Cataloging
VuFind 1.0 Release
Posted by Alicia on 20 July, 2010 in Cataloging, Library News, Technology
VuFind 1.0 has been released. In addition to improved stability, the new release includes several features missing from the previous release candidate: flexible support for non-MARC metadata formats, a mobile interface, Dewey Decimal support, integration with Serials Solutions’ Summon, and more! For all the details and to obtain the software, please visit http://vufind.org/.
RDA and Cataloger’s Desktop
Posted by Jennifer on 24 February, 2010 in Cataloging
From the Autocat listserv posted by Bruce Johnson:
The Library of Congress and the Co-Publishers for RDA (Resource Description and Access) are pleased to announce that Cataloger’s Desktop subscribers will be able to access the RDA Toolkit (due in June 2010) via Cataloger’s Desktop.
Cataloger’s Desktop is the Library of Congress’s integrated, online documentation system for cataloging [...]
OCLC’s Expert Community Experiment
Posted by Jennifer on 9 February, 2009 in Cataloging
In response to requests from the cataloging community, OCLC is introducing the Expert Community Experiment which enables cataloging members to make more changes to WorldCat records. During the Experiment, members with full level cataloging authorizations have the ability to improve and upgrade WorldCat master records. The Experiment begins in February 2009, and lasts six months.
Benefits [...]
OCLC Policy on Record Use Update
Posted by Jennifer on 15 January, 2009 in Cataloging, OCLC
DUBLIN, Ohio, January 13, 2009—OCLC Members Council and the OCLC Board of Trustees will jointly convene a Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship to represent the membership and inform OCLC on the principles and best practices for sharing library data. The group will discuss the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat [...]
The eXtensible Catalog (XC) report is here!
Posted by Jennifer on 9 January, 2009 in Cataloging
The eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project at the University of Rochester announces the release of a major white paper describing the project’s approach to metadata. The paper describes how the development of an XML schema for XC and the creation of a platform for enriching and transforming metadata (the XC Metadata Services Toolkit) benefit not [...]
Changes in Cataloging by the British Library
Posted by Jennifer on 6 January, 2009 in Cataloging
In response to the decision by MARBI (2008-07) to make the MARC field 440 field obsolete, the British Library is changing its policy on recording series information in its bibliographic records. The revised policy takes into consideration the Library of Congress series policy and the BL’s requirement to ensure consistency and accuracy in derived [...]
MARC catalogers- new documentation is here!
Posted by Jennifer on 17 September, 2008 in Cataloging, OCLC
-Bibliographic Formats and Standards fourth print edition is now available!
This guide to cataloging using OCLC’s WorldCat database provides you with essential information on creating and using bibliogra-phic records in WorldCat, including:
· Input standards and guidelines for catalogers
· Tagging conventions
· Links to sources of related cataloging information
The fourth edition of Bibliographic Formats and Standards is the [...]
Upcoming SOLINET classes
Posted by Jennifer on 15 September, 2008 in Cataloging, Educational Services, Electronic Databases, Preservation, Upcoming Classes
Designing with Styles (Self-paced)
Designing with Cascading Style Sheets
Class begins 10/13/2008
Practical Approaches to Information Literacy (Live online)
10/14/2008-10/16/2008 10:00am-12:00pm EST three consecutive days
OCLC Connexion Client Copy Cataloging Skills (Live online)
10/14/2008-10/15/2008 2:00pm-4:00pm EST two consecutive days
20 Questions: U.S. Government Information (Live online)
10/14/2008 2:00pm-4:00pm EST
Intermediate Book Repair
10/15/2008-10/16/2008
Hosted at SOLINET, Atlanta Georgia
9:00am-4:00pm EST two consecutive days
20 Questions: History Resources (Live [...]
Cataloging survey: Integrating Non-MARC Metadata Production into the Duties of Traditional Catalogers
Posted by Jennifer on 19 August, 2008 in Cataloging
To *all catalogers* (with or without MLS) in academic libraries:
SURVEY: Integrating Non-MARC Metadata Production into the Duties of Traditional Catalogers
You are invited to participate in a brief national, online survey. The objective of this survey is to research the national trends in the integration [...]
Maintaining, enhancing records in WorldCat
Posted by Jennifer on 9 July, 2008 in Cataloging, Educational Services, OCLC, Upcoming Classes, WorldCat
Another important part of the maintenance and improvement of WorldCat is the activity by member libraries in adding call numbers and subjects, tables of contents, etc., upgrading minimal-level records and enhancing full records. During the fiscal year 2008 just completed, member libraries did the following:
Database enrichment: 157,787 records (a 21% increase from FY2007)
Minimal-level [...]