Library Cataloging
When I noted the revision to the ONIX standard I asked if anyone has access to ONIX records or are they hidden behind firewalls at the publisher's sites. LC has access, but I've not heard from anyone that a publisher is making their ONIX records available to the public.Here is what LC is doing with the records:
- Onix Resource
Here is a go-to place for ONIX Records for LibrariesI am trying to gather information on publishers who make ONIX records available for downloading. Here is what I have so far. If you know of another publisher that freely offers ONIX records for downloading,...
- Metadata
Medeiros, Norm (2004) Repurposed metadata : ONIX and the Library of Congress' BEAT Program. OCLC Systems & Services 20(3):pp. 93-95.This article reviews the ONIX-based efforts of the Library of Congress' Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team...
- Onix
There have been some minor changes made to ONIX for Books.Following the original issue of Release 2.1 in June 2003, and a number of corrections and minor upgrades made in December 2003 as Revision 01, we have made a few further additions, primarily to...
- Contributor Biographical Information
856 links will now lead to contributor biographical information in LC bib records. This is the latest project in the ONIX family of projects. The ONIX standard calls this information 'contributor information' rather than author or editor information...
- Record Enhancement
A streaming video presentation Electronic Table of Contents: Key to the Library's Book Collection is available.David Williamson, cataloging automation specialist for the Cataloging Directorate, discussed enhancing bibliographic records using publisher...
Library Cataloging
ONIX
When I noted the revision to the ONIX standard I asked if anyone has access to ONIX records or are they hidden behind firewalls at the publisher's sites. LC has access, but I've not heard from anyone that a publisher is making their ONIX records available to the public.Here is what LC is doing with the records:
- The Library receives some data directly from publishers in the ONIX format. The project creates electronic TOC from that data. Hyper-links are made from the TOC to the catalog record and the reverse, allowing researchers to move to or from the Library's online catalog where they can make additional searches. As in the Digital TOC project, Library of Congress Subject Headings are added to the TOC data, thus enhancing further search options.This experiment links catalog records to their associated reading group guides on the Web.An outgrowth of the ONIX TOC initiative is the creation of records that contain publisher's descriptions of books. Based on ONIX encoded materials, file creation and linking is similar to that of the ONIX TOC initiative.This project makes links from LC catalog records to copies of sample texts from publishers (such things as a first chapter, book jacket illustration, images, etc.) , that with the publisher's permission, have been stored at the Library to insure long-term availability. By linking the catalog record to these items, the project significantly enhances the information about a book that the Library makes available to a researcher.LC often receives a number of dust jacket images along with data utilized in the ONIX TOC and ONIX Descriptions projects. As the provision of the dust jacket image further enriches the information about an item for the researcher, BEAT intends to add links for such data through its dust jacket initiative. The project will begin by linking to some 2,300 images currently on-hand. As the channels through which the library receives ONIX data are already established It is anticipated that this number will growONIX data often includes information about contributors, and BEAT has undertaken a biographical information initiative that makes this information available to researchers. The information is being linked from the catalog record to data stored on the Web. This will allow web users to encounter the information and in turn access the underlying catalog record as well as utilize the consequent access to the LC catalog and to identify related items therein
- Onix Resource
Here is a go-to place for ONIX Records for LibrariesI am trying to gather information on publishers who make ONIX records available for downloading. Here is what I have so far. If you know of another publisher that freely offers ONIX records for downloading,...
- Metadata
Medeiros, Norm (2004) Repurposed metadata : ONIX and the Library of Congress' BEAT Program. OCLC Systems & Services 20(3):pp. 93-95.This article reviews the ONIX-based efforts of the Library of Congress' Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team...
- Onix
There have been some minor changes made to ONIX for Books.Following the original issue of Release 2.1 in June 2003, and a number of corrections and minor upgrades made in December 2003 as Revision 01, we have made a few further additions, primarily to...
- Contributor Biographical Information
856 links will now lead to contributor biographical information in LC bib records. This is the latest project in the ONIX family of projects. The ONIX standard calls this information 'contributor information' rather than author or editor information...
- Record Enhancement
A streaming video presentation Electronic Table of Contents: Key to the Library's Book Collection is available.David Williamson, cataloging automation specialist for the Cataloging Directorate, discussed enhancing bibliographic records using publisher...