Library Cataloging
The Public Library Geographic Database (PLGDB) is a useful research tool. It could also be used by school libraries to find demographic data for their service regions.
- Value Of Cataloging
Counting Cataloging: Moving Beyond Statistics to Measure the Value of Cataloging by Melissa De Fino and Jianrong Wang appears in the latest issue of LIBRES (Volume 22, issue 1) Given the budgetary and technological changes facing academic libraries, it...
- Open Worldcat
OCLC has decided to turn the Open WorldCat pilot into a program that will be an ongoing benefit for OCLC member libraries. The pilot has clearly demonstrated the value of making WorldCat records and library holdings available to the general public on...
- Metasearching
The is a new service offered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that allows users to easily discover and retrieve desired information from multiple library catalogs, databases, and other knowledge collections. Texans no longer need to...
- Lc Subject Headings
The latest issue of the Cataloging Service Bulletin has these major subject heading changesAustralian aborigines becomes Aboriginal AustraliansThe geographic qualifier Nfld. becomes N.L.A change affecting many fewer records but most likely more libraries,...
- Opacs On The Web
British Library Public Catalogue accessible from COPAC Joint Press Release from the British Library and the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) The British Library and the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) are delighted...
Library Cataloging
Public Library Geographic Database
The Public Library Geographic Database (PLGDB) is a useful research tool. It could also be used by school libraries to find demographic data for their service regions.
The database includes the locations of America?s 16,000 public libraries, population characteristics from the US Census that best describe people that use libraries, and library use statistics from the National Center for Educational Statistics. The goal of the database is to provide consolidated information on public libraries nationwide, easily accessible over the Internet.
- Value Of Cataloging
Counting Cataloging: Moving Beyond Statistics to Measure the Value of Cataloging by Melissa De Fino and Jianrong Wang appears in the latest issue of LIBRES (Volume 22, issue 1) Given the budgetary and technological changes facing academic libraries, it...
- Open Worldcat
OCLC has decided to turn the Open WorldCat pilot into a program that will be an ongoing benefit for OCLC member libraries. The pilot has clearly demonstrated the value of making WorldCat records and library holdings available to the general public on...
- Metasearching
The is a new service offered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that allows users to easily discover and retrieve desired information from multiple library catalogs, databases, and other knowledge collections. Texans no longer need to...
- Lc Subject Headings
The latest issue of the Cataloging Service Bulletin has these major subject heading changesAustralian aborigines becomes Aboriginal AustraliansThe geographic qualifier Nfld. becomes N.L.A change affecting many fewer records but most likely more libraries,...
- Opacs On The Web
British Library Public Catalogue accessible from COPAC Joint Press Release from the British Library and the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) The British Library and the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) are delighted...