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LET ME SEE THAT EBOOK: Managing Cataloguing and Access through Collaboration

LET ME SEE THAT EBOOK: Managing Cataloguing and Access through Collaboration. Aaron Wood Jim Shetler Metadata Librarian Vice President, Library Technical Services University of Calgary YBP Library Services

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LET ME SEE THAT EBOOK: Managing Cataloguing and Access through Collaboration

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  1. LET ME SEE THAT EBOOK: Managing Cataloguing and Access through Collaboration Aaron Wood Jim ShetlerMetadata Librarian Vice President, Library Technical ServicesUniversity of Calgary YBP Library Services Anne Harris Aron Wolf Director of Partner Relations Data Acquisitions Editor ebrary, Inc. Serials Solutions XXIX Annual Charleston Conference November 7, 2009

  2. University of Calgary’s ebook activity: • Over 130 databases with ebook content • Over 300,000 ebooks available through the OPAC • Digital access to over 150,000 ebooks enabled or enhanced over the past two years

  3. Obstacles to Ebook Access and Discover • Sheer volume of titles • Varying cataloguing and metadata standards • Number of channels for ebook records • Maintaining volatile collections and keeping up with website changes • Lack of a reliable unique identifier

  4. Our Collaboration

  5. Policy and Plan • Inform Library staff of difficulties inherent to ebook cataloguing and access • Consolidate record sources and record-loading process

  6. Collaborative Solution

  7. eBook Cataloging – a Materials Vendor’s Perspective Jim Shetler Vice President, Library Technical Services YBP Library Services

  8. The existing marketplace • Libraries are still “OPAC centric”. • Libraries want, and demand, materials vendors to provide the same high-quality MARC records for eBooks as they do for print. • Libraries want a cataloging product that can easily dovetail into existing technical services workflows with little or no local remediation. • Libraries want these products to be low cost or, ideally, free.

  9. The challenges • Evolving national standards. • Application of those standards vary from customer to customer. • Local requirements vary widely. • Access to a digital object is often immediate. In other words, there is no tangible object to “pick, process, pack and ship”. Therefore, the ability to deliver robust cataloging support as quickly as possible, ideally immediately, is paramount.

  10. The solutions • Listen to your customers. Assess their needs and requirements with an open mind. • Provide a product that can easily be plugged into existing workflows. Imposing an extraneous workflow to accommodate your product will not satisfy your customer base. • Provide a product that requires little or no local remediation. • Play by the rules (AACR2, MARC, etc.)

  11. The future • “The future is unwritten” – The Clash • Will the members of this audience witness the demise of MARC? • Will the members of this audience witness the demise of the OPAC and underlying ILS system? • Who will create the future? Will it be a collaborative effort or will that future be imposed?

  12. Is the Current Environment Really that Complex? Are Multiple Platforms Really an Issue? YES • Large backlist packages available on multiple platforms: publisher platform, EBL, ebrary, MyiLibrary, Netlibrary, etc. • Individual frontlist and backlist titles available for purchase through various book vendors on the same multiple platforms • Select titles part of ebook subscriptions on specialized platforms YES

  13. Serials Solutions® KnowledgeWorks Aron Wolf Data Acquisitions Editor The Authoritative Knowledgebase of E-Resources

  14. First of all… Thank you!

  15. The Problem: Access & Representation

  16. 1 Query Full-text Article Patrons Connect 3 4 Results E-Resources Normalize 2 KnowledgeWorks Library-SpecificHoldings Data Corrected Metadata Creating the Knowledge Base Metadata Apply Rules Normalized Metadata

  17. Percent coverage of ebook packages in catalogue activated in Serials Solutions MARC service as of August 2009

  18. Percent coverage of ebook packages in catalogue activated in Serials Solutions MARC service as of August 2009 – Contd.

  19. Thinking Beyond the Catalogue • Open link resolvers • A-Z lists • Federated search • Unified discovery platforms • Directing web searches to library resources from WorldCat and Google Scholar

  20. Driving the Future • Increasing communication between publishers, vendors, and libraries on: • Content negotiated • Metadata standards (establishing and implementing) • Complexities of working with multiple platforms • Increasing consultation and trialing with library clients in developing services and partnerships • Increasing availability of front list titles in electronic format

  21. Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record Task Group Report July 30, 2009http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/bibco/PN-Final-Report.pdf

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