Library Cataloging
OCLC Union List Guidelines For Electronic Serials provides some guidance and answers some questions about creating local data records for e-journals. I'm not sure I'm convinced, unless some way can be found to automate the process. A few, such as JSTOR, might be stable enough to justify the time involved, but Ebsco and other massive collections change far too much. Job security, I suppose.
- Cataloging Electronic Resources
Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines has been extensively revised to reflect the full implementation of Bibliographic Level "i" for Integrating Resources, revisions in AACR2 practices, and removal of outdated information. This...
- Scholarly Communication
Handouts, videos and PowerPoint slides from the CERN Workshop Series on Innovations in Scholarly Communication: Implementing the benefits of OAI (OAI3) are available. Some of the presentations are:OAI and OAI-PMH for absolute beginners -- a non-technical...
- E-serials Cataloging
I just received this note from Gerry McKiernan. Be aware this is one large PDF file, not one for each paper. So it does take a while to load.I am pleased to announce that free full-text (PDF) access to the entire contents of "E-Serials Cataloging: Access...
- 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...
- Jake Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment
How to provide access to journal databases is a major problem. Letting a patron know that the journal or magazine is available on-line is just proper cataloging. However, when there are thousands of journals involved, and the mix is in constant change,...
Library Cataloging
Online Journals
OCLC Union List Guidelines For Electronic Serials provides some guidance and answers some questions about creating local data records for e-journals. I'm not sure I'm convinced, unless some way can be found to automate the process. A few, such as JSTOR, might be stable enough to justify the time involved, but Ebsco and other massive collections change far too much. Job security, I suppose.
- Cataloging Electronic Resources
Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines has been extensively revised to reflect the full implementation of Bibliographic Level "i" for Integrating Resources, revisions in AACR2 practices, and removal of outdated information. This...
- Scholarly Communication
Handouts, videos and PowerPoint slides from the CERN Workshop Series on Innovations in Scholarly Communication: Implementing the benefits of OAI (OAI3) are available. Some of the presentations are:OAI and OAI-PMH for absolute beginners -- a non-technical...
- E-serials Cataloging
I just received this note from Gerry McKiernan. Be aware this is one large PDF file, not one for each paper. So it does take a while to load.I am pleased to announce that free full-text (PDF) access to the entire contents of "E-Serials Cataloging: Access...
- 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...
- Jake Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment
How to provide access to journal databases is a major problem. Letting a patron know that the journal or magazine is available on-line is just proper cataloging. However, when there are thousands of journals involved, and the mix is in constant change,...