Hi, Ranti,
I would appreciate all kind of experience feedback also. Not everyone
among my colleagues is convinced by cataloguing a selection of interesting
web resources. E-journals and e-books have been systematically introduced
in our catalogue so far, but not other e-resources like (free) databases
and websites. Some of us find it useful, others consider it’s time-wasting
because next to the OPAC patrons can use the library website that links to
those e-resources (a point of view I don’t completely agree with). Since
the debate continues, we only have a few of web-based resources in our
catalogue.
Examples:
* The African studies companion : a guide to information sources
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001529088)
* The Ben Okri bibliography
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001526758)
* Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001529144)
* The Carlyle letters online : a Victorian cultural reference
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001542836)
* Dissertation abstracts
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001521165)
* The National Security archive
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001535759)
* Online encyclopedia of mass violence
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001554938)
* Oxford English dictionary
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001529198)
* The Pierre Bayle home page
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001543757)
* The proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001554595)
* Trésor de la langue française informatisé
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001543300)
* The Wilson Harris bibliography
(http://source.ulg.ac.be:80/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=SYS=001526759)
Next to guidelines and policies, I would appreciate reading all kinds of
convincing arguments FOR or AGAINST cataloguing web resources.
Just a few words about our discipline classification. We've just started
putting a classification for e-resources some months ago. Each e-resource
should gradually get one or more 089 fields which contain a
three-character code translated into French and English:
- A04 corresponds to "Histoire" and "History"
- E02 corresponds to "Droit pénal & procédure pénale" and "Criminal law &
procedure"
This home made classification (inspired by ISI) is also used in ORBi
(http://orbi.ulg.ac.be), our new institutional repository. The full
classification in available on http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/community-list
(should be available in English only in September, sorry).
In the next months, we intend to present all e-journals from the catalogue
by using the classification to organize a discipline browsing. The same
for databases (listed in the catalogue or not). The aim is to have for the
whole university only one discipline classification which will be used:
- in the OPAC for all e-resources
- on the library website for all e-journals
- on the library website for all databases
- in the institutional repository
Regards,
François
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Le Lun 28 juillet 2008 18:31, Karen Tschanz a écrit :
> Hi, Ranti:
>
> We have nothing to share at this time, unfortunately, but would love a
> summary of replies! Thanks for your help. kst
>
> Karen S. Tschanz, M.L.S., M.B.A., M.S.O.D.
> Asst. Prof./Chair, Content Management
> Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D., Library, AB-241
> Medical College of Georgia
> 1451 Laney-Walker Boulevard
> Augusta, GA 30912
> Phone: (706) 721-9912
> Fax: (706) 721-6006
> E-mail: ktschanz_at_mail.mcg.edu
>
>>>> Ranti Junus <ranti.junus_at_GMAIL.COM> 07/28/2008 12:18 PM >>>
> [Sent to NGC4LIB and Web4Lib. Apologies for duplication.]
>
> Hello All,
>
> Michigan State University Libraries intends to place more links to
> Web-based content of all kinds in our OPAC (besides the ones we
> officially subscribe to.) In order to guide the implementation of this
> decision, we need to create policies and consensus on how to proceed.
>
> Does your library have any policies regarding the selection and
> cataloging of web resources (web sites, pdf reports, etc.) that you
> would be willing to share? I'd be more than happy to compile the list
> of responses for you, if you would like to have it as well.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
>
> ranti.
>
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> Ranti Junus, Systems Librarian/Electronic Resources
> Web Services
> 100 Main Library W441
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
>
Received on Mon Jul 28 2008 - 23:44:34 EDT