Library Cataloging
An interesting paper with implications for chief source of information in cataloging Web sites What is the title of a Web page? A study of Webography practice by Timothy C. Craven.
"Few style guides recommend a specific source for citing the title of a Web page that is not a duplicate of a printed format. Sixteen Web bibliographies were analyzed for uses of two different recommended sources: (1) the tagged title; (2) the title as it would appear to be from viewing the beginning of the page in the browser (apparent title). In all sixteen, the proportion of tagged titles was much less than that of apparent titles, and only rarely did the bibliography title match the tagged title and not the apparent title. Convenience of copying may partly explain the preference for the apparent title. Contrary to expectation, correlation between proportion of valid links in a bibliography and proportion of accurately reproduced apparent titles was slightly negative."--from the abstract.
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Google has an API for Google Books that can add informaiton to the OPAC.The Google Book Search Book Viewability API enables developers to:Link to Books in Google Book Search using ISBNs, LCCNs, and OCLC numbersKnow whether Google Book Search has a specific...
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The OLAC CAPC Subcommittee on the Source of Title Note for Internet Resources has completed a second draft of the revised document that is ready for review and comment. They would very much appreciate feedback on the current draft by May 2.We want to...
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Just want to plug Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging : A Workbook of Examples by Elizabeth Haynes and Joanna Fountain. I've had the pleasure of working with Joanna and a more competent and decent person would be hard to find.Supplementing existing...
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Announced on the ERIL-L mail list.I would like to announce the availability of cufts2marc, a web-based utility for generatng title-level USMARC bibliographic records for the ejournal collections described in the CUFTS link resolver knowledgebase. CUFTS,...
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This month the tag of the month at Follett is MARC Record Sample Alternative Title (Book). It shows the 246 field being used. I'd have liked to have seen it used more than once for different reasons. I know I have records with a spine title, cover...
Library Cataloging
Web Titles
An interesting paper with implications for chief source of information in cataloging Web sites What is the title of a Web page? A study of Webography practice by Timothy C. Craven.
"Few style guides recommend a specific source for citing the title of a Web page that is not a duplicate of a printed format. Sixteen Web bibliographies were analyzed for uses of two different recommended sources: (1) the tagged title; (2) the title as it would appear to be from viewing the beginning of the page in the browser (apparent title). In all sixteen, the proportion of tagged titles was much less than that of apparent titles, and only rarely did the bibliography title match the tagged title and not the apparent title. Convenience of copying may partly explain the preference for the apparent title. Contrary to expectation, correlation between proportion of valid links in a bibliography and proportion of accurately reproduced apparent titles was slightly negative."--from the abstract.
- Google Books Api And The Opac
Google has an API for Google Books that can add informaiton to the OPAC.The Google Book Search Book Viewability API enables developers to:Link to Books in Google Book Search using ISBNs, LCCNs, and OCLC numbersKnow whether Google Book Search has a specific...
- Source Of Title Note
The OLAC CAPC Subcommittee on the Source of Title Note for Internet Resources has completed a second draft of the revised document that is ready for review and comment. They would very much appreciate feedback on the current draft by May 2.We want to...
- Cataloging Book
Just want to plug Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging : A Workbook of Examples by Elizabeth Haynes and Joanna Fountain. I've had the pleasure of working with Joanna and a more competent and decent person would be hard to find.Supplementing existing...
- Marc Tool
Announced on the ERIL-L mail list.I would like to announce the availability of cufts2marc, a web-based utility for generatng title-level USMARC bibliographic records for the ejournal collections described in the CUFTS link resolver knowledgebase. CUFTS,...
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This month the tag of the month at Follett is MARC Record Sample Alternative Title (Book). It shows the 246 field being used. I'd have liked to have seen it used more than once for different reasons. I know I have records with a spine title, cover...