cataloging
RSS catalogingCataloging: How to Take a Business Approach
White Paper In this paper, ten standard business principles are considered in relation to library cataloging. This purely rational paradigm offers ideas about how to modify both the cataloging philosophy and workflow, to reduce costs and improve patron service. [13 Apr 2005]
PSU Cataloging Services Discussion Paper
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to summarize current national developments regarding the cataloging of remote networked resources, or 'Web sites', as they are found on the Internet. A special working group in Cataloging Services has been called... [13 Apr 2005]
SQL Server 2005 Gives Microsoft IT Document Group 7 Times Faster Full-Text Cataloging
White Paper Using exactly the same hardware and configurations, the company found 7 times faster full-text cataloging, and 3 times faster full-text searches compared with SQL Server 2000. Microsoft created a 2.1 terabyte relational database, which grows about... [22 Feb 2007]
METS-Based Cataloging Toolkit for Digital Library Management System
White Paper This toolkit fulfills the cataloging and preservation functions of TH-DLMS. The toolkit presented in this paper is designed for the Digital Library Management System of Tsinghua University (TH-DLMS). The aim of TH-DLMS is to build up a platform to... [13 Apr 2005]
A Manual for Cataloging Historical Medical Artifacts Using OCLC and the MARC Format
White Paper It does not require any changes to descriptive cataloging policies or procedures. It affects only a few tagging conventions that apply to artifact cataloging. Format integration offers a valuable benefit to artifact catalogers by allowing the use... [13 Apr 2005]
Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines
White Paper Cataloging rules and manuals (such as AACR2) govern the content of records. The intent of this paper is to assist catalogers in creating records for electronic resources in WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog. [13 Apr 2005]
COM_Net2 Advanced Cataloging
White Paper For those industry leaders striving to shift total sales and customer service to the next level, the answer is COM_Net2 Advanced Cataloging - innovative technology that extends the powerful B2B capabilities of COM_Net2. [13 Apr 2005]
J2EE Metadata Cataloging System Expanded to the .NET Framework With Visual J#
White Paper LogicLibrary is a leading provider of software and services that help enterprises develop better software applications and integrate them faster. In 2001, LogicLibrary saw the opportunity to expand market share by producing a fully Microsoft .NET... [22 Apr 2004]
Developments in Cataloging and Metadata
White Paper This paper examines some of the transformations occurring in the metadata environment that are impacting libraries, collection managers, and online information providers. After a brief synopsis of some legacy issues, the paper discusses a few of... [13 Apr 2005]
Cataloging of DKR Objects (by the Author or Creator)
White Paper Until such time as artificial intelligence is perfected, dynamic knowledge repositories will benefit from "adding in" human intelligence to the metadata. Authors or creators of objects are probably the cheapest and most available source of metadata... [24 Feb 2004]
Why CIP Verification Is Important
White Paper For more than thirty years the Library of Congress (LC) Cataloging in Publication (CIP) has been appearing on the copyright page of most books published in the United States. CIP is a cataloging record for the book in which it appears, and it... [13 Apr 2005]
White Paper on PCC Role in Continuing Education for Catalogers
White Paper In the fall of 2000, the SCT Task Group on Educational Needs of the Cataloging Community conducted a survey to learn the types of training and continuing education that practicing catalogers wanted. The results of that survey identified a few key... [14 Apr 2005]
Business Unusual: How Event-Awareness May Breathe Life into the Catalog
White Paper The [paper] proposes that the digital context presents a dramatically new context than that which was addressed by the traditional cataloging model. An "event-aware" model of cataloging, one that recognizes digital resources as inherently dynamic... [24 Feb 2004]
Dealing With FRBR Expressions in MARC 21
White Paper An impressive network of shared cataloging has been created over time by combining the contributions of libraries of all sizes and types, each contributing records for material in hand (i.e.manifestations) following common rules. [13 Apr 2005]
Extending MARC for Bibliographic Control in the Web Environment: Challenges and Alternatives
White Paper Its broadly participatory maintenance process, well supported maintenance, and stability have enabled libraries to drastically cut cataloging costs AND to vastly enhance retrieval tools through automation of the catalog. [24 Feb 2004]
