Introducing CAROL!

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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002
From: Jack Montgomery (Western Kentucky Univ.) <jack.montgomery_at_wku.edu>
Subject: Introducing CAROL!


Collections and Acquisitions Research Online (CAROL) is an information
clearinghouse for library research.  It is a web-based database where
researchers in any area of library collections or acquisitions can log a
description of their research and locate other researchers active in
areas of interest to them.  The purpose of CAROL is to encourage research
by providing a central source of information about ongoing work.

CAROL features an attractive and intuitive interface.  To include a
project takes only minutes.  Researchers who are not already in CAROL create
a researcher record in which they record their name and the names of any
co-researchers, their institution, email address, fax, and phone number.
Then, for each project that they want to list, they create a project
record in which they provide the title of the project, a brief description,
publication plans, if any, and a tentative timetable.  As a project
develops,
the researchers can access their original record in CAROL and update the
project status.  Users may also query CAROL and in a matter of seconds
retrieve a list of research projects of interest.

The idea for CAROL arose from ALA committee work among members of the
Collection Management and Development Section (CMDS) of the Association
for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS).  Programming and
design of the CAROL database were contributed by Cornell University’s
Christian Boissonnas, who was the founder of ACQNET, and his daughter
Stephanie. We encourage all librarians and students carrying on systematic
research in any area of collections or acquisitions, whether intended for
publication, for a conference, or for use within a library operation, to log
their research on CAROL.  And we encourage everyone interested in library
collections and acquisitions to make regular use of CAROL.

CAROL may be accessed at http://128.253.121.98/carol/start.htm

We welcome comments and suggestions. Please contact Christian Boissonnas
about technical matters (cmb3_at_cornell.edu) or Bob Nardini about content
(rnardini_at_ybp.com.)

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