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THE ONE-2 PROJECT. Z39.50 AND COPY CATALOGUING - THE BRITISH LIBRARY EXPERIENCE. ONE-2 Partners. ONE-2 Project Goals. ONE Z39.50 OPAC NETWORK IN EUROPE ONE-2 ADDITIONAL SERVICES Holdings Inter Library Loans Electronic Document Delivery Catalogue Update.
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THE ONE-2 PROJECT Z39.50 AND COPY CATALOGUING - THE BRITISH LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
ONE-2 Project Goals • ONE Z39.50 OPAC NETWORK IN EUROPE • ONE-2 ADDITIONAL SERVICES • Holdings • Inter Library Loans • Electronic Document Delivery • Catalogue Update
Bibliographic User Trial - Objectives • Basic Search & Retrieval • Copy cataloguing and record insert • Catalogue update
Bibliographic User Trial - Organisation • THE BRITISH LIBRARY and ICCU • DATA • BL - current BNB (British National Bibliography) and arts • ICCU - Italian Union Catalogue on SBN system • DBC, LIBRIS, BIBSYS and Norwegian National Library
Bibliographic User Trial - Clients and Servers • BL server hosted by CROSSNET SYSTEMS LIMITED • UKMARC format • USEMARCON to convert to MARC21 and UNIMARC • Catalogue Update server hosted by DBC • VISUAL CAT client provided by DBC
The Visual Cat client and XML • ISO2709 MARC to generic 2709/XML format for interchange • Based on Open Archives Initiative MARC XML DTD at http:/www.dlib.vt.edu/projects/OpenArchives/oa_marc.html • Specific MARC XML schema for validation - MARC21; UNIMARC • BL and Portia Systems produced abbreviated MARC21 XML schema • Based on the LC USMARC DTD at http://www.loc.gov/marc/marcdtd/marcdtdback.html
The Visual Cat client and XML contd. • Explainlite XML schema to intialise and customise the client • Developed by Crossnet Systems and BIBSYS. DTD at http://www.bibsys.no/z/explainlite.dtd
Cataloguers’ experiences - general • Questionnaire compiled by BL and ICCU • User Interface - clear and easy to use • Search query construction - easy • Use of XML to customise the client useful • Access points - known item i.e. ISBNs • Hit rates and response times - good
Cataloguers’ experiences - copy cataloguing • Very easy to carry out • Subject information of great value • Minimal changes to records necessary - less then 10% • Procedures flexible and simple to carry out
Issues • Quality of the records main consideration • Downloading • MARC converters and XML • Subject information • multi-lingual access • Cataloguing consortia and catalogue update • XML helps give cataloguers flexible clients
References and contact names • http://www.one-2.org • http://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/usemarcon.html • http://www.dlib.vt.edu/projects/OpenArchives/oa_marc.html • http://www.loc.gov/marc/marcdtd/marcdtdback.html • http://www.bibsys.no/z/explainlite.dtd • mbl@portia.dk • jan.ashton@bl.uk