You're invited to attend the ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging & Classification
Research Interest Group at ALA Midwinter
Topic: Traditions and Transitions in Batchloaded Catalog Data
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Time: 10:30 am -- Noon
Location: Dallas Convention Center A306
In the current economic climate, libraries must adopt cost-effective
methods to facilitate access to collections. Vendor-provided records
enable access to individual titles when batch-loaded into the catalog,
but often have substantial quality issues. In this year's meeting, CCRIG
explores the benefits, challenges, and best practices for batch-loading
vendor catalog records. Following the presentations, there will be an
opportunity for audience questions and a panel discussion of issues by
the presenters.
*"Batchloading: Current Practices and Future Challenges: A Survey of Large Research
Libraries,"* presented by Rebecca L. Mugridge, Head, Cataloging and Metadata
Services, Penn State University Libraries.
The presentation reviews survey results showing how batchloading records
for access to digital collections can impact staffing, budgets,
workflow, and quality standards. The data also examines how
batchloading activities are managed within libraries, how information
technology issues support and/or hinder batchloading activities, and how
libraries assess the effectiveness of batch loading.
"*Quality Issues in Vendor-provided Records for E-books,"*presented
by**Stacie Traill, Cartographic and E-Resources Cataloging Coordinator,
University of Minnesota Libraries, and Chew Chiat Naun, Cataloging
Strategist, University of Minnesota Libraries.
The University of Minnesota Libraries documented and analyzed types of
errors in vendor-supplied batchloaded records for electronic book
collections. This presentation describes specific error types detected
and the methods developed for identifying and correcting errors,
including use of the MARCEdit tool. It also discusses unresolved issues
in quality control for batchloaded records, and proposes some potential
larger-scale solutions.
*"Fast, but Accurate? Pitfalls of Batch Metadata Editing,"*presented by
Kathryn Lybarger, Coordinator of Cataloging and Metadata, University of
Kentucky.
A discussion of problems and inconsistencies in MARC records for
electronic resource packages that may be unexpected and difficult to
reconcile using batch processes. Includes tips on how to process record
batches to help maintain an accurate catalog, while taking advantage of
the efficiency enabledby batch editing.
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duplicate cross-posting.**
CCRIG Chair
Susan A. Massey
Head of Discovery Enhancement
Thomas G. Carpenter Library
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL 32224
CCRIG Vice-Chair
Masha Misco,
Catalog & Slavic Librarian
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
