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Future of Cataloging. RDA and other innovations pt.1 . Why RDA?. First we have to ask Who are we cataloging for? For what environment are we cataloging? How can we streamline cataloging? What we catalog has expanded
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Future of Cataloging RDA and other innovations pt.1
Why RDA? • First we have to ask • Who are we cataloging for? • For what environment are we cataloging? • How can we streamline cataloging? • What we catalog has expanded • Not just books, but videos, audio music, audiobooks, text and music for i-pods, etc. • Re-workings of works into play-scripts, online resource, adaptations for children, translations, films, etc. • Variations have new contributors or agencies but all are related to the original other • AACR2 mixed content and carrier • Relationships for all these materials need to be made clear to the user
Changes • CONSER & GPO Abridged • http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/conser.html • http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/cip/cataloging-revision-ap07.pdf • New OPAC views on top of current ILS • New open source systems • Cataloging more than just books • Cataloging in a worldwide environment
CONSER and GPO Abridged • CONSER standard and the GPO Abridged support the idea that primarily all you need is enough description to identify and a lot of valid access points • What can we eliminate and still create a functioning record? • For example you don’t need a 4XX, just use the valid 830
New OPACS uses • Bibliographic record link to SFX • From a database via SFX or WorldCat to local catalog • From courseware • To book covers, to Google books, to Amazon • WorldCat Identities
Courseware links • SUBJECT SEARCH FOR UND CAMPUS HOLDINGS EXCLUDING US GOV DOCS • http://www.odinlibrary.org/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sbh%3Dcivil+rights+not+wgp%3Df &local_base=undal
WorldCat Identities • WorldCat data in a different light • An Identities profile takes the holdings and metadata contributed by cataloging member libraries, and uniquely re-uses them to create a reference page with broad appeal to Web users. Information available in an Identities profile relative to the profilee includes: • An overview with the total number of published titles, languages in which those titles are published, story genres, and roles the person has assumed (author, performer, narrator, etc.) • A timeline, displaying by year the number of publications either created by or about the profilee • A list of titles most owned by WorldCat libraries, with brief descriptions and selected cover art • A "tag cloud" of associated library subject headings • Links to other identities commonly associated with the current profilee • Uses FAST subjects in the clouds
OPAC on ILS • Endeca, Encore, Primo • Primo example URL: http://discoverlibrary.vanderbilt.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=VANDERBILT&fromLogin=true • Endeca example URL: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/ • Encore example URL: http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/ • WorldCat Local • OHIO example: URL http://statelibraryofohio.worldcat/advancedsearch • VuFind • PALS example URL: http://plus.mnpals.net/ • eXtensible Catalog and OLE coming • URL: (over ILS) http://extensiblecatalog.info/?page_id=17 • URL: (open source ILS) http://oleproject.org/
Are these better? • Are these just more attractive or better? • If authorities aren’t included, subject access is often not very relevant to what the user really wanted • You don’t see the whole bibliographic record • Terminology not always consistent or clear, e.g. Creator on one screen and Author on another
Open Source ILS • Open source does not mean free of cost or labor to manage • Open source means you don’t need a special client, e.g. GUI Aleph client • Koha URL: http://www.koha.org/ • Evergreen URL: http://open-ils.org/ • Others, eg. Bibliocommons URL: http://bibliocommons.com/