Library Cataloging
Missed this standard update when it happened last week. RSS (Rich Site Summary or Real Simple Summary) now has a new version, RSS 2.0. RSS 0.9X is on a seperate track and may become RSS 3.0 at some point in time. It does not look like the two protocals are going to merge.
- Open Worldcat
In my time at the reference desk today I added TOC and summary notes to some of our publications in Open WorldCat. See for example:The Apollo 15 lunar samplesPlanetary science : a lunar perspectiveMECA workshop on dust on Mars IIII'm not sure if these...
- Aacr 2005 Changes
A summary of the changes in the 2005 update to AACR2 is posted by the Library of Congress. They give Aug. 1 as the date they will start using the new rules. AACR...
- Summary Notes
OLAC/CAPC is very pleased to announce that the Summary/Abstracts Task Force Final Report, "Summary Notes for Catalog Records" is now available through the OLAC website. This is a fine piece of work and deserves attention. I know I could improve the summaries...
- Wireless Access?
The RSS (Rich Site Summary) feed seems to be working fine. I think many folks have switched from visiting the Web site to getting the items on a news reader. Now the next frontier is wireless. Does anyone (Shifted Librarian, Handheld Librarian) have their...
- Summaries Or Abstracts
I notice the 10th Biennial OLAC Conference is having a session on creating annotations. That is something I feel is long overdue. There has been little guidance on just how to construct a good abstract for field 520. There is a NISO standard ANSI/NISO...
Library Cataloging
RSS 2.0
Missed this standard update when it happened last week. RSS (Rich Site Summary or Real Simple Summary) now has a new version, RSS 2.0. RSS 0.9X is on a seperate track and may become RSS 3.0 at some point in time. It does not look like the two protocals are going to merge.
- Open Worldcat
In my time at the reference desk today I added TOC and summary notes to some of our publications in Open WorldCat. See for example:The Apollo 15 lunar samplesPlanetary science : a lunar perspectiveMECA workshop on dust on Mars IIII'm not sure if these...
- Aacr 2005 Changes
A summary of the changes in the 2005 update to AACR2 is posted by the Library of Congress. They give Aug. 1 as the date they will start using the new rules. AACR...
- Summary Notes
OLAC/CAPC is very pleased to announce that the Summary/Abstracts Task Force Final Report, "Summary Notes for Catalog Records" is now available through the OLAC website. This is a fine piece of work and deserves attention. I know I could improve the summaries...
- Wireless Access?
The RSS (Rich Site Summary) feed seems to be working fine. I think many folks have switched from visiting the Web site to getting the items on a news reader. Now the next frontier is wireless. Does anyone (Shifted Librarian, Handheld Librarian) have their...
- Summaries Or Abstracts
I notice the 10th Biennial OLAC Conference is having a session on creating annotations. That is something I feel is long overdue. There has been little guidance on just how to construct a good abstract for field 520. There is a NISO standard ANSI/NISO...