Library Cataloging
Toward a 21st Century Library Catalog by Kristin Antelman, Emily Lynema, and Andrew K. Pace (2006) appears in Information Technology and Libraries 25(3):pp. 128-139.
- Online Shelf Browse Tool
The North Carolina State University Library has released an open-source tool for browsing the shelf in the catalog.The NCSU Libraries is pleased to release its Virtual Shelf Browse application and web service as open source software. Source code is available...
- Metadata For Resource Discovery
Metadata to Support Next-Generation Library Resource Discovery: Lessons from the eXtensilble Catalog, Phase 1 by Jennifer Bowen has been published in the June 2008 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (p. 6-19). The slides for her upcoming talk...
- Serials Cataloging Paper
Catalog/Cataloging Changes and Web 2.0 Functionality: New Directions for Serials by Rebecca Kemp will be published in The Serials Librarian later this year.This article presents an overview of some of the important recent developments in cataloging theory...
- Melvyl Recommender Project
Steve Toub of the California Digital Library has posted this to a couple of e-mail lists. The Melvyl Recommender Project, which explored next-generation services for library catalogs, has reached its conclusion. This project was funded by the Andrew W....
- 21st Century Librarian Award
For the third year, the students of Syracuse University School of Information Studies are pleased to announce the 21st Century Librarian Award. This year, a second award, the 21st Century New Librarian Award will recognize a librarian in his/her first...
Library Cataloging
Toward a 21st Century Library Catalog
Toward a 21st Century Library Catalog by Kristin Antelman, Emily Lynema, and Andrew K. Pace (2006) appears in Information Technology and Libraries 25(3):pp. 128-139.
Library catalogs have represented stagnant technology for close to twenty years. Moving toward a next-generation catalog, North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries purchased Endeca's Information Access Platform to give its users relevance-ranked keyword search results and to leverage the rich metadata trapped in the MARC record to enhance collection browsing. This paper discusses the new functionality that has been enabled, the implementation process and system architecture, assessment of the new catalog's performance, and future directions.OPAC
- Online Shelf Browse Tool
The North Carolina State University Library has released an open-source tool for browsing the shelf in the catalog.The NCSU Libraries is pleased to release its Virtual Shelf Browse application and web service as open source software. Source code is available...
- Metadata For Resource Discovery
Metadata to Support Next-Generation Library Resource Discovery: Lessons from the eXtensilble Catalog, Phase 1 by Jennifer Bowen has been published in the June 2008 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (p. 6-19). The slides for her upcoming talk...
- Serials Cataloging Paper
Catalog/Cataloging Changes and Web 2.0 Functionality: New Directions for Serials by Rebecca Kemp will be published in The Serials Librarian later this year.This article presents an overview of some of the important recent developments in cataloging theory...
- Melvyl Recommender Project
Steve Toub of the California Digital Library has posted this to a couple of e-mail lists. The Melvyl Recommender Project, which explored next-generation services for library catalogs, has reached its conclusion. This project was funded by the Andrew W....
- 21st Century Librarian Award
For the third year, the students of Syracuse University School of Information Studies are pleased to announce the 21st Century Librarian Award. This year, a second award, the 21st Century New Librarian Award will recognize a librarian in his/her first...