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URLs in CCS Catalog Records

URLs in CCS Catalog Records. Dos and Don’ts December 1, 2004. The Three R’s of URL’s. Add (or retain) URLs that:. reproduce the cataloged work or the information in it relate directly to the cataloged work refer the user to additional information on the subject of the cataloged work.

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URLs in CCS Catalog Records

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  1. URLs in CCS Catalog Records Dos and Don’ts December 1, 2004

  2. The Three R’s of URL’s

  3. Add (or retain) URLs that: • reproduce the cataloged work or the information in it • relatedirectly to the cataloged work • refer the user to additional information on the subject of the cataloged work

  4. Examples that reproduce the cataloged work or the information in it

  5. Examples that lead the catalog user to helpful information directly related to the cataloged work

  6. Be sure— • that the information is current • that the relationship between the material and the URL is direct • sample pages, • publisher’s description, • table of contents, etc.

  7. Examples that refer the user to additional information on the specific subject (not too general)

  8. Some URLs contain pearls • Sometimes, following an URL (a U-R-L? –depends on how you pronounce it) will lead you to the “hidden” background of a book.

  9. ◄←Follow this link

  10. . . . to the publisher’s description for “Yours is a very bad hotel…”

  11. …or this link

  12. …to the publisher’s description for “Bloody Jack: the curse of the blue tattoo…”

  13. Sometimes The text string that is in the 856 tag is changed during downloading or storing of the record

  14. Why was this URL not found?

  15. There is a space ▲ in the string that should not be there.

  16. From the Unicorn URL Checker report— Can you find the error in each of these examples? TITLE CTRL # : o53045056 TITLE : Some great thing / Colin McAdam. 856 42 |3 Publisher description |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/har041/ 2003057072.htm l RESULTS: URL did not find a matching web page TITLE CTRL # : o45230462 TITLE : God bless the child / words and music by Billie Holiday and 856 42 |3 Publisher description |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc042/ 00063200.html RESULTS: URL did not find a matching web page TITLE CTRL # : o52838845 TITLE : The witch's grave / Philip DePoy. 856 42 |3 Publisher description |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol041/ 2003058569.htm l RESULTS: URL did not find a matching web page

  17. Sometimes The hyperlink points to commercial propaganda— virtually free advertising for the publisher or producer

  18. Sometimes The 856 points to useless information

  19. Be sure • That the 856 contains at least a subfield u —what the URL checker must find

  20. If there is no subfield u the report will blank the data in 856

  21. Be careful Of what works and what doesn’t

  22. Click on this and you get

  23. Extension should be .pdf, not .html

  24. Do • Make a judgment of the value of the URL to the user • See that the URL works • Make sure the URL is in subfield u • Double check that there are NO spaces • Learn what the 856 indicators mean • Learn what the 856 subfields mean

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