Library Cataloging
The article "What OCLC and RLIN don't want you to know about the future of cataloging" by Jeffrey Beall PNLA Quarterly v. 66, no. 3 (Spring 2002) is mentioned in the OCLC in the PowerPoint presentation "Non-Member Use of Cataloging Records". He considers the impact of Z39.50, consortia, and increased standardization.The disagreement I have with the piece is that what he describes is not the future but rather the present. For many small libraries Z39.50 is now the way they get records, macros are widely used in cataloging (as are custom templates, that are not mentioned), many library systems now ship with Z39.50 tools. It is considered so standard that the open-source system Koha includes it. Also, many libraries are already cataloging Web sites and/or including those records in their catalogs. Our catalog is small but I have about 1000 links in the catalog. A good overview of where we are now.
- 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...
- What Is A Work?
Good news from Martha Yee....all of my "What is a Work?" articles published in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly in 1994-1995 are now available at the UC eScholarship repository, as follows: "What is a Work? Part 1, The User and the Objects of the...
- Google Summer Of Code
Among the 900 projects selected for the Google Summer of Code is one for cataloging.The purpose of this project is to create a professional web-based library cataloging application for searching, retrieving and editing library catalog records. It will...
- Oclc
In the comments to the posting about "Non-Member Use of Cataloging Records" Mr. Houk left this comment.Hello:Please identify the place in my presentation where I use the term rogue. I believe this is a completely false statement. I have read all of the...
- Open Source Library System
What was once Open Book seems to have morphed into LearningAccess."The LearningAccess ILS is a full-feature Open Source library automation system developed for use by small public and school libraries in the U.S. and the rest of the world. The Institute...
Library Cataloging
Z39.50
The article "What OCLC and RLIN don't want you to know about the future of cataloging" by Jeffrey Beall PNLA Quarterly v. 66, no. 3 (Spring 2002) is mentioned in the OCLC in the PowerPoint presentation "Non-Member Use of Cataloging Records". He considers the impact of Z39.50, consortia, and increased standardization.The disagreement I have with the piece is that what he describes is not the future but rather the present. For many small libraries Z39.50 is now the way they get records, macros are widely used in cataloging (as are custom templates, that are not mentioned), many library systems now ship with Z39.50 tools. It is considered so standard that the open-source system Koha includes it. Also, many libraries are already cataloging Web sites and/or including those records in their catalogs. Our catalog is small but I have about 1000 links in the catalog. A good overview of where we are now.
- 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...
- What Is A Work?
Good news from Martha Yee....all of my "What is a Work?" articles published in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly in 1994-1995 are now available at the UC eScholarship repository, as follows: "What is a Work? Part 1, The User and the Objects of the...
- Google Summer Of Code
Among the 900 projects selected for the Google Summer of Code is one for cataloging.The purpose of this project is to create a professional web-based library cataloging application for searching, retrieving and editing library catalog records. It will...
- Oclc
In the comments to the posting about "Non-Member Use of Cataloging Records" Mr. Houk left this comment.Hello:Please identify the place in my presentation where I use the term rogue. I believe this is a completely false statement. I have read all of the...
- Open Source Library System
What was once Open Book seems to have morphed into LearningAccess."The LearningAccess ILS is a full-feature Open Source library automation system developed for use by small public and school libraries in the U.S. and the rest of the world. The Institute...