Library Cataloging
Journals in Aggregator Databases
The folks at LC are working on this problem, as well as JAKE. They have a task force working it, the Standing Committee on Automation Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases. They have convinced some vendors to create and distribute MARC records for the items in their databases. They are also looking at loading the sets into OCLC, sets for E-books, and other possible solutions.
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Database Of Databases
The Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) intends to catalog catalogs and other databases.You know how the ISBN is assigned to books. Over 1 million books are assigned ISBNs each year. What ISEN plans to do is emulate that system for databases. We...
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Small Libraries And Oclc
Are there any other libraries, other than here at the LPI, that would like to be an OCLC member but just don't have the funds? How about OCLC services or products that you desire, but are out of reach? For instance, I want to access the authority...
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Open Source Library System
WEBLIS, an Integrated Library System based on CDS/ISIS, is available free of charge from UNESCO and ICIE.The current version of WEBLIS, available in English, consists of the following modules:Cataloguing system (books, papers from book, papers from journals,...
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Z39.50
"Z39.50 and personal bibliographic software" by John W East in Library Hi Tech (2003) vol. 21 no. 1 pp. 34 - 43Many thousands of researchers are now using personal bibliographic managers such as Reference Manager, EndNote and ProCite to access bibliographic...
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Serials
The proceedings of the NASIG annual conference are now available to members online. They will be published as The Serials Librarian Volume 42, Numbers 1/2 and 3/4 (2001). Some of the items of interest to catalogers include:Taming the Aggregators: Providing...
Library Cataloging