Library Cataloging
A comment in the posting of part 2 of this series mentions how poorly adding Web sites has been done. That is no reason not to do it right. See the poster from the OLAC conference Building a Virtual Library Collection through Freely-Accessible Web Sites : Select Web Sites Database at the University of Vermont, presented by Wichada SuKantarat and Kor Kiley on how to do it right.
Broken links are mentioned in the comment. They do need upkeep, but that need not be a large burden. Tools like PURL provide a way to distribute upkeep and a method of checking. MarcXGen is tool to use when doing the checking locally. Selecting Web material of lasting value will also lessen broken links. The links I have to the NASA History Office publications have had no problems, I can recall, for several years. The GPO is creating PURLs for the on-line materials they catalog. Those should have stable links and get fixed when any number of libraries notice a broken link.
MarcXGen
PURL
- Relying On Web Services
Recently we have had two examples of trusted resources being off line for an extended time. A few weeks ago the GPO PURL server was down for several days. This meant that thousands of links in library catalogs around the globe were broken. Now the NASA...
- New Cataloging And Acquisitions Web Site At Lc
An announcement from LC:During the first week of January 2007, the Library of Congress will launch a new Cataloging and Acquisitions Web site, illustrated below, which will provide a single source for all cataloging and acquisitions-related material available...
- Olac Conference
Poster presentations that will be featured at the OLAC 2004 conference.Beyond Books: Blogs at the University of Minnesota presented by: Kristi Bergland, Mary Huismann and Stacie Traill (University of Minnesota)NOAA Video Data Management System - Library...
- Maintaining The Catalog
Checking the links is the catalog has become (or should become) a regular task for us. Our small collection, about 22,000 titles, has almost 1000 links located in 856 fields. Thanks to Tom Tyler that task is a bit more automated. He has also created a...
- Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (purl)
I'm not sure why these never have taken off like wildfire. There is a need for a system to redirect users to the proper item on the Web. The co-operative upkeep of links saves time and ensures that the links are checked and corrected more often. The...
Library Cataloging
Cataloging the Net. Part 3.
A comment in the posting of part 2 of this series mentions how poorly adding Web sites has been done. That is no reason not to do it right. See the poster from the OLAC conference Building a Virtual Library Collection through Freely-Accessible Web Sites : Select Web Sites Database at the University of Vermont, presented by Wichada SuKantarat and Kor Kiley on how to do it right.
Broken links are mentioned in the comment. They do need upkeep, but that need not be a large burden. Tools like PURL provide a way to distribute upkeep and a method of checking. MarcXGen is tool to use when doing the checking locally. Selecting Web material of lasting value will also lessen broken links. The links I have to the NASA History Office publications have had no problems, I can recall, for several years. The GPO is creating PURLs for the on-line materials they catalog. Those should have stable links and get fixed when any number of libraries notice a broken link.
MarcXGen
PURL
- Relying On Web Services
Recently we have had two examples of trusted resources being off line for an extended time. A few weeks ago the GPO PURL server was down for several days. This meant that thousands of links in library catalogs around the globe were broken. Now the NASA...
- New Cataloging And Acquisitions Web Site At Lc
An announcement from LC:During the first week of January 2007, the Library of Congress will launch a new Cataloging and Acquisitions Web site, illustrated below, which will provide a single source for all cataloging and acquisitions-related material available...
- Olac Conference
Poster presentations that will be featured at the OLAC 2004 conference.Beyond Books: Blogs at the University of Minnesota presented by: Kristi Bergland, Mary Huismann and Stacie Traill (University of Minnesota)NOAA Video Data Management System - Library...
- Maintaining The Catalog
Checking the links is the catalog has become (or should become) a regular task for us. Our small collection, about 22,000 titles, has almost 1000 links located in 856 fields. Thanks to Tom Tyler that task is a bit more automated. He has also created a...
- Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (purl)
I'm not sure why these never have taken off like wildfire. There is a need for a system to redirect users to the proper item on the Web. The co-operative upkeep of links saves time and ensures that the links are checked and corrected more often. The...