Cataloging

About: Cataloging is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4770 publications have been published within this topic receiving 32489 citations.

Single or separate OPAC records for E-journals: The Glamorgan perspective

Abstract: Summary The Learning Resources Centre at the University of Glamorgan creates separate catalogue records for each version of an e-journal that it is licensed to use. This article discusses the considerations taken when determining this approach.

A personal ontology model for library recommendation system

Abstract: With the advent of information technology, library services are facing tremendous changes in the form of digitalization In addition to the digitalization of library resources, personalized systems and recommendation systems are two of highly desirable services among library patrons This study proposes a novel recommendation system based on analysis of loan records In our system, we use the traditional cataloging scheme, such as the Library of Congress Classification (LCC), as the reference ontology and build personal ontology by mining interested subjects and relationships among subjects from patron's borrowing records The proposed scheme can meet diversified demands of individual patron and provide patrons with a user-friendly interface to help them access needed information

Name Authority Control in Local Digitization Projects and the Eastern North Carolina Postcard Collection

Abstract: Authority control is a vitally important but frequently overlooked aspect of metadata creation for local digitization projects. The addition of digital projects metadata to the traditional cataloging environment creates a number of challenges for authority control, challenges arising in turn from the nature of the materials being digitized, choices made during the project, and the tools used for the project. By examining the authority control applied to named entities in the Eastern North Carolina Postcard Collection at East Carolina University, this paper describes these challenges in some detail, and also describes endeavors to overcome them.

Catalog Librarians and Public Services - a Changing Role?

Abstract: Catalog Librarians and Public Services -- A Changing Role? Is the traditional role of the academic catalog librarian expanding to include a stake in what was formerly considered the domain of public services assignments? Or is the cataloger still largely confined to the "quiet corner in the back of the technical services department?" This paper examines the extent to which technical/public services functions have merged in academic libraries. A review of current opinions among library leaders is followed by a presentation of results from an ongoing research project begun by the author in 1983. The 1970s saw the nearly universal acceptance of automated catalog networks as a primary cataloging tool. The 1980s are seeing the successful installation of in-house automated public access catalogs. Yet the catalog librarian is still a functional reality. A proposal by Michael Gorman that the traditional boundaries between technical services and public services be eliminated caused considerable discussion when it was published in 1979. [1] Now, nearly a decade later, there are several striking examples of such a plan being successfully inaugurated in academic libraries. A universal trend toward this form of organization has not emerged. But is there an overall blurring of assignments between public services and technical services librarians? Is the catalog librarian evolving into what is often called--for lack of a better term--the "holistic librarian" or "Renaissance librarian"? SOME CURRENT OPINIONS FROM RECENT LITERATURE The concept of unified professional library functions involving no distinction between public services and technical services is certainly not new. Indeed, it could be argued that when the library as an institution first came into existence, those artificial distinctions did not exist at all. Specialization has been the result of increasingly complex organizational patterns. No examination of technical/public service mergers begins without reference to the current spokesman for the Renaissance librarian, Michael Gorman. His paper "On Doing Away with Technical Services Departments" remains a controversial classic. [2] Later papers by Gorman have documented the use of "subject bibliographers" at the University of Illinois. [3] Gorman is not alone in his advocacy. "In case you hadn't noticed, things are changing," says McCombs, who believes that "we are on the threshold of radical changes in the relationship between . . . public services and technical services staff." [4] Ghikas says, "The rigid separation of library skills into 'technical services' and 'public services' will cease to be acceptable, as it has already ceased to be functional," and expresses the belief that split assignments will become increasingly popular. [5] Papers from a symposium, Technical and Public Services: Fading Distinctions? were published in 1986. [6] Authors represented both college/university and public libraries. None of their organizations had a total merging of functions, although several spoke of some crossover of job assignments, especially in small libraries. Not all presenters favored an unqualified merger of technical/public services functions. Quinn does not feel split assignments are a practical solution and believes libraries that operate with this method usually do so because of necessity, one common reason being staff shortages. [7] He also thinks the advocacy of split positions may be an attempt at "fostering enlightenment by artificial methods." He does believe that some interface of reference/cataloging assignments would result in benefit to the library patron: "Catalogers think in global terms and in terms of uniform headings." Reference librarians are more likely to think in terms of keywords. "Catalogers stress bibliographic purity while reference librarians insist on accurate bibliographic access," he notes, adding that "lines of communication must be kept open. …

A Partnership Approach to Multi-Campus Library Services

Abstract: With more than 50,000 students taking courses at twelve campus locations as well as online, the University of Central Florida (UCF) is one of the ten largest universities in the United States, based on enrollment. This multi-campus university system uses strategic integration of physical and virtual assets to deliver regional library services. Partnership agreements govern operations and service issues across all library functions, including collection development, cataloging, and interlibrary loan. In this environment, an organizational culture that fosters team building, flex-ibility, training, and all varieties of communication, and one that includes a strategic integration of new technology to improve channels of communication and collaboration opportunities is vital.