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CONF. LOCATION:
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Corvallis, OR
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CONFERENCE YEAR:
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2003
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Conference Presentation
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Cataloging, Electronic resources
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Library/Information Science
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English
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PUB ID:
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103-398-055
(Last edited on
2003/12/19 18:49:32 US/Mountain)
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ABSTRACT:
As digital resources become more useful and prevalent, “collection” of web sites becomes an increasingly important part of librarians' collection development and reference responsibilities. Although a variety of models exist for making web sites available to users, librarians at OSU felt that the best way to help users find them is to make them accessible through our catalog. Several issues emerged including: burdening a catalog department already straining under shrinking budgets and personnel with potentially unlimited work to catalog and track "free" sites, the need for selection policies for electronic resources (free as well as purchased), and determining how to integrate these resources with our other "purchased" electronic resources, most of which are already cataloged.
To address these issues, catalogers developed "M-Web" to facilitate getting web sites into the catalog with minimal cataloger time. Library selectors provide much of the description and suggestions for subject headings which are automatically translated by M-Web into a MARC record that the cataloger can edit for inclusion in the catalog. The library catalog takes on a new role by directing users to resources not owned or controlled by the library, but deemed as important resources nonetheless. Classification becomes less important, since it is not necessary as a locating device, while the presence of an accurate URL becomes all-important. Reducing the input of the cataloger, shifting some of the traditional cataloging responsibilities to the library selectors, and creating a less-than-full record save the cataloger’s time while ensuring that a new stream of library resources is incorporated into the local catalog.
The success of the model will be measured by the increased accessibility of web resources to our users; the increased coordination and collaboration between catalogers and subject selectors; and we make progress toward reaching our goal of providing and collecting digital resources important to our users.
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