Having heard from Chip at OCLC that Google may use any or all of the
WorldCat record, I have begun a short list of library and academic
functions that will require particular metadata elements in GBS.
http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-books-metadata-and-library.html
I haven't yet gone to the level of making a list of MARC fields that
are needed to fulfill these functions, but that won't be difficult to
do.
In short, the list is:
Function: Scholarship
Need: A thorough description of the edition in question. This will
include authors, titles, physical description, and series information.
Function: Metasearch
Need: To be able to combine searches with the same data elements in
library catalogs. Generally this means "headings," from the
bibliographic record (authors, titles, subject headings).
Function: Collection development
Need: To use GBS to fill in gaps (or make comparisons) in a library's
holdings, usually using classification numbers.
Function: Linking to other bibliographic collections or databases
Need: Identifiers and headings that may be found in other collections
that would allow linking.
Function: Computation
Need: Data elements that can mark a text in time and space (date and
place of publication), as well as those that can help segment the
file, like language. This function also may need to rely on combining
editions into groupings of Works, since this research may need to
distinguish Works from Manifestations. Computation will most likely
use metadata as a controlled vocabulary, and the full text of the work
as the "meat" of the research.
I'm sure there are things I have missed, so please shout them out and
I'll update the blog post until we think it is reasonably complete.
Thanks,
kc
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