1 / 40

Standards Development for Course Reserves in Voyager

Importance of thought out standards Enables library staff to efficiently & effectively implement course reserves Allows teaching faculty & students to concentrate on use of resources Provides for quick resolution of atypical cases Simply makes life easier….

seth-hughes
Download Presentation

Standards Development for Course Reserves in Voyager

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Importance of thought out standards Enables library staff to efficiently & effectively implement course reserves Allows teaching faculty & students to concentrate on use of resources Provides for quick resolution of atypical cases Simply makes life easier… Standards Development for Course Reserves in Voyager Mark Lindner

  2. Successfully develop standards that allow for • control of data entry • control of display issues • successful implementation of Course Reserves • Help anyone who needs to think about these issues • Serve as a Resource Objectives / Motivations

  3. Impact of Voyager design issues, such as: • Field sizes • Necessary data versus optional data • Choices, such as: • Sources for reference standards • Types of materials & shelving locations • Impact on call number type Issues to be covered

  4. Call No. Display

  5. List Headers • List Names • Searching – Default vs. Others • Multiple Reserve Rooms • Linked courses and display in WebVoyage • Display issues • Item Titles • Authors Areas to be covered

  6. Reserve Documentation History – list of all Course Reserve documents • Course Reserve standards (2 pp.) – currently approved standards • Official Department Listing for Course Reserves Header Lists – abbrev. Dept list along with notes on its creation • Reserve Documentation Creation Standards – standards for actual Course Reserve process documents • Adding a New E-Item (2 pp.) – example of a process document, also shows our template • Adding Multiple Copies of Photocopies / Box Items (2 pp.) – another example, shows “On-the-fly” record creation from the Item record. Handouts

  7. List Names & Reserve List Searching • Deletion of Headers • >100 E-Items • E-Item Numbers • Items on multiple lists – Add by…/Copy • E-Items on multiple lists (past, present, future) • Multiple Reserve Rooms List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  8. List Names & Reserve List Searching Searches from Reserve List Header List Name List Dates List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  9. List Names & Reserve List Searching Last name, First initial Department code Course number R e.g.: Brunsdale, M KNR 254 R NOTE: R designates [R]eserves; MRC Reserves will not contain a letter. List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  10. List Names & Reserve List Searching Searches from Linked Courses Instructor Course Name Dept. Name Course No. Dept. Code Section No. List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  11. List Names • Deletion of Headers Caution Caution See Problem # 22973 List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  12. List Names • Deletion of Headers • >100 E-Items See Problem # 75304* List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  13. List Names • Deletion of Headers • >100 E-Items • E-Item Numbers – Record, record, record Problem # 55664 & 22973 List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  14. List Names • Deletion of Headers • >100 E-Items • E-Item Numbers – Record, record, record • Items on multiple lists – Add by…/Copy • Items will have the same status on all lists • On Reserve or Off Reserve List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  15. List Names • Deletion of Headers • >100 E-Items • E-Item Numbers – Record, record, record • Items on multiple lists – Add by…/Copy • E-Items on multiple lists (past, present, future) List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  16. List Names • Deletion of Headers • >100 E-Items • E-Item Numbers – Record, record, record • Items on multiple lists – Add by…/Copy • E-Items on multiple lists (past, present, future) • Multiple Reserve Rooms List Headers (only seen in the Circulation client)

  17. Department • Instructor Names • Course • Section • Searching in WebVoyage Link Reserve List to Courses

  18. Department • Standards: & for ‘and’ or ‘&’ Dept for ‘Department’ or ‘Department of’ , School of for ‘School of…’ • Dept Names from ISU phone book (with slight modifications) • Dept Code from 2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog • Dept # from 2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog • Can be added sequentially (don’t link) Link Reserve List to Courses

  19. Department • Instructor Names • Last name • First name Middle initial, if supplied. We will NOT use titles such as “prof” or “professor” • (use what the University has on file for names. e.g.: we will use Anthony Amorose, not Tony Amorose) • http://www.ilstu.edu/home/search/ • Can be added sequentially (don’t link) Link Reserve List to Courses

  20. Department • Instructor Names • Course • Course name will come from the registration directory (use ALL CAPS). • Course number from registration directory also. • Can be added sequentially (don’t link) Link Reserve List to Courses

  21. Department • Instructor Names • Course • Section • Number of students in a section will be 0. • Section #s?? • From registration directory, if supplied Link Reserve List to Courses

  22. Department • Instructor Names • Course • Section • Searching in WebVoyage • Only one of the data fields has to be filled out. Link Reserve List to Courses

  23. pp. 71-72 Display issues…

  24. Added in various ways • Templates • Authors – Single Author • Authors – More than one Author • Titles Items

  25. Default Template

  26. [Templates] Template1=E-Item Template2=Box Item Template3=Photocopy Template4=Personal Copy [Photocopy] DateOn=No DateDefault= FormatOn=No FormatDefault=pm LangOn=No LangDefault= PlaceOn=No PlaceDefault= F3=Author F3Marc=1001|a F3Default= F3Required=No F4=Corporate Author F4Marc=1102|a F4Default= F4Required=No F5=Title F5Marc=2451?a F5Default= F5Required=Yes Circbib.cfg

  27. Our Template

  28. Templates • Authors – Single Author • use only initials for author's forenames with no spaces between initials • e.g.:Abrams, NA. Becker, CD. Lamb, CW Jr. Items

  29. Templates • Authors – Single Author • Authors – More than one Author • Use "et al." after the first author's name (For Catalogers: Is an additional clue that these are reserve records.) e.g.: Kinsolving, C; et al. Items

  30. Templates • Authors – Single Author • Authors – More than one Author • Titles • Initial English language articles (A, An, The) will NOT be used. • If a title starts with a number, we will use that number • If a title starts with a Roman Numeral (X, I, V, etc.) we will file by that letter Items

  31. Templates • Authors – Single Author • Authors – More than one Author • Titles • Use chapter or article title • If no chapter title, use book title & put chapter number in parentheses. • Introduction, and other such title headings – follow by a space & name of book in parentheses, e.g. Introduction (From memory to written records). Items

  32. Templates • Authors – Single Author • Authors – More than one Author • Titles • Include punctuation in the main title (commas, hyphens, apostrophes, etc.) NOTE: Drop opening quotes; they do not sort properly. • Capitalize first letter of the main title only, unless there are proper nouns in the main title. Items

  33. Templates • Authors – Single Author • Authors – More than one Author • Titles • Edition information follows title, separated by a semi-colon, e.g. Business management; 2nd. (2nd, 3rd, Rev., etc.) • Titles end with a period (.). Items

  34. Templates (same as Items) E-Items

  35. Templates (same as Items) • Filenames • Professor’s initials (first & last), dept code, first 3 letters of author’s last name, e.g. DGPSYMCC.PDF. • Similar file names will have a sequential number appended to the end, e.g. DGPSYMCC2.PDF. E-Items

  36. Templates (same) • Filenames • Link Caption Can use standard html formatting, e.g. <b> </b> E-Items

  37. EndeavorVoyager Circulation User’s Guide Data Dictionary Univ. ResourcesUndergrad / Grad Catalog University Phone Book Registration Directories Intranet Resources (i.e., Univ Web sites) PersonalWillingness to think Observational skills Experimental attitude (while you can) What you need / Resources

  38. Record E-Item ID#s from beginning • Item types – Item type as Call No. is obscured when we have multiple copies • Adjunct departments – ADJ 999 If I only knew then…

  39. Importance of thought out standards Enables library staff to efficiently & effectively implement course reserves Allows teaching faculty & students to concentrate on use of resources Provides for quick resolution of atypical cases Thank you Standards Development for Course Reserves in Voyager Mark Lindner

  40. Mark R. Lindner Campus Box 8900 Milner Library Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790-8900 (309) 438-5440 mrlindn@exchange1.mlb.ilstu.edu Please feel free to contact me

More Related