Library Cataloging
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 "card catalog"Considering the changing nature of information access in an Internet environment, how is an electronic "card catalog" of today different from the one designed ten or fifteen years ago?What kind of content should these "card catalogs" contain?To what degree are these things "catalogs" (as in inventory lists), and to what degree are they finding aids?To what degree should traditional cataloging practices be used in such a thing, or to what degree should new and upcoming practices such as FRBR be exploited?How would such a thing get created and by whom?What are some of the functionalities of "next generation" catalog?
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Catalogs
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Vra Core Schemas Now Hosted By Library Of Congress
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Cc:da Discusion List
Distributed to several email lists.CC:DA announces a public read-only email discussion list to allow non-CC:DA members to "view" committee discussions and work that takes place between outside of the ALA Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting. In order...
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Changes At Autocat
This message was posted to AUTOCAT friday.It is time for AUTOCAT to find a new home and new management.During my recent visit to Buffalo I discussed the future of AUTOCAT with the Acting Vice-President for University Libraries and with an official in...
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Geographic Subject Coodinatates Discussion Listserv (subcoor)
SubCoor is a moderated computer forum open to anyone interested in discussing issues related to the use of geographic coordinates for place searches of various metadata systems. SubCoor provides an opportunity for members of the international community...
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Open Archives Initiative
Liu, Xiaoming, et.al.. [28]"Federated Searching Interface Techniques for Heterogenous OAI Repositories" [29]Journal of Digital Information 2(4) (May 21, 2002). (http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i04/Liu/). - The [30]Open Archives Initiative is...
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