus increasing interest while imparting more information and better preparing the four groups of students for work in organizing information. Stress is placed upon student participation and the use of realistic situations to instruct and evaluate student performance.
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TL;DR: Part of Maggie III, an integrated system that supports a public access catalog, cataloging interface, bibliographic maintenance, circulation, electronic mail, and community information databases, and the mounting and use of the non‐bibliographic database, “A Matter of Fact”, on the CARL system.
Abstract: Maggie III is an integrated system that supports a public access catalog, cataloging interface, bibliographic maintenance, circulation, electronic mail, and community information databases. Acquisitions and serials modules are under development. The system, available from the Eyring Research Institute, is based on software created for the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL). Sidebars describe 1) the structure of the community information databases, 2) the planned use of the CARL software by other libraries in Colorado, and 3) the mounting and use of the non‐bibliographic database, “A Matter of Fact”, on the CARL system.
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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.
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TL;DR: As librarians approach the second century of formal education for their professionals, some persistent issues in the education of librarian in general and of catalogers and classifiers in particular are identified.
Abstract: As librarians approach the second century of formal education for their professionals, some persistent issues in the education of librarians in general and of catalogers and classifiers in particular are identified Among the issues discussed are: (1) Should catalogers be trained or educated? (2) Should practice or theory prevail? (3) Should the cataloging faculty be teachers, practitioners, or researchers (or all three)? (4) Who shall enroll in cataloging courses? (5) How important do librarians feel that cataloging and classification are for new employees? (6) Who is responsible for recruiting and retaining catalogers and for their continuing education?
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TL;DR: An informal survey was conducted for the purpose of identifying instructional materials used in teaching cataloging and classification in library and information science programs in the United States and Canada.
Abstract: An informal survey was conducted for the purpose of identifying instructional materials used in teaching cataloging and classification in library and information science programs in the United States and Canada. Based on responses from instructors in these areas, three groups of instructional materials were identified: cataloging and classification tools, textbooks, and background and supplementary reading materials.
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TL;DR: A comprehensive automated bibliographic control system has been developed by the New York Public Library and is unique in its use of an automated authority system and highly sophisticated machine filing algorithms.
Abstract: A comprehensive automated bibliographic control system has been developed by the New York Public Library. This system is unique in its use of an automated authority system and highly sophisticated machine filing algorithms. The primary aim was the rigorous control of established forms and their cross-reference structure. Th e original impetus for creation of the system, and its most highly visible product, is a photocomposed book catalog. The book catalog subsystem supplies automatic punctuation of condensed entries and contains the ability to pmduce cumulation / supplement book catalogs in installments without loss of control of the cross ref ere ncin g structure.
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01 Jul 1987
TL;DR: Discusses nonbook materials in libraries, and the cataloging of sound recordings, software, and videotapes.
Abstract: Discusses nonbook materials in libraries, and the cataloging of sound recordings, software, and videotapes.
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17 Feb 1987
TL;DR: Carroll and Harvey as mentioned in this paper discussed the context of internationalization in library education and the case for internationalization, as well as the history of library school internationalization and curriculum development policies and practices.
Abstract: Introduction by Frances Laverne Carroll and John F Harvey Part I: The Context of Internationalization The Case for Internationalization by Frances Laverne Carroll The History of Library School Internationalization by Donald G Davis, Jr Internationalism and Higher Education by Martha Boaz An International Interest Level-Raising Program by John F Harvey Part II: Administrative Services Student Recruitment and Selection by Peter Harvard-Williams Advisement and Placement by Keith C Wright Toward a Faculty Support Program for Internationalizing Library Education by Edwin S Gleaves An International Data and Information Collection and Research Program by Jashu Patel, Frank L Schick, and John F Harvey An Information School Research and Service Center Program by John F Harvey and John Wilkinson Internationalizing Library Continuing Education by Robert Berk Library Resources and Services for International Library and Information Science Education by Mae L Furbeyre Part III: Internationalizing the Curriculum Curriculum Development Policies and Practices by John F Harvey Introduction to Library Science Courses by Robin Frederick Guy Collection Development Courses by Richard Krzys Introduction to Reference Sources: An International Viewpoint by Antonio Rodgriguez-Buckingham Cataloging and Classification Courses by Emilia Bernal History of Books, Printing and Libraries Courses by Harry Clark Library Administration Courses by Rosemary Ruhig DuMont Information Science Courses by Harold Borko and Eileen Goldstein Media Studies by Donald P Ely and C Walter Stone Government Publication Courses by Tze-chung Li Children's Literature Courses by Hollis Lowrey-Moore and Lesta Bert School Media Center Courses by Sigrun Klara Hannesdottir Public Librarianship Courses by Larry N Osborne Internationalizing Academic Librarianship Courses by Fritz Veit Index
TL;DR: This study evaluates the classification patterns established by the Library of Congress for the "Hyperborean languages of America and the kindred languages of Asia" and offers a tested, applicable, and LC-compatible resolution for the numerous difficulties associated with applying the LC (PM) classification schedule to the Alaska Native languages.
Abstract: This study evaluates the classification patterns established by the Library of Congress for the "Hyperborean languages of America and the kindred languages of Asia." The current analysis examines the treatment, bibliographic access, and retrieval limitations in the current LC classification system as applied to the Alaska Native languages. In addition, it offers a tested, applicable, and LC-compatible resolution for the numerous difficulties associated with applying the LC (PM) classification schedule to the Alaska Native languages. In view of the importance of these languages to Alaska, the development of such a resolution was indeed mandatory.
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01 Jan 1987
TL;DR: A survey of heads of cataloging departments reveals that there is a general feeling that cataloging and classification are being shortchanged in library school training and recommendations for such training are made.
Abstract: Training for cataloging and classification within the Cataloging Department is discussed for two levels of staff, copy catalogers and original catalogers A general pattern which moves from learning to catalog straightforward materials which require minimal editing to processing materials which are progressively more complex is described for copy catalogers A survey of heads of cataloging departments reveals that there is a general feeling that cataloging and classification are being shortchanged in library school training and recommendations for such training are made Training programs for original catalogers also follow a pattern, from working with LC copy to preparing original cataloging records Some variations to the training patterns for each group are noted The article concludes with a discussion of continuing education for both groups
TL;DR: The authors examines library literature concerning the conflict in teaching cataloging, between education for librarianship and training for specific tasks performed in the library The literature reflects fundamental trends in library education; balance between theory and practice, evolution from apprenticeship to graduate school and the role of cataloging in curricula.
Abstract: This paper examines library literature concerning the conflict in teaching cataloging, between education for librarianship and training for specific tasks performed in the library The literature reflects fundamental trends in library education; balance between theory and practice, evolution from apprenticeship to graduate school and the role of cataloging in curricula It has concerned six issues; practitioners as educators, differentiation of professional duties, centralization and cooperation, development of cataloging codes, technological change and anticipated professional functions A more profound corollary issue is also addressed Training prepares for the current environment; education prepares for change The literature presents a dichotomous view, seeking resolution by balancing mutually exclusive elements An historical perspective suggests a dialectical paradigm, a process of continuous interaction between opposing forces which produce a synthesis
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TL;DR: Vues prospectives sur l'acces aux enregistrements bibliographiques dans les bibliotheques de demain, sur la nature des collections du futur and sur le role de gestion de l'information des bibliotcaires.
Abstract: Vues prospectives sur l'acces aux enregistrements bibliographiques dans les bibliotheques de demain, sur la nature des collections du futur et sur le role de gestion de l'information des bibliothecaires
TL;DR: The results of a year-long survey to determine what level of cataloging copy is present on OCLC at the time an item is received in Technical Services and after a six-month waiting period were used to divert selected monographs from the normal workflow.
Abstract: This paper reports the results of a year-long survey conducted at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) to determine what level of cataloging copy (Library of Congress, member input, or none) is present on OCLC at the time an item is received in Technical Services and after a six-month waiting period. These results were used to divert selected monographs from the normal workflow in order to expedite their cataloging and to release needed shelf space for other items.
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TL;DR: A survey of serials cataloging courses and units offered by library schools is presented in this article, along with a consideration of whether or not special instruction for working with serials is necessary.
Abstract: Past surveys of accredited library schools' efforts to prepare students to work with serials, and surveys of practitioners' attitudes toward their formal serials education are reviewed. The results of a 1986 survey of serials cataloging courses and units offered by library schools are then presented. Continuing education for serials work is covered, along with a consideration of whether or not special instruction for working with serials is necessary.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the emergence of the bibliographic utilities and the services they were able to offer to libraries in the face of the high costs and risks of computerization.
Abstract: This article describes the emergence of the bibliographic utilities and the services they were able to offer to libraries in the face of the high costs and risks of computerization. In 1980 the utilities had dreams of one vast national bibliographic network and a network‐based total library system providing not only cataloging and location facilities but also acquisition, circulation, serials control and interlibrary loan facilities, too. The reasons why these dreams never materialised are noted together with factors why, although they are still major participants in the library automation and networking environment today, the four main bibliographic utilities in North America are declining in so far as use of their traditional services is concerned. The factors discussed include the trends towards decentralized operation with turnkey integrated library systems, the trend towards local resource sharing and the rapidly growing sophistication of librarians with computers. In Part 2, (to appear in the next i...
TL;DR: The feasibility of cataloging current acquisitions in a selective depository collection of U.S. government publications using OCLC was examined with respect to the availability and quality of records, methodology, various time factors, staffing needs, and costs as discussed by the authors.
TL;DR: The educational requirements and qualifications for employment on the cataloging staff of Processing Services, are described for both the professional and paraprofessional staff and the ways in which that staff may expand its knowledge through special assignments are described.
Abstract: The educational requirements and qualifications for employment on the cataloging staff of Processing Services. Library of Congress, are described for both the professional and paraprofessional staff. This is followed by a description of the on-the-job training provided both levels of staff and the ways in which that staff may expand its knowledge through special assignments.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how the University of Wyoming Libraries have met the challenge of providing library services to off-campus students and faculty in support of those programs, including extension classes and external degree programs.
TL;DR: A beta‐binomial model is applied to data obtained from the Centre of Catalogue Research to enable us to attribute standard errors to each of the overall hit rate estimates and to investigate the difference between the hit rates of the two populations.
Abstract: It has become of increasing importance to the UK library community to estimate the proportion of library acquisitions in the United Kingdom for which a UK MARC record is available at the time of cataloguing. This proportion is called the hit rate. The libraries have for the purpose of the study been divided into two sectors, academic libraries and public libraries. This paper uses a beta‐binomial model to enable us to attribute standard errors to each of our overall hit rate estimates and to investigate the difference between the hit rates of the two populations. The model also provides an estimate of the individual hit rate for any given library. Such estimates are useful for identifying libraries which are not typical of the library population from which they are drawn. The model is applied to data obtained from the Centre of Catalogue Research.
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TL;DR: AACR2 as mentioned in this paper ) is a set of nouvelles regles de catalogage anglo-americaines (CAR2) which decoulent de la mise en œuvre des nouveaux as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: L'auteur presente les avantages qui decoulent de la mise en œuvre des nouvelles regles de catalogage anglo-americaines (AACR2) depuis 1978