Bibliographic Access Research Articles

Intellectual Access to Digital Documents

This paper considers the relevance of Charles Ami Cutter's principles of bibliographic access to the uiniverse of Internet accessible digital objects and explores new methods for applying these principles in the context of new information technologies. The paper examines the value for retrieval of collecting authors' names, identifying authors' roles, collocating works and versions, and providing subject access through classification and controlled vocabularies for digital resources available through the World Wide Web. THe authors identify emerging techniques and technologies that can be used in lieu of or as a supplement to traditional cataloging to achieve these functions in organizing access to Internet resources

TECHNICAL SERVICES REPORT

A provocative discussion of the current and future roles of technical services was given. Frank D'Andraia shares his views of the challenges and future of libraries and technical services. He draws a parallel between higher education and big business and compares the circumstances which libraries face to those of airlines and banking. Our future is dependent on our ability to respond to the competition provided by for-profit information services. He describes dramatic staffing changes in technical services, including a small and flexible core staff with a changed role as expediters not processors. Barbara Cervera describes the University of Connecticut strategic visioning process and comments on current realities, new workloads, planning goals, and strategies to survive and prosper. Among the strategies suggested are the application of latest information technology and the identification of new applications of technical services skills, including bibliographic access to electronic resources and designing our own technical services Web. D'Andraia and Cervera challenge technical services managers to create a vital, positive future for technical services.

Re-Engineering as a Change Agent at the National Library of Canada

Business process re-engineering (or re-engineering) involves a rethinking of the processes, operations and structure of an organization in order to achieve dramatic improvements in its outputs. Over the past four years the National Library of Canada has been engaged in an in-depth review of several of its activities using re-engineering. Three projects have been undertaken, involving the Serials Record Section, the document delivery of items in the library's collections, and bibliographic access (including cataloguing and related activities). The last was carried out over the summer of 1993, and as a result four working groups were set up, each dealing with the following prime recommendations: strengthening the focus on users; simplifying cataloguing priorities and reducing cataloguing levels; reorganizing the cataloguing operation to reflect an integrated approach: and streamlining the current partially contracted out CIP programme. A reorganized bibliographic access function took effect on March 1, 1995, incorporating a new approach to management and demonstrating greater involvement in decision making by staff at all levels. Essential elements for successful re-engineering include senior management commitment, selection of knowledgeable and representative team members, the use of technology as a means not an end, and regular communication channels.

Cartobibliographic Instruction:

This paper encourages the inclusion of cartobibliographic instruction as another path in the library instruction program. Cartographic resources including maps, globes, charts, gazetteers, and atlases are too often overlooked in such programs. Bibliographic access to, and problems associated with the use of cartographic sources, and general geographical concepts are discussed. This paper also highlights the abundance of these sources across the curriculum with special emphasis on the humanities, social sciences, and health sciences.

Acquisitions-

Buying library materials for a country far distant from the principal sources of publication presents specific problems and needs different solutions. In New Zealand during the early 1960s there were not only distance problems but financial and procedural problems. This report of the responses from the National Library Service not only highlight these problems but throw some light on the difficulties presently facing third world countries. If the goal of universal bibliographic access is to be met, these issues must be faced.

Undifferentiated Names: A Cataloging Rule Overlooked by Catalogers, Reference Librarians, and Library Users

Persons with the same name cause confusion and problems for bibliographic access. To minimize the confusion and problems, rules and conventions have been used in indexing and cataloging. From a historical perspective, this paper discusses what kinds of problems originated from these rules in cataloging, especially from "undifferentiated name" treatment used in the current cataloging code AACR2. A workable rule or a modified existing rule dealing with undifferentiated names is also proposed.

Real Access as the Paradigm of the Nineties

The automation of the card catalog and major internal library processes was the paradigm of research libraries’ planning and vision for the period 1970–1990. This vision, of the “automated” library, in which redundant and detailed paper-based processes were converted to electronic form, was the culmination of a set of achievements, the object of which was to make universal bibliographic access a reality. It was an initiative as vast, and as visionary, as the Public Library Movement of the early Twentieth Century, or the great union catalog and interlibrary loan efforts which helped to shape the directions of librarianship in the years before and after the Second World War. Equally important has been the development of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules which set standards for card catalog production that enabled the union catalog and interlibrary loan initiatives.

The Use of Computers in Cataloging Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Menso Folkerts, Andreas KuhneMARC Cataloging for Medieval Manuscripts. Hope MayoBibliographic Access to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts: A Survey of Computerized Data Bases and Information Services. Wesley M. Stevens

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsThe Use of Computers in Cataloging Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Menso Folkerts, Andreas Kuhne MARC Cataloging for Medieval Manuscripts. Hope Mayo Bibliographic Access to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts: A Survey of Computerized Data Bases and Information Services. Wesley M. StevensShawn M. Smith and Steven J. LiveseyShawn M. Smith Search for more articles by this author and Steven J. Livesey Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 85, Number 3Sep., 1994 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/356973 Copyright 1994 History of Science Society, Inc.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

University of California, San Diego's Experience Creating and Updating Machine-Readable GPO Records

One of the major collections for which libraries are beginning to automate processes is U.S. government documents. The conversion is generally in two parts: conversion of the retrospective collection to machine-readable records and the creation of online records for the ongoing new titles received. Various options for automating document collections are currently available. UC San Diego selected a commercial vendor (Marcive, Inc.) and is working with that vendor and our automated system vendor (Innovative Interfaces, Inc.) to: (1) improve bibliographic access to the collections; (2) increase the efficiency of interfaces between the automated processes and the library staff, and (3) to reduce the staff time and effort required to process these materials.

Planning for Tapeloading of United States Documents:

The automation of cataloging for U.S. government documents, once thought impractical, has created new opportunities for libraries because of the availability of MARC records for tapeloading. Faced with a difficult task of retrospective conversion of records for huge documents collections as well as receiving up to 35,000 individual pieces annually, the concept of loading MARC tapes presents a new method of including these records into Local online catalogs. One new approach is to create or load "brief" or "temporary" cataloging records into the online catalog, which are later "overlaid" or "matched" by customized MARC records purchased from a vendor. This article describes one library's experience in planning for and implementing this process of "matching" records, thus enabling government documents to be available for use through the online catalog within days of receipt, with full bibliographic access to follow.

Bibliographic Control of a Technical Report Series Through OCLC Cataloging and Indexing/Abstracting Services

ABSTRACT. Ensuring bibliographic access to a university research institute's technical report series demands that the reports be cata- loged, input into OCLC, and sent to relevant indexinglabstracting services. Librarians at Wichita State University implemented stan- dards and procedures to process a technical report series produced by h e University's National Institute for Aviation Research. This paper includes: a history of the Institute, the development of the report series, selected indexinglabslracting services, details of a cala- loging pilot project, and a description of current cataloging proce- dures with MARC fields.

Early printed book collections in the library of the electronic age: are they relevant?

This paper examines some of the reasons why innovations in electronic access in libraries have enhanced, rather than diminished, the relevance of rare book collections and other special collections in the modern library. These innovations include techniques which allow electronic transfer of data, improved bibliographic control and remote access to library collections. The implications of this increased access are addressed, especially the requirements of preserving the book as artefact. The paper was originally delivered as the New Norcia Library Lecture on 19 October 1993.

National Bibliographies – Do They Have a Future?

National bibliographies serve a variety of functions, but act essentially as archival records of the national imprint. A number of factors may, however, alter our views of their purpose and affect our expectations of their long term future. Coverage and currency are often constrained by inadequate legal deposit mechanisms, but it may be questioned whether the national bibliography needs to include all publications or whether the national bibliographic agency (NBA) should act as a coordinator of current bibliographic data. Some NBAs have been driven to reduce the bibliographic content of their records as a result of declining income and increases in publishing output. Such measures have not met with universal approval, but appear to have resulted in improved currency. Technology continues to have an impact on the production of national bibliographies, with CD-ROMs, the UNIMARC format and, particularly, networking initiatives all facilitating greater availability of and access to bibliographic information. Networking may well render less relevant the local basis of national bibliographies, with possibilities for supranational coverage and the linking of document supply to bibliographic access. Closer cooperation with the book trade should result in the reuse of publishers' bibliographic data, rather than the NBA having to create bibliographic records from scratch. Politically, the concept of what constitutes a national grouping is evolving, with new alliances between countries as well as the disintegration of former federal states taking place. Important questions arise as to the future purpose of the national bibliography, the potential for cooperation with other producers of bibliographic data and whether the role of the national bibliography is likely to be usurped at the international level. NBAs must view these questions as an opening up of opportunities rather than as threats to their existence.

Managing the technical services in the 90's: ed. by Drew Racine. Binghamton, NY: Haworth, 1991. 150p. $22.95 ISBN 1-56024-166-7. LC 91-24386. ( Journal of Library Administration, vol. 15, nos. 1/2, 1991) Perm. paper

Contents Introduction * Managing New Technological Products and Services: The Current Scene * Managing Technical Services in the 1990s: The Ruminations of a Library Director * Beyond Our Walls: Academic Libraries, Technical Services and the Information World * New Partnerships Within the Library * The Changing Landscape of Information Access: The Impact of Technological Advances Upon the Acquisition, Ownership, and Dissemination of Informational Resources Within the Research Library Community * Issues in Bibliographical Access and Control in the Online Information Environment * Technical Services in Public Libraries * The Role of Librarians in Bibliographic Access Services in the 1990s

International Students in Academic Libraries: A User Survey

A study was undertaken to identify characteristics of the international student population and determine these students' patterns of library use. Analyses were carried out to measure a number of relationships concerning the students'prior use of microcomputers, both in libraries and otherwise, and their current perceived difficulties using libraries. Findings suggest that not all international students arrive in the United States with appropriate information retrieval skills to take advantage of automated bibliographic access systems. Libraries may need to make special efforts to extend instructional services to these students

Interlending Audio Books for the Blind

Bibliographic access to audio books for the blind is one barrier to interlending, but this barrier can be surmounted with current resources. The variety of current audio technologies is a more difficult barrier to surmount because of the investment in the collections of books using current technologies. The authors call on technical staff worldwide to open and use a common forum to share explorations of newer technologies so that uniformity of technology in future audio books can eliminate the technological barrier to interlending.

Bibliographic access in Europe: First international conference

Bibliographic access in Europe: First international conference

The virtual catalogue: Bibliographic access for the virtual library

Proposes a new model of bibliographic access, the virtual catalogue, to serve the virtual library. Suggests the use of current software and networks to build links between distributed bibliographic databases of all kinds, including full text, to enable the user to search a specified subset of them. Suggests that local data be limited to holdings information linked to, but separate from, bibliographic databases both local and remote.

Access to Library Materials in Remote Storage

Providing good access to library material in remote storage is the key to making the use of remote storage an acceptable option for dealing with overcrowding in libraries on prime campus land. Users' concerns with remote storage include issues such as browsability, retrieval time, and distance factors. Each of these concerns must be addressed to provide users with adequate access to stored collections. Electronic browsing can replace physical browsing. Turnaround time may be reduced with requests submitted through electronic mail, telefacsimile transmissions, and regular pickups. At the UC Southern Regional Library Facility, bibliographic access is provided by the UCLA online automated system, ORION, and the union catalog for all of the University of California, Melvyl™. The primary focus of policies and procedures at the facility is to provide quick and easy access to materials once they are stored.

The Emergence of International Librarianship As a Field

Through a review of the literature in the field of international librarianship four major areas of concern were identified as a framework for analysis and development of the field. These areas were: 1) theoretical context, 2) library practice, 3) education for librarianship, and 4) bibliographic access