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E-Books in UK Libraries: Expanding Options, Greater Access (Part 2). Kathryn Lybarger Cataloging and Metadata. Providing access to ebooks. Finding out what we have Putting records in the catalog Making sure their links work Letting patrons know about new titles.
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E-Books in UK Libraries:Expanding Options, Greater Access(Part 2) Kathryn Lybarger Cataloging and Metadata
Providing access to ebooks • Finding out what we have • Putting records in the catalog • Making sure their links work • Letting patrons know about new titles
Finding out what we have • Emails as titles are ordered • RSS feed updates as new titles are added to collections • WorldCat Collection Sets (soon OCLC WorldShare Metadata)
Putting records in the catalog • One at a time • Firm orders • Approval books • Some ebook collections • Batch processing • Identify records for processing (automated) • Some vendors send records • Some vendors send list of identifiers
Local standards • No call numbers • CLICK HERE label on links • Add GMD “[electronic resource]” or “[videorecording]” • Clean out fields we don’t use • Add “hook” to identify sets of records • …
Normac • Access checking • Different per platform • Run on records before loading • Run on links already in the catalog
Getting the word out • New book shelf? • Ebooks don’t show up on the new book shelf • Even if they did, who would want to see that? • We can load ebooks thousands at a time • How to get them to the patrons that want them? • Without overwhelming them?
EbookMobile • Creates feeds of new ebooks from the catalog • Feeds based on: • Call numbers • Vendors • (anything in the catalog)
Using feeds • Google Reader is gone • Many feed readers are still available • Subscribe in your email client • Add to a LibGuide