Library Cataloging
I sent this idea off to the Next Generation Catalog list but decided to post it here are well. Why not take a look at MP3 players for ideas on access to content? I've got about 3000 songs and podcasts on my player. I can get to the specific item by various methods, title, artist, genre, recently added, etc. There are only browse lists, no search functions. What they are called, how they work is very well known by the MP3 player users, a large group. Can we leverage their knowledge using this tool to improve their access to items in our catalogs?
iPod
OPAC
- Ngc4lib -- Next Generation Catalogs For Libraries
A mailing list has been created called NGC4Lib -- Next Generation Catalogs for Libraries. NGC4Lib is open to anybody in the world, and its purpose is to discuss things including but not limited to:Who are the primary intended audiences for a library's...
- Mp3 And My Commute
On my commute, until recently, I've always listened to the radio, or played some tapes or CDs. Now I find I almost never listen to the radio, Pacifica and NPR are things of the past. I've been listening to material on my MP3 player. I listen to...
- Audio Files
Yahoo now has an audio search. It provides a separate result pages for music podcasts and other. Missing MP3 tags make the results less useful.Since I picked on OCLC just now, I should mention they do have a good collection of talks available, their Distinguished...
- Music
The other night I went and bought the latest Beatle's CD. I started to wonder just how much longer a trip to the store to purchase a physical item containing recorded music will be something we do. I download individual songs now. It is only when...
- Authority
After reading the paper Hierarchical Gaps and Subject Authority Control Processing: an Assessment I'm not so sure this is a good way to go, at least for us. The paper describes how they added LCSH records for all broader terms needed when they added...
Library Cataloging
iPod
I sent this idea off to the Next Generation Catalog list but decided to post it here are well. Why not take a look at MP3 players for ideas on access to content? I've got about 3000 songs and podcasts on my player. I can get to the specific item by various methods, title, artist, genre, recently added, etc. There are only browse lists, no search functions. What they are called, how they work is very well known by the MP3 player users, a large group. Can we leverage their knowledge using this tool to improve their access to items in our catalogs?
iPod
OPAC
- Ngc4lib -- Next Generation Catalogs For Libraries
A mailing list has been created called NGC4Lib -- Next Generation Catalogs for Libraries. NGC4Lib is open to anybody in the world, and its purpose is to discuss things including but not limited to:Who are the primary intended audiences for a library's...
- Mp3 And My Commute
On my commute, until recently, I've always listened to the radio, or played some tapes or CDs. Now I find I almost never listen to the radio, Pacifica and NPR are things of the past. I've been listening to material on my MP3 player. I listen to...
- Audio Files
Yahoo now has an audio search. It provides a separate result pages for music podcasts and other. Missing MP3 tags make the results less useful.Since I picked on OCLC just now, I should mention they do have a good collection of talks available, their Distinguished...
- Music
The other night I went and bought the latest Beatle's CD. I started to wonder just how much longer a trip to the store to purchase a physical item containing recorded music will be something we do. I download individual songs now. It is only when...
- Authority
After reading the paper Hierarchical Gaps and Subject Authority Control Processing: an Assessment I'm not so sure this is a good way to go, at least for us. The paper describes how they added LCSH records for all broader terms needed when they added...