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Publication History Diane I. Hillmann. Background. Formally the CONSER Task Force to Explore the Use of a Universal Holdings Record In the process of defining a Publication History record and determining what role it might take in a new view of serials. Working Definition:.
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Background • Formally the CONSER Task Force to Explore the Use of a Universal Holdings Record • In the process of defining a Publication History record and determining what role it might take in a new view of serials
Working Definition: • “A Publication History Record includes the complete pattern and published holdings of a particular title. It does not reflect the holdings of a particular library, but does express an ‘ideal’ complete run or set of a particular bibliographic entity.”
Our traditional view of serials • Based on the serial TITLE as the main focus • Title is the central node in library systems, from it hangs: • Subscription info • OPAC description and access info • Version info (even if those relate to several bibliographic records)
The bad news about tradition … • Multitudes of title changes • Multiple versions of each title • Subscriptions and licenses to manage • Archival and preservation concerns for print and digital versions • Storage, maintenance and circulation issues haven’t gone away
The good news about tradition … • Descriptive standards for serials still make sense at the title level • FRBR ferment is prompting us to think in new ways about relationships and the need for description at other levels • Underutilized Holdings has the potential to tie some of this information together
Moving Up … and Down • To the traditional serials title description, we need to add: • UP: A Super-record • DOWN: Ways to link to and manage article level descriptions • DOWN: Potential for links to and management of parts of articles (images, tables, etc.)
The Super-record and FRBR • FRBR concepts may apply to serials differently than to monographs • Super-records are a logical place to attach a Publication History record • MARC Holdings record describing the title as published not as held by a particular institution • Template for holdings information at lower levels
“It’s about Relationships” • Horizontal or equivalence relationships • Versions (print, digital, microform) • Vertical or temporal relationships • Title changes • Current issues/backfiles
Issues, articles, and article bits • Uses for description and aggregation at a lower level of granularity • Managing link resolvers • Subscription and license management • Publishing patterns of the future?
Engaging the players • Data exchange protocols cannot be bi-directional--many potential uses exist for data in standard formats • Potential exchange partners: • Subscription agents • Publishers • Library system vendors • Libraries
Where’s the HUB? • Is MARC Holdings a basis for exchanging data between these partners? • Pros: based on real usage over a long period (since 1985); well documented; non-proprietary • Cons: complex; no installed base outside libraries
Some issues: • MARC Holdings and citation practice are not currently aligned, but talk about the same kinds of data • MARC Holdings not used or understood outside libraries • Efforts towards simple expressions for use in publisher oriented systems seem to deny the fact that serial complexity is not the creation of libraries!
Presenting complexity to a user • Library systems have traditionally relied on text-based displays • Users are increasingly comfortable with more visually sophisticated displays • Ability to do the latter depends on standard information
Some examples • http://content.nsdl.org/dih1/PubPatt/chemRes • http://content.nsdl.org/dih1/PubPatt/carleton.html