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The Survey Of Academic Library Cataloging Practices
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Book Synopsis The Survey of Academic Library Cataloging Practices by :
Download or read book The Survey of Academic Library Cataloging Practices written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 230+ page study is based on data from 80 academic libraries predominantly in the United States and Canada and gives a detailed picture of how libraries are responding to the challenging changes in the environment for academic library cataloging. Among the many issues covered are: new resource description cataloging rules, perceptions of the future of cataloging and the prestige of the profession, productivity enhancement measures, use of outsourcing for many different kinds of materials, views on the preparedness of library science grads in various facets of cataloging. The report also covers developments in personnel, salaries, use of technology and more. Questionnaire development assistance for this report was provided by Michael A. Cerbo. Mr. Cerbo is the Bibliographic Access and Resource Management Librarian at the University of Rhode Island.
Book Synopsis Academic Library Cataloging Practices Benchmarks by :
Download or read book Academic Library Cataloging Practices Benchmarks written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 254 page report presents data from a survey of the cataloging practices of approximately 80 North American academic libraries. In more than 630 tables of data and related commentary from participating librarians and our analysts, the report gives a broad overview of academic library cataloging practices related to outsourcing, selection and deployment of personnel, salaries, the state of continuing education in cataloging, and much more. Survey participants also discuss how they define the catalogers¿ range of responsibilities, how they train their catalogers, how they assess cataloging quality, whether they use cataloging quotas or other measures to spur productivity, what software and other cataloging technology they use and why, and how they make outsourcing decisions and more. Data is broken out by size and type of college and for public and private colleges. Just a few of the reports many findings are presented below: ¿More than 70% of the libraries in the sample say that their catalogers have salary levels that are comparable to those of public service librarians at their institutions. ¿About 27.3% of the survey participants routinely use paraprofessional staff for original cataloging. Public colleges were more than three times more likely than private colleges to use paraprofessionals for original cataloging, and larger colleges were more than twice as likely as smaller ones to do so. ¿41.56% of the libraries in the sample outsource authority control, obtaining new and updated authority records. ¿About 15.6% of the libraries in the sample outsource the cataloging of e-journals; close to 28% of research universities do so. ¿20.78% of libraries in the sample use MarcEdit or other MARC editor to preview records and globally edit to local standards prior to loading. ¿29.7% of the libraries in the sample have technical services areas that track turnaround time from Acquisitions receipt to Cataloging to shelf-ready distribution. ¿About 24.7% of the libraries in the sample use paraprofessional support staff for master bibliographic record enrichment in OCLC. Most of those doing so were public colleges and offered beyond the B.A. degree. ¿Authority control experience was considered a very important criterion for hiring by only 8.11% of survey participants, while a bit more than 35% considered it important. 21.62% considered authority control experience not so important as a hiring criterion.
Book Synopsis Survey of Emerging Cataloging Practices by : Salman Haider
Download or read book Survey of Emerging Cataloging Practices written by Salman Haider and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study presents data and commentary from 60 predominantly academic libraries about their use of Resource Description and Cataloging, or RDA. The questionnaire was largely designed and the summary written by award winning cataloging and metadata librarian Salman Haider, currently working as Cataloging Librarian at the U.S. Library of Congress. Data is broken out by of academic institution, tuition level, and type or Carnegie class among other variables.The study reports on library perceptions of RDA, ease of implementation, librarian training and use, and reception by patrons, among other issues. The study presents detailed commentary on the integration of RDA with ILS systems, and reports on the impact of RDA on cataloging productivity and use of staff time. The report also looks at the general state of cataloging in academic libraries with questions about budget, staffing, technology use and more. Many major academic libraries in the USA, Canada, Australia and the UK participated.Just a few of the report's many finding are that: According to the survey participants 111.72 minutes is the mean extra time needed for every 10 library items cataloged using RDA vs. prior procedures. The median time was 50 minutes, and the range was from 0 to 600 minutes. A plurality of survey participants were not in favor of retro-conversion services for RDA cataloging as they do not think that it will result in saving of time and money, and high quality records. Out of all 56 responses received 26 were against retro-conversion, 12 favored it, and 18 responses contained mixed opinions. 35.59 percent of all survey participants say the library has spent "about the same" on cataloging over the past five years, while 32.20 percent estimate that they have spent "somewhat less." Just 8.47 percent of participants say their institutions have spent "somewhat more" on cataloging.
Book Synopsis Profiles of Best Practices in Academic Library Interlibrary Loan by : Paul Kelsey
Download or read book Profiles of Best Practices in Academic Library Interlibrary Loan written by Paul Kelsey and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study profiles the interlibrary loan efforts of nine leading American colleges: the University of Texas at Arlington, Tulane University, the University of Minnesota, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Brigham Young University, the University of Tennessee, Colorado State University, Oberlin College and Stony Brook University. The libraries interviewed shared their thoughts on a broad range of topics including but not restricted to: workflow management, productivity measures, departmental organization, budgets and spending trends, service to distance learning students, copyright and licensing issues, measures for special collections, automation and software use, use of institutional repositories and open access publications, shipping costs and procedures, and many other facets of academic interlibrary loan management. The purpose of the report is to define and diffuse best practices by profiling measures taken by nine leading institutions of higher education. Although the report contains much useful quantitative information, especially relating to budgets and employment, the focus in this report is on a journalistic narrative explaining departmental goals, procedures and practices and evaluating results.
Book Synopsis The Survey of American College Students by :
Download or read book The Survey of American College Students written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents approximately 70 tables of data exploring how full time college students in the United States view and use their college library¿s e-book collection. The data in the report is based on a representative sample of more than 400 full time college students in the United States. Data is broken out by 16 criteria including gender, grade point average, major field of study, income level of students and type, size of college, and mean SAT acceptance score of colleges, among other variables. The report is designed to give college librarians, educational researchers, publishers and others critical demographic information on the student use of college library e-book collections. Just a few of the report¿s many findings are that:¿30.42% of the students in the sample say that they have received any form of in or out of class training from a college librarian in how to use the library¿s e-book collection. ¿Only a sixth of students in colleges with a mean SAT score greater than 1950 say that they have received e-book collection training from college librarians. ¿Less than 17% of community college students found library e-book collections useful or very useful.
Book Synopsis A Survey of Libraries in the United States by : American Library Association
Download or read book A Survey of Libraries in the United States written by American Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Academic Library Building Renovation Benchmarks by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book Academic Library Building Renovation Benchmarks written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report presents detailed data from 65 academic libraries about their completed, current, or planned library renovation projects. The study includes detailed data on capital spending, library redesign budgets, and spending on computer labs & infocommons, in-library classrooms, artwork, library furniture, carpeting and other flooring, and other elements of academic library renovations or new construction. Details construction preferences for architectural features such as atriums, landscaping, better access to restrooms and building entrances/exits, installation or expansion of library cafes, development of group work areas, better use of natural light, better soundproofing and other design features often sought in new academic library construction or renovation. Also explores the use of various renovation and building features designed to save energy. Other areas covered include student satisfaction with the library redesign, its impact on the use of library services, and governance issues over what campus groups guide and control the redesign. Data is broken out by size and type of library, and by libraries that have experienced recent renovation projects vs those that have not.
Book Synopsis A Survey of Libraries in the United States: Classification and cataloging. Inventory. Insurance and accounting. Binding and repair. Buildings and equipment. Index to vol. I-IV by : American Library Association
Download or read book A Survey of Libraries in the United States: Classification and cataloging. Inventory. Insurance and accounting. Binding and repair. Buildings and equipment. Index to vol. I-IV written by American Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library Energy Conservation Benchmarks by : Primary Research Group
Download or read book Library Energy Conservation Benchmarks written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition by :
Download or read book Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition presents extensive data from 52 corporate and other business-oriented libraries; data is broken out by company size, type of industry and other criteria. The mean number of employees for the organizations in the sample is 16,000; the median, 1700. Some of the many issues covered in the report are: spending on electronic and print forms of books, directories, journals and other information resources; library staffing trends, number of library locations maintained and the allocation of office space to the library, disputes with publishers, allocation of library staff time, level of awareness of database contract terms of peer institutions, reference workload, and the overall level of influence of the library in corporate decision making.
Book Synopsis Functional Future for Bibliographic Control by : Shawne D. Miksa
Download or read book Functional Future for Bibliographic Control written by Shawne D. Miksa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quest to evolve bibliographic control to an equal or greater standing within the current information environment is on-going. As information organizers we are working in a time where information and communication technology (ICT) has pushed our status quo to its limits and where innovation often needs the pressure of do or die in order to get started. The year 2010 was designated as the Year of Cataloging Research and we made progress on studying the challenges facing metadata and information organization practices. However, one year of research is merely a drop in the bucket, especially given the results of the Resource and Description and Access (RDA) National Test and the Library of Congress’ decision to investigate the possibility of transitioning the MARC21 format. This book addresses how information professionals can create a functional environment in which we move beyond just representing information resources and into an environment that both represents and connects at a deeper level. Most importantly, it offers insight on transitioning into new communities of practice and awareness by reassessing our purpose, re-charting our efforts, reasserting our expertise in the areas that information organizer have traditionally claimed but are losing due to stagnation and lack of vision. This book was published as a double special issue of the Journal of Library Metadata.
Book Synopsis Higher Education Interlibrary Loan Management Benchmarks by :
Download or read book Higher Education Interlibrary Loan Management Benchmarks written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Organizing Library Collections by : Gretchen L. Hoffman
Download or read book Organizing Library Collections written by Gretchen L. Hoffman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libraries organize their collections to help library users find what they need. Organizing library collections may seem like a straightforward and streamlined process, but it can be quite complex, and there is a large body of theory and practice that shape and support this work. Learning about the organization of library collections can be challenging. Libraries have a long history of organizing their collections, there are many principles, models, standards, and tools used to organize collections, and theory and practice are changing constantly. Written for beginning library science students, Organizing Library Collections: Theory and Practice introduces the theory and practice of organizing library collections in a clear, straightforward, and understandable way. It explains why and how libraries organize their collections, and how theory and practice work together to help library users. It introduces basic cataloging and metadata theory, describes and evaluates the major cataloging and metadata standards and tools used to organize library collections, and explains, in general, how all libraries organize their collections in practice. Yet, this book not only introduces theory and practice in general, it introduces students to a wide range of topics involved in organizing library collections. This book explores how academic, public, school, and special libraries typically organize their collections and why. It also discusses standardization and explains how cataloging and metadata standards and policies are developed. Ethical issues also are explored and ethical decision-making is addressed. In addition, several discussion questions and class activities reinforce concepts introduced in each chapter. Students should walk away from this book understanding why and how libraries organize their collections.
Book Synopsis The Survey of College Website Management Practices by :
Download or read book The Survey of College Website Management Practices written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Survey of College Website Management Practices, a 171-page study, presents more than 500 tables of data about college websites, and is based on data from 68 North American colleges. The study presents detailed data on budgets, software preferences, editorial control, staff size and composition, use of consultants, plans for website redesign, and a broad range of other issues confronting college web site staffs. The report helps to answer questions such as: what kind of disaster management and campus crisis policies do college web staffs have in place. How do staffs track end users, and how many visitors are different college web sites attracting? Which college departments are most influential in managing and directing the website? Does the web staff consider itself in charge of content, IT questions or both? How many individuals can enter content to the site without the permission of the webmaster? What role do social networking sites play in the college web staff's future plans? How often does the webmaster review departmental sites and how much control does he/she have over them? How often are major website revisions planned and how are the best results for end user "buy-in" achieved?
Book Synopsis Reimagining the Academic Library by : David W. Lewis
Download or read book Reimagining the Academic Library written by David W. Lewis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic libraries are in the midst of significant disruption. Academic librarians and university administrators know they need to change, but are not sure how. Bits and pieces of what needs to happen are clear, but the whole picture is hard to grasp. Reimagining the Academic Library paints a simple straightforward picture of the changes affecting academic libraries and what academic librarians need to do to respond to the changes would help to guide future library practice. The aim is to explain where academic libraries need to go and how to get there in a book that can be read in a weekend. David Lewis provides a readable survey of the current state of academic library practice and proposes where academic libraries need to go in the future to provide value to their campuses. His primary focus is on collections as this is the area with the greatest opportunity for change and is the driver of most library cost. Lewis provides an accessible framework for thinking about how library practice needs to adjust in the digital environment. The book will be useful not only to academic librarians, but also for librarians to share with presidents and provosts who a concise source for understanding where and how to focus their expenditures on libraries.
Book Synopsis Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices by :
Download or read book Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices written by and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study presents data from 90 libraries ¿ corporate, legal, college, public, state, and non-profit libraries ¿ about their database licensing practices. More than half of the participating libraries are from the USA, and the rest are from Canada, Australia, the UK, and other countries. Data is broken out by type and size of library, we well as for overall level of database expenditure. The 100+ page study, with more than 400 tables and charts, presents benchmarking data enabling librarians to compare their library¿s practices to peers in many areas related to licensing.
Book Synopsis A Survey of Libraries in the United States: Public libraries. pt. II. College and university libraries.- v. 2. Service to readers: pt. I Circulation and reference work in public libraries. pt. II. Service to readers in college and university libraries. pt. III. State legislation concerning public libraries.- v. 3. Public library service to children. Extension work and community service of public libraries. School library organization and service.- v. 4. Classification and cataloging. Inventory. Insurance and accounting. Binding and repair. Buildings and equipment. Index to vol. I-IV by : American Library Association
Download or read book A Survey of Libraries in the United States: Public libraries. pt. II. College and university libraries.- v. 2. Service to readers: pt. I Circulation and reference work in public libraries. pt. II. Service to readers in college and university libraries. pt. III. State legislation concerning public libraries.- v. 3. Public library service to children. Extension work and community service of public libraries. School library organization and service.- v. 4. Classification and cataloging. Inventory. Insurance and accounting. Binding and repair. Buildings and equipment. Index to vol. I-IV written by American Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
