At University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, we are creating
bibliographic records for the works we are digitizing through the Open
Content Alliance project (Open Library) and are putting these into OCLC
WorldCat as well. If you do a keyword search on "Open Content Alliance" you
will find all of them. We have about 750 records in so far and will
definitely create records for everything we digitize.
We are creating a separate record for the e-format but also putting in a 776
field including the OCLC number to the original print record. We are still
debating about possibly merging the multiple records into one record within
our online catalog. And, I sure we will do this soon as we know, with the
various digitization projects going on (Google, Microsoft, Open Library,
Amazon), we have the potential of doubling the size of our bibliographic
catalog. For UIUC Library, this would mean adding another 5 to 6 million
records and that is a little daunting.
We point to both the digital work at the Open Library site and our local
access copy as well. Eventually, in a few weeks, these digital works will
also appear in Microsoft Live Book Search as well.
We are just getting started with the CIC Google Digitization project so I
can't say much about that. But, I'm pretty sure we will be creating records
for those digital works as well.
OCLC is starting to work with each of the libraries that are involved in
these digitization projects to discover and continuously update everything
that is being digitized and will somehow (separate record probably) start to
add link outs to the digitized content.
I will only speak about the works we are digitizing. We are putting records
in OCLC so that other libraries can add these to their catalogs. That is
really the most pressing reason we are creating a separate record for these
works, so that libraries that don't have the print copies of these books
(and some serials) can still import/use this e-format record.
You can also use OAI harvesting protocols to pull these records from our
Illinois Harvest site and/or our Institutional Repository, called IDEALS.
If you want to take a look, here are a few links:
Online Catalog <
http://library.ilcso.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
>
IDEALS
<http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/>
Illinois Harvest (see Newly Added Books tab)
<http://illinoisharvest.grainger.uiuc.edu/>
If you harvest/download from Open Library site, you can pull in the metadata
records as well, including MARC record and Dublin Core. This is how we start
the whole automated process of pulling digital item and files and sending to
our access system and preservation instance.
So, there are several ways to get this information (including Z39.50 from
our online catalog). We really are just starting but hope to push these
records out to everyone because these works we are digitizing with Open
Library are freely available, out-of-copyright materials.
Tim, I like the idea of your bookmarklet. Please keep us informed about
progress. We are building something similar to pull this information for
everything within Open Library. So, I'll report on our progress too.
Karen, this "switching" database you describe is what we need. It would be
hard to maintain but it is doable. It is really getting difficult to know
what has been digitized and where the digital copy is residing. Maintenance
of this information, particularly the URL, will be the most difficult aspect
to this. We have come up with a handle service that will help if we change
the location of these files, but the hosting institution is the one that
basically has to do the upkeep on this.
I thought I heard that Ex Libris and SFX was working to include these
digitized books in their knowledge base but I have not heard more about this
recently. It is a huge undertaking and one that I know that OCLC is figuring
out. And, in my opinion, I am pretty sure that this will be one of the goals
of the CIC Digital Repository - allow the harvesting of metadata records to
enable libraries and everyone to point to the digitized content. Any way, I
hope this can happen.
I can say UIUC Library will continue to make it possible for you all to use
and harvest the metadata for works we digitize. We think that is really
important.
I'm happy to talk more about this with anyone who is interested or need more
information about harvesting this metadata.
Thanks,
Michael
------
Michael Norman
Head of Content Access Management
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
217-333-8350
manorman_at_uiuc.edu
On 9/14/07, Tim Spalding <tim_at_librarything.com> wrote:
>
> By making a bookmarklet. The bookmarklet distributes the checking and
> does it slowly. Also, since it's taking place in a browser, the checks
> look very natural.
>
> If it triggers a warning, the user can go ahead and input the capcha
> that results. So far, however, it doesn't seem to trigger it.
>
> No, I don't have enough time to write an article. But I'll post
> something about it on the blog. I'm still working out the kinks in it.
> It works great on Mac FF and Safari, but apparently breaks on the PC.
> I'm to buy a cheap PC for LibraryThing tomorrow; I need one for this
> sort of thing.
>
> Tim
>
> On 9/14/07, Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_jhu.edu> wrote:
> > Can you give us some information on how you did this, getting around
> > Google's volume limiting checks?
> >
> > ( Would you like to write a short article for the Code4Lib Journal?
> :) )
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > Jackie Wrosch wrote:
> > > We do this. Example in our catalog
> > > http://portal.emich.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=58902
> > > Very few items actually have full-text available.
> > >
> > > On 9/14/07, Pons, Lisa (ponslm) <PONSLM_at_ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> There is someone doing this already- is it Ann Arbor District? I can
> look
> > >> more if that is not it.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries on behalf of Andrew Gray
> > >> Sent: Fri 9/14/2007 12:32 PM
> > >> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > >> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Adding links to books in Google Book Search
> within
> > >> the OPAC
> > >>
> > >> On 14/09/2007, Tim Spalding <tim_at_librarything.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> What do people here think of the following idea, both personally and
> > >>> what how you think other library people would respond:
> > >>>
> > >>> Embedding links to Google Booksearch Books within the standard OPAC.
> > >>>
> > >>> 1. Only books with the full text would be linked to, not "limited
> > >>> preview books."
> > >>> 2. Other similar resources could be added too (PG, Open Library,
> etc.)
> > >>>
> > >>> It seems to me this would be a service-check out a book before you
> get
> > >>> it. But I could imagine it would also touch a nerve.
> > >>>
> > >> Coincidentally, I was discussing doing this just yesterday... what
> was
> > >> suggested was putting this in place for our rare books and special
> > >> collections, slapping a Google Books link . A fair proportion of
> these
> > >> have been scanned by Google, and most of them are old enough that the
> > >> rights issue means they're likely to be fully accessible.
> > >>
> > >> Having the electronic copy is particularly useful for these, as
> > >> they're are the ones we prefer to avoid giving out to people; the
> > >> electronic copy can serve as a proxy if you want to work with it
> > >> outside the library. Where a book is actually available to be loaned,
> > >> I think the electronic text is somehow less important, or at least a
> > >> lower priority to list.
> > >>
> > >> For Gutenberg, which concentrates more on works than actual "copies
> of
> > >> books", the dynamic is a bit different; the sensible idea would be to
> > >> link to it [or to a local copy?] and call it an ebook, I think.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> - Andrew Gray
> > >> andrew.gray_at_dunelm.org.uk
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Rochkind
> > Digital Services Software Engineer
> > The Sheridan Libraries
> > Johns Hopkins University
> > 410.516.8886
> > rochkind (at) jhu.edu
> >
>
>
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>
Received on Sat Sep 15 2007 - 17:18:37 EDT