Library Cataloging
10 Ways to Improve Data Quality by Jeffrey Beall in American Libraries, 36(3) pp. 36-37 is now available on ELIS. Pretty standard stuff. It did include one suggestion I'd not thought of before. Some older autobiographies lack a subject heading for the author/subject of the book. I'd add a step and make it 11 ways.... We should check the URLs to make sure they are still working.
Cataloging
- Lcsh Suggestion Blog-a-thon
The Radical Reference folks are having a Library of Congress Subject Heading Suggestion Blog-a-Thon.Do subject headings still matter? We say they do. Does the Library of Congress always identify accessible and appropriately named headings and implement...
- Identifiers And Subject Access
A while back I posted a criticism of David Weinberger's piece in the Boston Globe. He was kind enough to respond. Since many folks might miss the comments, I'm reposting them here.Here's what I was trying to say, in a highly-compressed article....
- Frbr Paper
FRBR: Coming Soon to Your Library? by Bowen, Jennifer is available. It was published in Library Resources & Technical Services 49, no. 3: 175-188.The FRBR data model holds great potential for improving access to library resources, but may not affect all...
- Subject Access
"Why LC Subject Headings Are More Important Than Ever" by Thomas Mann, American Libraries, Oct. 2003, v. 34, no. 9 discusses not the importance of LC subject headings, the title is a bit misleading, but the importance of the ability of users to browse...
- Urls
The article Unlocking URLs: Extensions, Shortening Options, and Other Oddities by Greg R. Notess describes some of the more obscure forms of URLs. Understanding URLs can be important; there are enough of them in our catalogs. Once we could catalog an...
Library Cataloging
Improving Our Catalogs
10 Ways to Improve Data Quality by Jeffrey Beall in American Libraries, 36(3) pp. 36-37 is now available on ELIS. Pretty standard stuff. It did include one suggestion I'd not thought of before. Some older autobiographies lack a subject heading for the author/subject of the book. I'd add a step and make it 11 ways.... We should check the URLs to make sure they are still working.
Cataloging
- Lcsh Suggestion Blog-a-thon
The Radical Reference folks are having a Library of Congress Subject Heading Suggestion Blog-a-Thon.Do subject headings still matter? We say they do. Does the Library of Congress always identify accessible and appropriately named headings and implement...
- Identifiers And Subject Access
A while back I posted a criticism of David Weinberger's piece in the Boston Globe. He was kind enough to respond. Since many folks might miss the comments, I'm reposting them here.Here's what I was trying to say, in a highly-compressed article....
- Frbr Paper
FRBR: Coming Soon to Your Library? by Bowen, Jennifer is available. It was published in Library Resources & Technical Services 49, no. 3: 175-188.The FRBR data model holds great potential for improving access to library resources, but may not affect all...
- Subject Access
"Why LC Subject Headings Are More Important Than Ever" by Thomas Mann, American Libraries, Oct. 2003, v. 34, no. 9 discusses not the importance of LC subject headings, the title is a bit misleading, but the importance of the ability of users to browse...
- Urls
The article Unlocking URLs: Extensions, Shortening Options, and Other Oddities by Greg R. Notess describes some of the more obscure forms of URLs. Understanding URLs can be important; there are enough of them in our catalogs. Once we could catalog an...