Cataloging

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

Developing recommendations for consortial cataloging of electronic resources: Lessons learned

Abstract: In 2003, the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO) consortium convened a task force to recommend a set of consortial standards for cataloging electronic resources in its new Voyager integrated library management system (ILMS). The CatER group faced the task of producing proposals that would embrace coherently a variety of local practices, and do so within a distributed system architecture. In the course of its work, CatER considered the interplay of many factors, including historical practice, user expectations, MARC standards, system functionality, conflicting cataloging philosophies, and the impact of new technologies. This paper summarizes some instructive aspects of the group's deliberations and elaborates upon the main themes that emerged.

Cataloguing and classification in british university libraries: a survey of practices and procedures

Abstract: A survey was made by questionnaire of cataloguing and classification in fifty‐one university libraries. The returned questionnaires revealed many, differences in the classification systems, cataloguing codes, and filing rules used, as well as in the kind and amount of detail in a catalogue entry. There were wide variations in the estimates by libraries of the annual output of a hypothetical ‘average’ cataloguer. There was little uniformity in the statistical data collected by libraries of the work of their cataloguing departments. Little use was made of existing centralized cataloguing services and reasons for this are suggested. More study of user's catalogue needs is necessary. The problems of standardization must be resolved if mechanized techniques are to be fully exploited.

Conceptualizations of the Cataloging Object: A Critique on Current Perceptions of FRBR Group 1 Entities

Abstract: Libraries face a double challenge in the digital age: both the describing framework and the describing object are under change. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) attempts to generate a coherent theory and yield a new Paradigm of cataloging. This study deploys current conceptualizations of the FRBR Group 1 entities within the FRBR models family with a view to semantic interoperability. FRBR cannot be considered as simple metadata describing a specific resource but more like some kind of knowledge related to the resource. This study reveals that there are different perspectives of what is introduced by FRBR as the cataloging object in the context of various interpretations of the model, namely Resource Description and Access (RDA), FRBRization projects, and FRBROO.

Integrating Electronic Resources into the Library Catalog: A Collaborative Approach

Abstract: The growing number of electronic resources, along with the desire for a more streamlined virtual presence, was the motivation behind the University of Mississippi Libraries' project to catalog purchased electronic resources. Having completed this project, access to electronic resources is now available only via the web-based library catalog. Success of the project was due, in part, to collaboration between cataloging and systems personnel. Outcomes include a catalog that more accurately reflects library subscriptions, centralization of electronic resource maintenance, and heightened user awareness. B efore discussing the unique set of problems that electronic resources present to catalogers, we must first define "electronic resource." For purposes of this article, the term electronic resource refers to a subscription product available via the Internet. The idea of using the catalog to manage resources over which the library has no physical control is daunting. However, as the nature of library collections changes, so too does the role of the library catalog. From the user standpoint, students and teachers expect to find more and more of the materials they need online and in an easily accessible format. Current literature shows that the issue of access versus ownership of resources is not a new problem. An informal sampling of several academic library web pages and web-based catalogs indicates that, in an attempt to address this issue, they are developing many different ways of providing access to electronic resources. This paper presents how one library changed the role of its web-based catalog from an inventory of materials on the shelves to a more accurate representation of all materials to which the library has access, regardless of physical location. Early methods in offering access to electronic

Outsourcing Cataloging, Authority Work, and Physical Processing: A Checklist of Considerations

Abstract: Library managers are increasingly outsourcing many of their library's technical services operations to contractors. This text guides librarians through the outsourcing process for cataloguing, physical processing and authority work.