Library Cataloging
Here are a couple of new books from O'Reilly that may be of interest.XML in a Nutshell, 3rd ed.Steal This File Sharing BookI think we should be more aware of file sharing and how it could be used in a library setting. As part of ILL it makes sense. Maybe to share patron information between different institutions in a reciprocal borrowing consortium. There are privacy and security issues to consider but it may be something to consider. Could it be used for e-reserves?
- Ill
Some valid questions have been raised by Saul J. Amdursky in ILL: Sacred Cow or Vital Service?, Library Journal v. 128, no. 10 (June 2003)Interlibrary loan (ILL) is one of those services that librarians and their patrons have embraced for decades. Unfortunately,...
- Ncip
Looking at the NCIP standard, it covers much more than the interaction between borrowing and lending library in an ILL transaction. It also includes the ability to verify patron information at a remote host and then grant privileges. Have any of the journal...
- Metadata
The presentations from "Sharing the Knowledge" International CIDOC CRM Symposium are available. Papers include:It Is What It Does: The Pragmatics of Ontology for Knowledge SharingSome strategic issues for sharing information in museums Ontology Driven...
- Rss For Acquisitions
A new and rather interesting RSS application is the notification service of Amazon. Using a news aggregator, the link http://www.yaywastaken.com/amazon/amazon-rss.asp?keywords=???? will deliver a list of books. Just replace ???? with the keyword of interest....
- Cataloging Skills
Recently on AUTOCAT, there has been discussion about the skills needed by a cataloger. Here is my 2 cents. Catalogers are concerned with national and international standards. We have MARC21, AACR, the ISBDs, Z39.50 and so on. We like standards, interoperability,...
Library Cataloging
New Books
Here are a couple of new books from O'Reilly that may be of interest.XML in a Nutshell, 3rd ed.Steal This File Sharing BookI think we should be more aware of file sharing and how it could be used in a library setting. As part of ILL it makes sense. Maybe to share patron information between different institutions in a reciprocal borrowing consortium. There are privacy and security issues to consider but it may be something to consider. Could it be used for e-reserves?
- Ill
Some valid questions have been raised by Saul J. Amdursky in ILL: Sacred Cow or Vital Service?, Library Journal v. 128, no. 10 (June 2003)Interlibrary loan (ILL) is one of those services that librarians and their patrons have embraced for decades. Unfortunately,...
- Ncip
Looking at the NCIP standard, it covers much more than the interaction between borrowing and lending library in an ILL transaction. It also includes the ability to verify patron information at a remote host and then grant privileges. Have any of the journal...
- Metadata
The presentations from "Sharing the Knowledge" International CIDOC CRM Symposium are available. Papers include:It Is What It Does: The Pragmatics of Ontology for Knowledge SharingSome strategic issues for sharing information in museums Ontology Driven...
- Rss For Acquisitions
A new and rather interesting RSS application is the notification service of Amazon. Using a news aggregator, the link http://www.yaywastaken.com/amazon/amazon-rss.asp?keywords=???? will deliver a list of books. Just replace ???? with the keyword of interest....
- Cataloging Skills
Recently on AUTOCAT, there has been discussion about the skills needed by a cataloger. Here is my 2 cents. Catalogers are concerned with national and international standards. We have MARC21, AACR, the ISBDs, Z39.50 and so on. We like standards, interoperability,...