Showing papers on "Resource Description and Access published in 2006"

Codes, Costs, and Critiques: The Organization of Information in Library Quarterly, 1931–2004

Abstract: This article reports the results of a quantitative and thematic content analysis of the organization of information literature in the Library Quarterly (LQ) between its inception in 1931 and 2004. The majority of articles in this category were published in the first half of LQ’s run. Prominent themes have included cataloging codes and the influence of authors such as Julia Pettee, Andrew Osborn, and Seymour Lubetzky; costs and other practicalities; technology, information science, and Cranfield; subject access, including subject headings, thesauri, and classification schemes; and historical, international, and research perspectives. Future volumes of LQ can fruitfully build on these themes to address contemporary issues in the organization of information such as the future of catalog code development of “RDA: Resource Description and Access” to replace AACR2 and the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR); concerns in digital library development, including metadata; and other innovative m...

Marketing Music Library Services Through Video Infomercial and Resource Guides: A Case Study from the University of Tennessee George F. DeVine Music Library

Abstract: To raise awareness of the variety of library services and resources offered, demonstrating relevancy to the current age, two librarians from the University of Tennessee created a library infomercial/visual resource guide targeting the Music Library's primary users. This article explores the impetus for engaging in such a marketing initiative, the planning process, production of the video, and delivery. Additionally, a survey designed to assess the effectiveness of this project was created and its results shared. Ideally, the information contained in this article can be applied to similar marketing initiatives by other libraries.

RDA: A New International Standard

Abstract: Ann Chapman describes work on the new cataloguing code, Resource Description and Access (RDA), based on the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR).

RDA: New Cataloging Rules, Coming Soon to a Library near You!

Abstract: Purpose – Article provides an overview (as of September 2006) of the genesis, history, and processes involved in creating the new cataloging rules, a work‐in‐progress, under the working title, RDA: Resource Description and Access. Also discusses structure and content, as well as possible uses outside of the library community.Design/methodology/approach – Describes the history of the new rules and how they are currently organized, as well as where to go to keep informed of the new rules.Findings – RDA will likely be adopted by libraries; because of its flexibility, there is a possibility that other non‐library and non‐MARC information communities will also be able to make use of this tool.Originality/value – Article is of great benefit to librarians who want an overview of RDA in a nutshell. Provokes thought on flexibility of the new rules, using them for other communications standards than MARC and for other metadata schemas.

Library Services for a Digital Future

Abstract: EDUCAUSE QUARTERLY • Number 1 2006 The proliferation of digital libraries over the past decade has produced so varied an array of digital collections and services that the term digital library defies a precise definition. And while what users expect of a library hasn’t changed much—easy access to multiple resources, useful tools for working with the resources, and comfortable facilities—what it takes to meet these requirements has changed substantially with the advent of digital resources. While most libraries have mastered the provision of basic digital services such as remote access to bibliographic databases, a growing number of libraries are venturing into home-grown digital collections. Others are experimenting with online user services such as reference chat, interactive FAQ databases, and institutional repositories. The direction each digital library effort takes depends largely on the perceived need of the library and its user community; on the extent to which the projects operate in collaboration with other digital library initiatives; and on the availability of resources to support each venture. The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Libraries initiated its spin on digital libraries as a partner in a W. M. Keck Foundation grant awarded to the university in 1997. The overall grant ($2,250,000) supported a variety of earth science–related projects at UNR. The UNR Libraries’s portion ($450,000) funded establishment of the W. M. Keck Library Services for a Digital Future

Good enough is good enough: cataloging lessons from the University of California Libraries

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to seek to inspire discussions about cataloging practices in academic libraries.Design/methodology/approach – The article reviews the recent University of California Libraries report, Rethinking How We Provide Bibliographic Services for the University of California.Findings – The UC report is sprinkled with a sufficient and warranted number of alarming statements about the future of libraries. It should serve as a wake‐up call.Originality/value – Readers will be acquainted with a recent, important work, the premises of which are central to the services provided by academic libraries.

Education for cataloging and classification in Mexico

Abstract: SUMMARY The main objective of this paper is to provide an overview about education for cataloging and classification in Mexico Mexican Library and Information Science (LIS) schools have traditionally featured a strong emphasis on cataloging and classification learning, which continues to be an important part of their curricula Additionally, as in other countries, education for cataloging and classification in Mexico has been influenced by the changes that libraries and Library Science have experienced as a result of new technological developments General trends in education for cataloging and classification in Mexico are seen by comparing the different Mexican LIS schools and their program curricula

Cataloging of Chinese language materials in the digital era: the cataloging standards and practices in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong

Abstract: 在香港，由於中文資料編目工作的合作僅限於八所政府資助大學的圖書館，因此，每一筆中文書目的平均編目成本較英文書目昂貴很多。中港台三地的圖書館之間，幾乎沒有中文資料編目方面的合作與共享，其中一個主要障礙是彼此的編目規則及標準各不相同。本文強調合作編目及書目共享的重要，同時認為必須有統一編目標準才能達到共建共享的目的。本文首先概述有關中港台三地中文資料編目的規則與實施，然後就未來中文編目記錄共享的發展提出建議。 頁次：54-66

Some Reservations about FRBR

Abstract: Purpose – Aims to promote discussion of issues concerning Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR).Design/methodology/approach – An opnion piece on the value of a new library cataloguing system.Finding – FRBR is a theoretical and unproven model for organizing data in online library catalogs. Although the viability of the model remains unproven, it is being accepted largely without question in the library community, supported by a bandwagon effect among many librarians. The model has numerous weaknesses, such as vague terminology, and its implementation will demand large expenditures of resources, while its added value is unclear.Originality/value – Opines that although the model is a new cataloging standard, its implementation will have an impact on all areas of librarianship.

Trends in cataloging electronic journals in health sciences libraries : Will title lists or the online catalog prevail?

Abstract: This article reviews how electronic journals are cataloged and displayed for users of health science libraries. The Web pages of 138 health sciences libraries in the United States and Canada were examined to determine if the library provided users with a Web-based electronic journals list and whether the library used single or multiple bibliographic records to catalog print and electronic journal versions. Trends in cataloging, naming, organizing, and presenting electronic journals are identified, and summary data are presented.

An Analysis of National Library System of the Major Advanced Countries

Abstract: National libraries are responsible for collecting all publications issued in their respective countries. But national libraries vary widely in their origins and functions. In one or another form they are found in more than a hundred countries. The purpose of this paper is to suggest the backgrounds and theoretical informations to restructuring the completely centralized organizational framework of National Library of Korea. In order to achieve this goal. the national library systems of four culturally advanced countries, that is, British Library, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Bibliotheque nationale de France, National Diet Library are analysed with respect to the grounds of main library, regional libraries. departmental or subject libraries, branch libraries, and their mutual relation.

Evidence of application of the DCRB core standard in worldcat and RLIN

Abstract: The Core Standard for Rare Books, known as the DCRB Core standard, was approved by the Program for Cooperative Cataloging for use beginning in January 1999. Comparable to the Core standards for other types of materials, the DCRB Core standard provides requirements for an intermediate level of bibliographic description for the cataloging of rare books. While the Core Standard for Books seems to have found a place in general cataloging practice, the DCRB Core standard appears to have met with resistance among rare book cataloging practitioners. This study investigates the extent to which such resistance exists by examining all of the DCRB Core records in the OCLC Online Union Catalog (WorldCat) and the Research Libraries Group Union Catalog (RLIN) databases that were created during the standard's first five years. The study analyzes the content of the records for adherence to the standard and investigates the ways in which the flexibility of the standard and cataloger's judgment augmented many records' with more than the mandatory elements' of description and access. ********** In 1994, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) adopted the Core Record Standard for Books (Books Core) that had been defined by its predecessor group, the Cooperative Cataloging Council. Since that time, Core record standards have been developed for most formats of materials. The impetus for the creation of the Core bibliographic standard was finding a cost-effective means to streamline cataloging at the national level through the Bibliographic Record Cooperative Program (BIBCO), "the monographic bibliographic record component" of the PCC, with an intermediate level of bibliographic description. (1) The Core standards require a minimum set of elements in the bibliographic record below which the description cannot go, placing it between full level and mini-real level. Retaining the same reliability of description and authorized headings as full-level cataloging, the Core standards permit the omission of all but a few mandatory note fields and allow the use of fewer subject headings and added entries. The Core standards encourage flexibility and cataloger's judgment in decisions about inclusion of subject headings and added entries in an individual bibliographic record rather than requiring a specified number of each. (2) Several years after the Books Core was implemented in 1994, members of the rare book cataloging community began discussing the need for a Core standard for rare books. The standard would be based on Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books (DCRB), the specialized cataloging rules used primarily for printed materials issued in the years 1500-1800. (3) The final report of the DCRB Core Task Group, which led to the PCC's January 1999 approval of the Core Standard for Rare Books (DCRB Core), gave a threefold rationale for the proposal of the standard: to provide an alternative to the minimal-level standards defined for rare books in DCRB'S appendix D, to create another cataloging option for libraries to address their large backlogs of rare books, and to increase the number of dependable cataloging records in the national databases for use by copy catalogers. (4) Degree of Acceptance of the Core Standards Evidence in the Literature The cost-effective purpose of the Core standards is to produce "faster, better, cheaper" general cataloging. (5) Most catalogers pride themselves on creating high-quality bibliographic records, but they often equate such records with full-level cataloging, which is frequently time-consuming to produce. The problem of growing backlogs in libraries and the recognition that cooperative cataloging was a key element in creating timely bibliographic records led to the adoption of the Core standards as one possible solution. The Core standards seek to keep the level of cataloging high by requiring descriptive elements that correctly identify the materials, giving sufficient access with headings that are reliable because they are all under authority control, and encouraging the cataloger's judgment in deciding when to apply the standards and in including more fields than are required. …

Chinese Cataloging Rules and International Cataloguing Principles: a Report of Similarities and Differences

Abstract: This paper is to compare International Cataloguing Principles and Chinese Cataloging Rules, and analyze their differences. It is jointly written by Prof. Songlin Wang (uniform titles and GMD), Ms. Qinfang Xie (personal names and serials), Mr. Shaoping Wang (corporate bodies and multi-part structures) and Dr. Ben Gu (descriptive cataloging and personal names). Through such cooperation, we are trying to reflect the actual situation in China and considering a national coordination in the near future.

RDA: Resource Description and Access: A New Cataloging Standard for a Digital Future

Abstract: Presented at the joint forum of the Metadata Working Group and the Working Group on Cataloging, May 16, 2006.

Education for Library Cataloging : International Perspectives

Abstract: * Introduction (Dajin D. Sun and Ruth C. Carter) * AFRICA * Education and Training for Cataloguing at the University of Botswana Library: An Overview (Rose Tiny Kgosiemang) * The Relevance of Cataloguing in Library Science Curriculum in Cross River State of Nigeria in this Technological Age (J. I. Iwe) * The Education and Training of Cataloguing Students in South Africa Through Distance Education (Linda M. Cloete) * ASIA * Education of Cataloging and Classification in China (Zhanghua Ma) * The Status Quo and Future Development of Cataloging and Classification Education in China (Li Si) * Education for Knowledge Organization: The Indian Scene (K. S. Raghavan) * Current Status of Cataloging and Classification Education in Japan (Shoichi Taniguchi) * A Study on the Job Training and Self-Training of the Cataloging and Classification Librarians Working in South Korean Academic Libraries (Chul-Wan Kwak) * AUSTRALIA * Beyond Our Expectations: A Review of an Independent Learning Module in Descriptive Cataloguing at the Queensland University of Technology (Gillian Hallam) * MARCup to Markup: Education for Cataloguing and Classification in Australia (Ross Harvey and Susan Reynolds) * EUROPE * Education for Cataloging and Classification in Austria and Germany (Monika Munnich and Heidi Zotter-Straka) * Education and Training on the Nature and Description of Documents: Polish University Studies and Professional Librarianship Schools (Anna Sitarska) * Cataloging Education on the Sunny Side of the Alps (Jerry D. Saye and Alenka Sauperl) * Education for Cataloging in Spanish Universities: A Descriptive and Critical Study (Rafael Ruiz-Perez and Emilio Delgado Lopez-Cozar) * Education and Training for Cataloguing and Classification in the British Isles (J. H. Bowman) * LATIN AMERICA * The Teaching of Information Processing in the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Elsa E. Barber and Silvia L. Pisano) * Education for Cataloging and Classification in Mexico (Filiberto Felipe Martinez Arellano) * Education for Cataloging and Related Areas in Peru (Ana Maria Talavera Ibarra) * MIDDLE EAST * Cataloging and Classification Education in Egypt: Stressing the Fundamentals While Approaching Toward Automated Applications (Mohammed Fat'hy Abdel Hady and Ali Kamal Shaker) * An Account of Cataloging and Classification Education in Iranian Universities (Mortaza Kokabi) * Cataloging Instruction in Israel (Snunith Shoham) * Continuing Education for Catalogers in Saudi Arabia (Zahiruddin Khurshid) * Index * Reference Notes Included

Library Toolkit : pathophysiology--dentistry

Abstract: University Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library met with the faculty of the dental school to discuss creating a library toolkit for a Pathophysiology course for dental students. The objective was to create an online tool to teach dental students pathways leading to answers to clinical questions using carefully selected library tools and resources . OBJECTIVE LIBRARY TOOLKIT: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY DENTISTRY

Insights and Questions from the New Archival Descriptive Standard

Abstract: Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) is the new archival content standard published by the Society of American Archivists (SAA). The publication of this forward-thinking and comprehensive response to changing information needs and technologies should be of interest to all cataloging communities. DACS raises issues about content standards for resource description that should be addressed much more broadly. The library cataloging community is in the process of an extensive revision of its cataloging codes, and new approaches in this standard appear to be embodying some of the same concepts as DACS. DACS, therefore, can be seen as a smaller and more focused implementation of some of the principles that will emerge in the new Resource Description and Access (RDA). Simultaneously, the standard can be used to examine whether taking some of these developments further would improve access to materials. Text of paper:

Meanings and Values of KOLIS-NET in Public Libraries

Abstract: This study intends to analyze the meanings and values of shared cataloging in public libraries. Emphasis was on verifying how useful KOLIS-NET is as a tool in order to share bibliographic data and library resources. To the end. this study investigates the recognition and participation of KOLIS-NET in public libraries. Finally suggested is strategies to improve both the poor quality and the poor services. The data needed for discussion were collected by an in-depth interviews with catalogers and a survey with 216 public libraries.