Library Cataloging
Some organizations are digitizing large collections of older materials and making them available on-line. How, if at all, are we handling updating the records in our collections given this new level of access and information? For example the NASA ADS recently made available the full-text of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory special reports. Hundreds of them. It would be nice to let our patrons know they are now there. Maybe the abstracts and TOC information could be culled from the full-text to enrich our records. However, that would be a lot of work to do on a record by record basis. Another example, the USGS has digitized most of their older circulars, bulletins, professional papers and even open file reports. There must be thousands of these. How many of our catalogs reflect this?
Cataloging
- Marc Records For The Doe Information Bridge
The DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is now providing MARC records for the full-text reports available through the DOE Information Bridge. Like all OSTI products, the OSTI MARC records are available free of charge. The records...
- When To Create A New Record
News from CC:DA.We are pleased to announce publication of Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record (revised edition, 2007). This revised edition is now available as a free, 38-page download (.pdf) and is no longer...
- Rights And Access
The Lunar E-Library is a good idea gone wrong. From their announcement it looks like all the full-text material is copyright free.This DVD knowledgebase contains 1100 (.PDF) items with an emphasis on documents produced during the Apollo/Saturn era. Full...
- Grey Literature
There is a new mailing list devoted to MARC records and full-text online documents for "grey literature" (e.g., technical reports, conference proceedings, etc.). Often online versions of these documents exist, but there are no catalog records. This group...
- Ads Historical Literature Project
The ADS is working with the John G. Wolbach Library at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics to digitize microfilms from selected historical publications in astronomy, including observatory reports, bulletins and annals. During the first phase...
Library Cataloging
Updating Bib Records
Some organizations are digitizing large collections of older materials and making them available on-line. How, if at all, are we handling updating the records in our collections given this new level of access and information? For example the NASA ADS recently made available the full-text of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory special reports. Hundreds of them. It would be nice to let our patrons know they are now there. Maybe the abstracts and TOC information could be culled from the full-text to enrich our records. However, that would be a lot of work to do on a record by record basis. Another example, the USGS has digitized most of their older circulars, bulletins, professional papers and even open file reports. There must be thousands of these. How many of our catalogs reflect this?
Cataloging
- Marc Records For The Doe Information Bridge
The DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is now providing MARC records for the full-text reports available through the DOE Information Bridge. Like all OSTI products, the OSTI MARC records are available free of charge. The records...
- When To Create A New Record
News from CC:DA.We are pleased to announce publication of Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record (revised edition, 2007). This revised edition is now available as a free, 38-page download (.pdf) and is no longer...
- Rights And Access
The Lunar E-Library is a good idea gone wrong. From their announcement it looks like all the full-text material is copyright free.This DVD knowledgebase contains 1100 (.PDF) items with an emphasis on documents produced during the Apollo/Saturn era. Full...
- Grey Literature
There is a new mailing list devoted to MARC records and full-text online documents for "grey literature" (e.g., technical reports, conference proceedings, etc.). Often online versions of these documents exist, but there are no catalog records. This group...
- Ads Historical Literature Project
The ADS is working with the John G. Wolbach Library at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics to digitize microfilms from selected historical publications in astronomy, including observatory reports, bulletins and annals. During the first phase...