Library Cataloging
I posted a while ago about an idea to turn the RSS feed of Web directories into MARC records. K.G. Schneider of LII left a comment both here and on the original site. She makes some valid points and one I'm less sure about. She invites folks with good or innovative ideas on reusing content to talk to the content originator. Communication is a good thing. She points out changes at the site could lead to a breakdown in the work done outside. For example, changing from RSS 0.92 to ATOM would require reworking the XSLT. All too true. Most importantly, she points out the work is copyrighted and this would be copyright infringement.
However, she says that adding Web sites to the catalog is not useful. I'd have to disagree there. Trying to catalog the net or adding records without a collection policy are bad ideas. But, adding a few carefully selected sites, in some libraries, can enrich the catalog. There are many different libraries out there, and they each have different users and needs. Much as I respect her, I read her weblog daily, I feel this is a blanket statement.
Christopher Harris had a good idea. I'll keep reading his weblog. I've been thinking along the opposite line than Christopher, using RSS to distribute MARC records. It should be possible to wrap a MARC record in RSS and use it as a distribution method. Then something like ipodder could automate handling of the records.
MARC
RSS
- Sandy Berman Catalog Available
The catalog created while Sandy Berman was at Hennepin County Public Library is once again available.This site is an interpretation of the Hennepin County Public Library catalog records as obtained from the UIUC Archives. Alas, it is not a fully functional...
- Catalogs
The Library Link of the Day points to Adding Substance, Not Just Frills, to a Library's Online Catalog by Janet L. Balas in Computers in LibrariesIntegrating enhanced content and electronic resources into the OPAC is a trend that librarians cannot...
- Marc Records
Cornell University has announced that catalog records for the Cornell Digital Math Books Collection are now available. The records include durable links that allow free online viewing. The set of 511 MARC records the collection is now available via a...
- Cross Training
I'm still reading Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process by Alenka Sauperl. One of the catalogers interviewed mentioned it is important to work a few hours a week on the reference desk. The catalog is constructed for the user, not other...
- Lc Cataloging
With the approval of the Board of ALA's Reference User Services Association (RUSA), the Library of Congress has begun adding to its catalog records the annotations for the sites selected annually by the RUSA Machine Assisted Reference Section (MARS),...
Library Cataloging
Cataloging the Net. Part 2.
I posted a while ago about an idea to turn the RSS feed of Web directories into MARC records. K.G. Schneider of LII left a comment both here and on the original site. She makes some valid points and one I'm less sure about. She invites folks with good or innovative ideas on reusing content to talk to the content originator. Communication is a good thing. She points out changes at the site could lead to a breakdown in the work done outside. For example, changing from RSS 0.92 to ATOM would require reworking the XSLT. All too true. Most importantly, she points out the work is copyrighted and this would be copyright infringement.
However, she says that adding Web sites to the catalog is not useful. I'd have to disagree there. Trying to catalog the net or adding records without a collection policy are bad ideas. But, adding a few carefully selected sites, in some libraries, can enrich the catalog. There are many different libraries out there, and they each have different users and needs. Much as I respect her, I read her weblog daily, I feel this is a blanket statement.
Christopher Harris had a good idea. I'll keep reading his weblog. I've been thinking along the opposite line than Christopher, using RSS to distribute MARC records. It should be possible to wrap a MARC record in RSS and use it as a distribution method. Then something like ipodder could automate handling of the records.
MARC
RSS
- Sandy Berman Catalog Available
The catalog created while Sandy Berman was at Hennepin County Public Library is once again available.This site is an interpretation of the Hennepin County Public Library catalog records as obtained from the UIUC Archives. Alas, it is not a fully functional...
- Catalogs
The Library Link of the Day points to Adding Substance, Not Just Frills, to a Library's Online Catalog by Janet L. Balas in Computers in LibrariesIntegrating enhanced content and electronic resources into the OPAC is a trend that librarians cannot...
- Marc Records
Cornell University has announced that catalog records for the Cornell Digital Math Books Collection are now available. The records include durable links that allow free online viewing. The set of 511 MARC records the collection is now available via a...
- Cross Training
I'm still reading Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process by Alenka Sauperl. One of the catalogers interviewed mentioned it is important to work a few hours a week on the reference desk. The catalog is constructed for the user, not other...
- Lc Cataloging
With the approval of the Board of ALA's Reference User Services Association (RUSA), the Library of Congress has begun adding to its catalog records the annotations for the sites selected annually by the RUSA Machine Assisted Reference Section (MARS),...