Library Cataloging
Crowdsourcing cataloging at the Bodleian Library.
- Music Cataloging Using Rda
Comments are invited on Best Practices for Music Cataloging using RDA and MARC21 The MLA-BCC RDA Music Implementation Task Force is happy to announce the release of the first complete draft of "Best Practices for Music Cataloging using RDA and MARC21."...
- Trackbacks
So arXive now has trackbacks. I'm wondering what it would take to provide trackbacks in our catalogs. Would links like that to individual bibliographic records be useful? There is Freetag, an open-source tool, that allows tagging in a MySQL database....
- Lc Test Of Access Level Records
In November of 2004, the Library of Congress Bibliographic Access Divisions posted information related to efforts to define a new level of cataloging within the MARC/AACR context, called access level-- more information related to the background and development...
- 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...
- Olac Conference
The conference reports, handouts and PowerPoint presentations from OLAC 2004 are now available on the OLAC website. Papers include:Expanding Access: FRBR and the Challenges of Non-print MaterialsExpanding Access, Expanding the ChallengesDescriptive Cataloging...
Library Cataloging
Crowdsourcing Cataloging at the Bodleian Library
Crowdsourcing cataloging at the Bodleian Library.
What's the Score at the Bodleian? is a project which aims to enlist the wider community's help in describing a selection of digitised scores from the Bodleian Library's extensive music collections, thereby facilitating access to valuable and interesting material which has not been catalogued and is therefore difficult to find. The approach is two-fold in that it combines a process of rapid digitization of the scores and the creation of descriptive metadata through crowd-sourcing, and it is hoped that the outcomes of the project can be used to inform an efficient yet cost-effective approach to creating access to other music-related material in the Bodleian in the future. It is hoped that there will also be scope in the final delivery of images and crowd-sourced data for additional enhancements such as the hosting of audio performances relating to the music scores and provision of external links to video performances.My feeling is for some material this makes sense. For items that may take years or decades to fully catalog this may be a good interim solution. Or for items of low importance that may never get described some metadata is better than none. I'm reminded of the 4 levels of access and description once proposed. Most stuff, little importance, indexed by search engines. More important stuff, some metadata like PDF and Word description fields. Materials of still more importance, get Qualified Dublin Core so something on that level. Most important get full treatment by a trained professional. FGDC, MARC/RDA/ISBD, MODS, whatever standard fits. Crowdsourcing could move materials at the search index level up a level or two. It would improve access without using lots of resources.
- Music Cataloging Using Rda
Comments are invited on Best Practices for Music Cataloging using RDA and MARC21 The MLA-BCC RDA Music Implementation Task Force is happy to announce the release of the first complete draft of "Best Practices for Music Cataloging using RDA and MARC21."...
- Trackbacks
So arXive now has trackbacks. I'm wondering what it would take to provide trackbacks in our catalogs. Would links like that to individual bibliographic records be useful? There is Freetag, an open-source tool, that allows tagging in a MySQL database....
- Lc Test Of Access Level Records
In November of 2004, the Library of Congress Bibliographic Access Divisions posted information related to efforts to define a new level of cataloging within the MARC/AACR context, called access level-- more information related to the background and development...
- 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...
- Olac Conference
The conference reports, handouts and PowerPoint presentations from OLAC 2004 are now available on the OLAC website. Papers include:Expanding Access: FRBR and the Challenges of Non-print MaterialsExpanding Access, Expanding the ChallengesDescriptive Cataloging...