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Project 8 (Description and cataloguing) Progress report Pam Gatenby

Project 8 (Description and cataloguing) Progress report Pam Gatenby National Library of Australia. Project 8 (Description and Cataloguing) Objectives. Improve access via Libraries Australia (and Trove) to documentary heritage materials, especially unique materials

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Project 8 (Description and cataloguing) Progress report Pam Gatenby

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  1. Project 8 (Description and cataloguing) Progress report Pam Gatenby National Library of Australia

  2. Project 8 (Description and Cataloguing) Objectives • Improve access via Libraries Australia (and Trove) to documentary heritage materials, especially unique materials • Identify ways of reducing costs and the time taken to process and catalogue materials For instance, more productive and streamlined ways that are appropriate to the category of material • Review standards required by Trove

  3. Backgroundinformation Information about each project on the Re-imagining Libraries web site Group 8 information – Project brief, Scope statement, progress reports We work together via teleconferences, wiki, workshops. Monitor the RLG Work Program An Action Plan outlines priorities

  4. Action 1: Catalogue newspapers online Goal Catalogue all Aust. and NZ newspapers in print and microform onto Trove by June 2011 Points We are close to 100% coverage for print titles Not as well advanced for microform Agreed standards developed by ANPLAN

  5. Action 2: Make collection lists searchable through Trove Goal To develop streamlined approaches for making lists that describe the contents of collections, searchable through Trove Points Lead agency – ANL Project underway – funded by NSLA

  6. Action 3: Streamlined methods for describing pictures for online access Goals • To document the different approaches libraries are taking • To assess the pros and cons of each approach • To develop basic bibliographic standards Points Lead agency - SLWA Not yet commenced A lot of interest; potential for big step forward

  7. Action 4: Metadata standards and Trove Goal Review core bibliographic standards required to benefit fully from Trove search and delivery functionality Points Lead agency – NLA Trove data requirements documented These will be reviewed as part of all project 8 actions

  8. Action 5: Improve performance in making manuscript collections accessible Goal To develop a common framework for assessing practice and performance associated with providing access to manuscript collections Points Lead agency – NLA (Marie-Louise Ayres) Timeframe – Feb-Sept 2010 Involves detailed survey of workflows and practices and workshop, possibly with RLG

  9. Action 6: Geographic identification information in records Goal Develop approaches and standards for including geographic identification information in bibliographic records to support geospatial mapping of data Points Lead agency – SLQ Still to be scoped

  10. THANK YOU

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