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Japanese E-resource Metadata I ssues

Japanese E-resource Metadata I ssues. Haruko Nakamura Yale University Library Workshop on Electronic Resources Standards and Best Practices CEAL annual meeting pre-conference workshop, 25 March 2014, Philadelphia. Outline. Issues: Lack of resources and awareness

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Japanese E-resource Metadata I ssues

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  1. Japanese E-resource Metadata Issues Haruko Nakamura Yale University Library Workshop on Electronic Resources Standards and Best Practices CEAL annual meeting pre-conference workshop, 25 March 2014, Philadelphia

  2. Outline • Issues: Lack of resources and awareness • Scarce e-resources / contents • No/Poor metadata • ebooks • aggregated databases • Lack of proper procedures and communication

  3. Scarce e-resources / contents • Indexing databases are still dominant • Small number of e-books and e-journals • Very few front list titles (新刊)are published as ebooks ↓ • Majority of e-books have been already published in print and many libraries already own them. • Therefore, not many libraries purchase e-books, thus they are not yet familiar withthe Japanese e-book market.

  4. Metadata • Lack of individual links of e-journals and e-books provided • Few vendors provide MARC records for OPAC • Poor interface function • Confusion of diverse presentation of e-resources (interfaces, access points, metadata, etc.)

  5. eBooks • Around 7,000 Japanese e-books available (mostly science subjects) • Provides metadata in discovery tools like Summon, but… • Availability of MARC records are not consistent • Good MARC records, but poor interface function • Transliterated headings (880 fields) • Series headings • Volume number • Subject headings • Collections base links

  6. MARC record sample – Beautiful!

  7. No transliterations No series headings No subject headings

  8. No volume numbers “新日本古典文学大系”as series

  9. No Series Headings

  10. Aggregated Databases • e-books and e-journals in one database • No MARC records • Provides metadata in discovery tools, but.. • No direct links to individual titles or to several individual interfaces • Insufficient metadata? • No ISBN, published year, transliterated titles, etc.

  11. Lack of proper procedures and communication • Content updates (added, deleted and changes of titles, etc.) • Who takes care of this? Communication with e-resources librarians (internal), vendors and publishers. • Japanese resources in databases supplied by other countries? (ex. Medical*Online, Factiva)

  12. Annals of Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences [Ja] (群馬保健学紀要)

  13. Other e-resource issues • Certain contents are not available outside Japan • Users have to install client software • Difficult license agreements • Usage statistics not being available • Price

  14. Knowledge base Future Access at Yale Univ. E-journal A-Z list Database A-Z list Link Resolver Discovery Service E-journal and E-book MARC records in catalog

  15. Conclusion - Working Together With Librarians (liaison to users) and Publishers and Vendors (content creators) ↓ • Increase access points of e-resources • Improve awareness of e-resources among users • Increase the use of e-resources • Librarians can justify subscriptions of e-resources • Everyone wins!

  16. Thank you!

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