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john g marr | 18 May 2013 00:40
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Re: GE42 and GF80 in LCC

On Fri, 17 May 2013, Gene Fieg wrote:

> What is the difference between GE42 and GF80 (GF80 refers you to GE 42 for
> environmental ethics, but doesn't GF80 cover that?

  The only way to answer such questions is to search the LC shelflist for 
examples, I'll do it for you this tine.

  GE42 appeared in 1994. Before that, GF80 was used for "environmental 
ethics." Of course, GF80 covers more than GE42, e.g., religious aspects. 
If the "moral" angle trends more toward doctrine (theology) than ethology, 
go with GF80. Ethics of research on human ecology itself would go in 
GF80.

  Of course there is also the "dominant paradigm": LC's human catalogers 
cannot be expected to be perfectly consistent.

Cheers!

jgm

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Gene Fieg | 18 May 2013 00:17

GE42 and GF80 in LCC

What is the difference between GE42 and GF80 (GF80 refers you to GE 42 for
environmental ethics, but doesn't GF80 cover that?
Gene Fieg
Cataloger/Serials Librarian
Claremont School of Theology
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Lisa Hatt | 17 May 2013 21:59
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Re: WorldShare

Oh, you probably meant entire fields in non-Latin script, not just the 
occasional character with diacritics. For that I really don't know...

On 5/17/2013 12:55 PM, Lisa Hatt <hattlisa@...> wrote:

> On 5/17/2013 12:14 PM, Daniel Stuhlman <ddstuhlman@...> wrote:
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>> How can they get rid of the client?  The browser version does not
>> allow non-Latin character input.
>
> Beats me. Perhaps a virtual keyboard of some type
> (http://www.ajaxblender.com/jquery-virtual-keyboard.html) ?
>

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Frank Newton | 17 May 2013 21:55
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OCLC's Plans for the Cataloging Software of the Future, and, OCLC-CAT (WAS: [ACAT] WorldShare)

This is a very enlightening discussion for me!  I would urge anyone interested in these matters to get on the
OCLC-CAT listserv and discuss this matter there as well.  On OCLC-CAT, there is a somewhat greater
likelihood of getting a reply from someone who works for OCLC.  A reply from someone who works at OCLC won't
always put one at ease about one's concerns, but it will always be a useful window into the mind of OCLC.

As for catalogers influencing OCLC's direction, it couldn't possibly be any more difficult than
catalogers influencing RDA, and my view about influencing OCLC would be don't rule it out until you've
tried it.

If you are concerned about getting an unmanageable volume of messages, I agree that's a serious threat.  But
I collected some statistics for six days earlier this month about where my incoming E-mail is coming from,
and my six-day total was 189 messages from Autocat and 61 from OCLC-CAT.  I believe that _most weeks_
OCLC-CAT's volume is a lot less than Autocat's.  And if you conscientiously collect your listserv
passwords, and that E-mail address for sending messages to the list, together with that other E-mail
address for sending commands to the listserver software, all in one place where you can copy and paste this
stuff when you need it -- then it's easy to unsubscribe.

That subscription address for OCLC-CAT again is https://www3.oclc.org/app/listserv/index.pl 
(OCLC's Internet List Subscription Request web page).

Frank Newton
Catalog Librarian
Dover Memorial Library
Gardner-Webb University
P.O. Box 836
Boiling Springs, N.C.  28017-0836
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Lisa Hatt | 17 May 2013 20:50
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Re: WorldShare

Argh, sorry, mis-clicked Send there when heading for the Edit menu.

On 5/17/2013 11:42 AM, Lisa Hatt <hattlisa@...> wrote:

>> As I recall, the concept behind the decision is that the Connexion
>> client software is difficult to update and support [...]
>> Unfortunately, moving to
>> browser-based software generally also means no more macros, no more
>> local files you can work on when the internet is down, and no more of
>> some other useful features of the Cnx client.
>
> I

...too will mourn the loss of Connexion Client. It is indeed a powerful 
piece of software, and really the only thing I get frustrated with is 
that you can't edit LHRs from within it (have to open Connexion Browser, 
although it does have a shortcut key to go directly to LHR for the 
record you are currently viewing without separately logging in and 
searching). Batch actions especially have made my life a lot easier on 
various occasions, including just this week.

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Gene Fieg | 17 May 2013 19:06

WorldShare

Yesterday I watched the webinar on WorldShare Acquisitions and today I went
to Google and found a video from OCLC on Worldshare cataloging.

A few comments.  In both presentations I found the idea of placing an order
and the use of the word invoice a bit vague.  Are you really placing an
order for an item with a vendor or publisher or is that just a term for
using within WorldShare.  The use of "invoice" has to be changed.  As far
as I am concerned, the invoice comes from the vendor/publisher.  And if it
is "paid" it is recorded in our bookkeeping records.

Some of the same comments apply to the cataloging video.  Even though the
presenter said in the beginning he was cataloger, the results of the
cataloging part of WorldShare are a bit unsettling.
For example, it is about time we got rid of the term "call number" as
though it were only a bit more than an accession number.  That number
should really be called an annotated class number; that is what it is.  For
a cataloger to simply accept that number without checking how it fits into
the local scheme is disheartening and a disservice to the patron; the
cutters are arranged alphabetically so that the patron can find things
logically; it is not a random number.
And then to indicate through attach holdings operation that you have that
book means that anyone will think that your library has completely
processed the book--labeling, stamping, etc.-- a lot of pressure to get
that book catalogued and processed for you collection right away--no more
backlogs of any kind!
It also may mean that we will be using incorrect classification, incorrect
subject headings (Gender comes to mind), single subject books (we try to
avoid them since it imposes one of thinking upon the patron looking for the
item in the catalog).  On top of that, I was struck by the use of local
notes (such as the 590) in the bib record, or any local note that applies
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john g marr | 17 May 2013 18:24
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Re: can't decide if I need a new record

On Fri, 17 May 2013, J. McRee Elrod wrote:

> Chris Mulder asked:
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>> I've found a record that matches my book almost exactly

  You'll have to describe your book to us for us to reply to your request.

J. McRee Elrod wrote:

> To edit the present record ...

  I think Mac meant: "To edit the present record" *for your local catatog 
or to create a new OCLC master record via copy cataloging*

Cheers!

jgm

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Mugridge, Rebecca | 17 May 2013 15:06
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Benchmarking as a Tool for Assessment in Cataloging

I forgot to mention the survey deadline when I sent this out on Wednesday: May 31, 2013

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Dear AUTOCAT subscribers,

Benchmarking is a tool that can be used for assessment purposes. We're interested in how benchmarking has
been used by catalogers, cataloging managers, technical services managers, or others to assess any and
all aspects of cataloging and metadata production, workflow, and impact. To learn more about this, we
have designed a short survey of 16 questions to gauge the extent to which benchmarking is used, the goals of
benchmarking, and how the results of benchmarking are reported and used.

For the purposes of this survey, benchmarking is defined as the process of comparing one's own policies,
procedures or other factors, e.g., statistics, to other institutions for evaluative purposes or to
determine best practices.

Please click on the link below to take the survey. You may quit the survey at any point. All responses will be
completely confidential. It should only take 10-15 minutes to complete.

Survey link:

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James Weinheimer | 17 May 2013 10:23
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The Process of Cataloging in the Future

Apologies for cross-posting, but I thought these groups would be interested.

I thought I would share this extremely interesting tool created by
Google for cataloging materials that are online, the "Structured Data
Markup Helper" at
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&topic=3070267&answer=3070230

This tool allows the webmaster of a page to add structured data to a
page on their site. You put in the URL of the page to code or the HTML
itself, and then you can simply highlight the areas that you want to
code. It is based on the schema.org microdata and is very simple to do.
I find the tool a little clunky and very incomplete but it is brand new.
I tried coding my latest podcast, using the "Article" template.
http://blog.jweinheimer.net/2013/04/cataloging-matters-no-19-library.html and
found it fairly simple, although I was unable to highlight the article
body for some reason. I'll probably use it on my next podcast.

As of now, the tags you can add for articles are very incomplete
http://schema.org/Article and even lacks the vital "keywords" tag. When
you are done, you download the HTML to your machine as microdata or as
JSON-LD, and then add it to your page. When you upload it to your
server, your page is ready to be "ingested" by Google or some other
semantic technology that uses microdata and added to their data base
where it can be manipulated. When Google adds recipes to the templates,
people will be able to use this tool to tag their recipes, and then
everyone can work with them, as I discussed in my latest podcast.

A raft of questions arise. Something like this may very well be the
future interface of cataloging, and the question that arises in my own
mind is: who will do the work? For this to work as it is intended, the
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Chris Mulder | 16 May 2013 23:39
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can't decide if I need a new record

I need the collective wisdom of the group, please, having not encountered
this situation before.
I've found a record that matches my book almost exactly, except for the
fact that the record is for a "printout of an online resource".  The only
different fields that I can see are FF: Form "r"; an 007 for the remote
computer file; a 534 with the above quoted phrase in it, and an 856.
My first impulse was to create a new record for the actual book, but since
then I've been second guessing myself.  I can't seem to find anything in
the rules that directly addresses this; perhaps I've missed it.
Am I over thinking it?  Advice and suggestions are most welcomed.  Thanks!
--Chris

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Lennea Hickam | 16 May 2013 14:14

change of email address

Thanks to those who responded to my question.  My new email address is set!

Lennea Hickam

Head Cataloger

Kingsport Public Library & Archives

400 Broad St., Kingsport, TN   37660

(423) 229-9369   Fax: (423) 224-2558

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