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Ebug 2013 Program, Julene L. Jones

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

eBUG 2013 Program

Ebug 2013 Minutes, Julene L. Jones

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

eBUG 2013 meeting minutes, approved at eBUG 2014, June 20, 2014

Writing Macros And Programs For Voyager Cataloging, Kathryn Lybarger

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

Presentation at eBUG 2013 by Kathryn Lybarger, University of Kentucky

2013 Ebug Business Meeting Agenda, Julene L. Jones

Ex Libris Bluegrass Users Group Newsletter

2013 eBUG Business Meeting Agenda

Implementing Discovery At The University Of North Alabama, Amy Butler, Leigh Thompson

Collier Library and Information Services

Collier Library, the main library at the University of North Alabama (UNA), provides the campus community with access to over 150 electronic resources. With so many available options, our students often overlook valuable databases. Analysis of usage statistics had shown that some of our most expensive databases had the highest cost per retrieval. Therefore, finding a product that would encourage users to utilize the full range of available databases became a top priority. In the summer of 2010, the Collier Library staff began to seriously investigate the discovery tool marketplace. We felt that the “single search box” concept of discovery …

Extending And Customizing Content Discovery For The Legal Academic Community With Innovative Interfaces' Pathfinder Pro: The Pence Law Library Approach, Sima Mirkin

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Incorporation of technological tools into teaching methodology is an ongoing process. Using graphic illustrations with explanations, this article will demonstrate the functionality of one such tool, Innovative Interfaces’ Pathfinder Pro, a context-sensitive linking mechanism, in conjunction with the Pence Law Library online catalogue. The article also discusses the benefits of using this tool in legal research instructions and distance learning programs.

In The Beginning ... There Was Netlibrary, Barbara Anderson

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

A chronicle of the growth of electronic books in the VCU Libraries collections, the challenges this format presents to cataloging and user discovery, and the approaches taken by VCU Libraries to address these challenges.

To Rda Or Not To Rda

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This was a questionnaire first sent out by email on the Association of Christian Librarians listserv; the results of which were then presented at the ACL 2013 conference.

Positioning Library Data For The Semantic Web: Recent Developments In Resource Description, Kimmy Szeto

Publications and Research

Recent developments in resource description standards and technologies have aimed at moving cataloging practice to the web environment and making library data available for exchange and reuse on the Semantic Web. As the library community looks outward and forward, library standards and technologies are converging with Web practices in three areas: content description, data models, and data exchange. This article captures the essence of the core standards and technologies that underlie the daily work of practitioners of library service, including Resource Description and Access (RDA), Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), the Linked Data environment, Resource Description Framework (RDF), and …

To Rda Or Not To Rda.Pdf

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This was a questionnaire first sent out by email on the Association of Christian Librarians listserv; the results of which were then presented at the ACL 2013 conference.

Assessment Strategies For Cataloging Managers (Presentation), Rebecca L. Mugridge

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

Qualitative assessment activities, when conducted regularly and methodically, can help managers and administrators understand the impact and value of the work that we do for our customers. Are we meeting our customers' needs? Are there services that we could provide but currently do not? What are our customers’ priorities? Are we responsive to their questions and issues? Are we working as effectively as we can? This webinar will explore the use of customer service surveys, focus groups, quality initiatives, benchmarking, and other methods to evaluate and assess the work that we do.

Technical Services Assessment In Pennsylvania Academic Libraries (Presentation), Rebecca L. Mugridge

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

Academic libraries regularly conduct assessment of library services through the use of rubrics or assessment tools such as LibQual™. Technical services activities are frequently assessed; however, the assessment is typically limited to the evaluation of specific processes. This study was designed to explore assessment activities in Pennsylvania’s academic libraries. The author designed a survey to investigate whether technical services activities are assessed, how they are assessed, who is responsible for assessment of technical services, how the results of assessment activities are shared with others, and how those results are used to improve services or for other purposes.

Volume 32, Number 4, December 2012 Olac Newsletter, Marcy A. Strong, Bruce Evans, Jan Mayo, T.J. Kao, Christina Hennessey, Jay Weitz

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized December 2012 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

Information Outlook, November/December 2012, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2012

Volume 16, Issue 6

Linked Data Demystified: Practical Efforts To Transform Contentdm Metadata For The Linked Data Cloud, Silvia B. Southwick, Cory K. Lampert

Library Faculty Presentations

The library literature and events like the ALA Annual Conference have been inundated with presentations and articles on linked data. At UNLV Libraries, we understand the importance of linked data in helping to better service our users. We have designed and initiated a pilot project to apply linked data concepts to the practical task of transforming a sample set of our CONTENTdm digital collections data into future-oriented linked data. This presentation will outline rationale for beginning work in linked data and detail the phases we will undertake in the proof of concept project. We hope through this research experiment to …

Rda For Cartographic Resources, Katherine Rankin, Mary L. Larsgaard

Library Faculty Presentations

The purpose of this workshop is to provide a pragmatic, brief introduction and overview to using RDA to create bibliographic records for cartographic resources. The emphasis will be on differences between RDA and AACR2R and specific examples of bibliographic records.

Post-Modern Cataloging: It's All Av Now, Lynne C. Howarth

OLAC Conferences

Closing Keynote speaker Lynne Howarth is the Associate Dean of Research and a professor at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include knowledge organization standards and systems, as well as the evaluation of libraries’ technical services. Howarth’s professional memberships include the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Classification and Indexing Section, and IFLA’s ISBD Review Group.

The theme of the conference this year was “post-modern cataloging.” Howarth chose this theme for her presentation to reflect the dramatic shift of the media landscape in the last 20 years. She contends …

Pcc Practice For Assigning Motion Picture And Television Program Uniform Titles, Peter H. Lisius

OLAC Conferences

Recipient of the 2010 OLAC Research Grant, Peter H, Lisius, Music and Media Catalog Librarian, Kent State University Libraries, presented the results of his research into inconsistencies in the construction of uniform titles representing motion pictures, television programs, and radio programs.

Pcc Practice For Assigning Motion Picture And Television Program Uniform Titles: Lcri 25.5b, Appendix I And Future Directions In Rda, Peter H. Lisius

OLAC Research Grant

Research results of the OLAC Research Grant awarded in 2010, presented at the 2012 OLAC Conference on October 21 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Cataloging Digital Images, Vicki Sipe

OLAC Conferences

Many of our image collections live in the non-MARC world. Recognizing that fact, this workshop will discuss tools and standards that are available to guide decisions about record creation for digital images in MARC and non-MARC environments. A major focus will be on the methods and considerations in image analysis as a means to uncover information about an image that would be useful in all record environments. We will look at MARC and non-MARC records, and will include records created using AACR2 and RDA.