Showing papers on "Resource Description and Access published in 2007"

The library in the twenty-first century

Abstract: PART 1: WHAT IS A LIBRARY? 1. Libraries in the modern world 2. What is a library? The view from the sectors 3. What is a library? Cross-sectoral models 4. What is a library? The profession's view 5. What is a library? Digital libraries 6. What is a good library? PART 2: FUTURE LIBRARIES 7. Linking users to resources 8. Beyond the intermediary 9. The library user 10. The information universe 11. Envoi.

Library and Archives Canada: A Case Study of a National Library, Archives, and Museum Merger

Abstract: Library and Archives Canada, more commonly known by its acronym, LAC, is a federal government institution. It was created in 2004 from two predecessor institutions, the National Library and the National Archives, both of which enjoyed highly respected, long-standing professional traditions. The former National Library was founded in 1953. It could be compared to the Library of Congress, though it was about ten times smaller and did not have a mission to serve the Parliament, which has its own library. The National Library existed to serve Canadians and Canadian libraries. The former National Archives, founded in 1872, could be compared . . .

RDA : Resource Description and Access

Abstract: Provides a progress report on the current project to produce a new English-language cataloguing code called Resource Description and Access that will replace Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed.). RDA is scheduled for final publication in 2009. Part of the "Beyond Limits : Building Open Access Collections" Preconference sessions of the 2007 British Columbia Library Association Conference entitled "Beyond 20/20 : Envisioning the Future".

Distinguishing content from carrier: the RDA/ONIX framework for resource categorization

Abstract: RDA: Resource Description and Access is in development as a new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital world. It is being built on the foundation established for the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR). Although it is being developed for use primarily in libraries, it aims to attain an effective level of alignment with the metadata standards used in related communities such as archives, museums and publishers, and to provide a better fit with emerging database technologies.

Making the Link: AACR to RDA: Part 1: Setting the Stage

Abstract: In October 1997, the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR (JSC) held the International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR in Toronto, Canada, to determine if a changing bibliographic landscape warranted fundamental rethinking of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules This paper follows the thread of those changes as, between 1997 and early 2005, JSC pursued a vigorous schedule towards a third edition of AACR Cataloguing constituency feedback on a first draft of AACR3 prompted a change in direction to a code with the working title, Resource Description and Access (RDA)–a content standard for multi-formats and communities

Cartographic Materials: A Century of Cataloging at Library of Congress and Beyond

Abstract: This article traces the history of cataloging cartographic materials at the Library of Congress from its inception to the present day. The development and revision of general cataloging tools now used by catalogers, including MARC and AACR, are documented, as well as those tools used by the cartographic materials cataloging community, Library of Congress Classification, Class G; Map Cataloging Manual; and Cartographic Materials: A Manual of Interpretation of AACR2. The current effort to generalize the cataloging rules, to create an international cataloging code, Resource Description and Access, is also described.

DACS and RDA 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.

The shape of things to come : Resource description and access (RDA)

Abstract: Summary Resource Description and Access(RDA) is scheduled to replace the AACR2 cataloging code in 2008. This presentation provided an overview of RDA, especially as it relates to serials. Among the topics explored were RDA's background, organization, and relationship to various standards (including FRBR, the draft Statement on International Cataloging Principles, and MARC 21). In addition, the presentation discussed the potential impact of the new code on current cataloging practices.

Automated Access Level Cataloging for Internet Resources at Columbia University Libraries

Abstract: The explosive growth of remote access electronic resources (e-resources) has added to the workload of libraries’ cataloging departments. In response to this challenge, librarians developed various ways of providing access to electronic collections, but few dealt with the processing of free remote access e-resources, such as electronic books, Web sites, and databases. This paper will consider the various approaches taken by cataloging agencies to process Internet resources in all formats. It will then go on to describe Columbia University Libraries’ approach to cataloging free Internet resources using a combination of selector input data, an automated form able to convert the information into MARC records, access level records, and cataloging expertise.

RDA and library systems

Abstract: This paper explains the background to the development of Resource Description and Access, a metadata content standard intended for international use by a wide range of metadata communities. The paper discusses the implications of RDA for library systems.

Family Names and the Cataloger

Abstract: The Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules has indicated that the replacement for the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed., to be known as Resource Description and Access, will allow the use of family names as authors and will provide rules for their formation. This paper discusses what a family name describes; examines how information seekers look for family names and what they expect to find; describes the ways in which family names have been established in Anglo-American cataloging and archival traditions; asks how adequately the headings established under these rules help users find such information; and suggests how revised cataloging rules might better enable users to identify resources that meet their needs.

Creating an academic library for the twenty-first century

Abstract: The UC Merced library is not wed to any particular technology and will abandon any technology when its time has passed.

Collection Assessment: The Florida Community College Experience

Abstract: Abstract Beginning in 1994, a series of collection analysis and assessment projects of community college library/LRC collections in Florida has been conducted by the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA). The purpose of the assessments conducted through LINCC, the network for Florida community colleges, was to provide data for improvement of resources and services. The history, methodology, and major findings from the assessment projects are described as well as long-term impact and outcomes.

Familial Authorship in the Anglo-American Cataloging Tradition

Abstract: In the light of a proposal for names of families to be treated as a separate form of name heading in the forthcoming Resource Description and Access, this article examines the treatment of families in the Anglo-American descriptive cataloging tradition and the extent to which names of families have been assigned as non-subject access points. It contrasts manuscript catalogers' practice of assigning family name headings with the general binary division of personal and corporate names, and discusses how an expansion of the library definition of authorship, so as to accommodate the archival concept of provenance, may more readily allow for familial and other non-corporate group authors. It concludes by suggesting that a corporate and non-corporate group categorisation may be unnecessary, and that instead the corporate body class should be revised, so as to encompass all groups of persons.

Role of the Public Library

Abstract: ·ABSTRACT Changes in today•s technology make it necessary for library administrators to look anew at the role, the mission, &nd the future of the public library. Economic development and education strategists recognize three types of rural communities--rural poor, traditional middle America, and communities in transition--each with different values, socioeconomic characteristics, and locus of political structure. Local people have a great deal to do in determining what kind community they will live in, and the library director and board who have a keen sense of mission for their own library and a plan for improving library service to their community are prepared to be a part of community revitalization, economic development, or infrastructure rebuilding. Four factors of particular significance to library planners are the changing demographics of rural areas, th~ continuance of rural personal income lag, the persistence of underdeveloped human resources, and the continujng financial crisis in agriculture. Rural communities that can tap into the information infrastructure through telecommunications have a greater possibility of making the transition to stronger communities. Some small libraries have provided outstanding literacy services, a key factor in strengthening family and community structure. The public library and its resource sharing connections are also important to both teachers and students in smaller s~hools. Leadership is needed in articulating the role of the public library within the community and in state policy if rural library services are to be improved. When the role is defined and agreed to by the library and the community, it will be possible to relate to infrastructure and economic development. The role a rural library selects can provide the means for access and equity and make it a vital part of its community in an electronic information society. (BBM}

A Study of Cataloging Department Websites of the Arabian Gulf Libraries

Abstract: Many libraries in the US provide information about their cataloging department homepages as segments of their technical services homepages. However, in case of the Arabian Gulf university libraries, all the library Websites focus on general collections and services available to their patrons and there is a lack of information on various departments within the library. Very few library Websites have information about the cataloging departments. Only the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) library Website provides a separate Website for its Cataloging Operations Division. The study also found that the exploitation of Web-based cataloging resources by catalogers of the KFUPM library has resulted in enhancing the quality and efficiency of cataloging work.

Comparison of Cataloguing Codes and Practice : Croatian vs. Anglo-American

Abstract: It is fair to say that due to rapid changes in the library environment, the advances of tehnology and introduction of new library material almost all cataloguing codes in the world are becoming obsolete. This is particularly true for the Croatian cataloguing code that has not been revised since 1986 (and even then, only partly). The purpose of this paper is to examine closely two cataloguing codes: American and Croatian, and find out the similarities and differences in their approaches and solutions of certain bibliographic problems. The comparison with the American code is particularly significant since the new revised edition of the code, entitled Resource Description and Access, is going to affect the cataloguing community at the global level and it is greatly based on Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. The paper finishes with the recommendations for the changes and revisions in Croatian code

Library 2.0: A Guide to Participatory Library Service (review)

Abstract: Going the Distance has begun the process of thinking out loud about the changes we all need to make in college education. The relative newness of distance learning, especially online delivery and the attention it is garnering, allows educators the opportunity to dissect its every aspect in this new laboratory in which we investigate not only the technology but the pedagogy as well. The door is open; the light of the twenty-first century is shining on what we are doing and on the new students who are teaching us as they go. Going the Distance will help everyone think about what needs to happen next.

Ελληνική Βιβλιοθηκονομική Κοινότητα και Συλλογικοί Κατάλογοι – Ευκαιρίες και Προκλήσεις

Abstract: The international library community has concluded that the most important architectural models for implementing union catalogs are the followings: the physical model, where a central database keeps stored all the bibliographic records, the virtual or distributed model, where users access the bibliographic data through the Z39.50 protocol “on the fly”, and finally the hybrid model, which combines the two previous models and presents three different variations. The most important goals of all union catalogs and implementation efforts are common no matter the architectural model followed and they are summarized as follows: to be a rich source for bibliographic data, capable to fulfill the high expectations of modern users, to ensure fast, reliable access and retrieval to results, to maintain high quality bibliographic records for copy cataloging, to enable inter library loan and finally to be compatible with and extendable to new technologies and protocols. The heterogeneity both in the interpretation of cataloging standards and information systems that Greek Libraries follow are the major obstacle in the process of creating any type of union catalog. Also, this is one of the major reasons that more than one architectural models have been followed by different implementation efforts. The most important union catalogs in Greek Library community are the Hellenic Academic Libraries Union Catalog, Zephyros, Argo and the Union Catalog of Greek Public Libraries. This article aims to present in details the most important architectural models for implementing Union Catalogs and the corresponding implementation efforts in the Greek Library community. Moreover, through the presentation of the results which emerged after the process of more than 2.5 million records from the Greek Academic libraries, during the implementation of the Hellenic Academic Libraries Union Catalog, what becomes obvious is the necessity for creating and establishing a common cataloging scheme. Also, it has been proved that architectural models are complementary and thus it is necessary to cooperate and exchange technological experience in order to exploit the best from both “approaches” to building useful bibliographic tools in the current information environment.