Library Cataloging
Dorothea Salo has made available the paper Toward better automated error-checking in cataloguing.
- Isbn Checking
A few days ago I asked about batch checking the validity of ISBNs. I got a few comments giving some solutions. Another solution came by e-mail. I have received permission to post it, so that anyone else interested in an answer can benefit.I saw the above...
- Spelling Errors & Typos
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records by Jeffrey Beall appears in OCLC Systems & Services (2004) v. 20, no. 2 pp71-75Typographical errors exist in bibliographic and authority records and can hinder patron access to library...
- Error Reporting
The Library of Congress provides a form to report errors you may find in their cataloging. Do everybody a favor and use it. The sooner they correct the errors the fewer catalogs contain the error, or have to correct it. I just reported the wrong call...
- Typos
Typographical Errors in Library Databases has been revised by Tina Gunther and Terry Ballard. I checked our catalog for the new additions to the list and found a couple. So even small libraries may benefit from checking for these errors....
- Typographical Errors In Library Databases
Typographical Errors in Library Databases Terry Ballard has collected the most common spelling and typographical errors in our catalogs. This is important work, since an error can scatter references defeating one of the prime reasons for cataloging, to...
Library Cataloging
Catalog Error Checking
Dorothea Salo has made available the paper Toward better automated error-checking in cataloguing.
Errors in library catalogs damage patron access as well as patron confidence in library offerings. They embarrass librarians of all sorts and frustrate cataloguers. Many of them, however, are eminently correctable and even preventable with relatively simple programmed validation. Databases everywhere employ input checks and similar validators to keep their data clean; library catalogues should also.She also argues for spell checkers and has a good word for the ability of patrons to easily report errors.
- Isbn Checking
A few days ago I asked about batch checking the validity of ISBNs. I got a few comments giving some solutions. Another solution came by e-mail. I have received permission to post it, so that anyone else interested in an answer can benefit.I saw the above...
- Spelling Errors & Typos
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records by Jeffrey Beall appears in OCLC Systems & Services (2004) v. 20, no. 2 pp71-75Typographical errors exist in bibliographic and authority records and can hinder patron access to library...
- Error Reporting
The Library of Congress provides a form to report errors you may find in their cataloging. Do everybody a favor and use it. The sooner they correct the errors the fewer catalogs contain the error, or have to correct it. I just reported the wrong call...
- Typos
Typographical Errors in Library Databases has been revised by Tina Gunther and Terry Ballard. I checked our catalog for the new additions to the list and found a couple. So even small libraries may benefit from checking for these errors....
- Typographical Errors In Library Databases
Typographical Errors in Library Databases Terry Ballard has collected the most common spelling and typographical errors in our catalogs. This is important work, since an error can scatter references defeating one of the prime reasons for cataloging, to...