Enhancing Access to Resources Through the Online Catalog and the Library Web Site: A Collaboration Between Public and Technical Services at Texas A&amp;M University Libraries

Ho, Jeannette

doi:10.1300/j124v22n04_02

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“…She found that librarians often requested uncontrolled subject headings and alternative titles for e-resources in an effort to increase their discoverability. 15 Published in 2008, before discovery services were widely available, Geckle, Pozzebon, and Williams of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) suggested that "Cataloging electronic resources improves discovery and access." The authors argued for a central access point for all of the library's e-resources in addition to a separate A to Z or subject listing.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

Wong¹

2020

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After migrating to Ex Libris’s Alma and Primo for its integrated library system (ILS) and discovery layer, library staff at Simon Fraser University (SFU) maintained duplicate database information in a locally developed electronic resources management (ERM) system known as the CUFTS ERM for fifteen months. The CUFTS ERM provided the data for the library’s public-facing database list known as the CUFTS resource database (CRDB). A database search function had been on Ex Libris’s Primo roadmap for product development and was announced six months after the library went live with Alma and Primo. However, the new Primo database search function lacked the ability to replace the CRDB. Members of the library’s ILS Steering Committee who managed Alma and Primo were concerned about significant negative impacts on end-users if the library adopted Primo to replace the CRDB. The steering committee formed a task group to investigate options for creating a database list from Alma records to reduce duplication of staff time and effort, and systems resources, and to replicate the main functions of the existing CRDB for end-user discovery and access.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

Wong¹

2020

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“…1 As libraries attempt to work more efficiently to improve service, a few studies have analyzed staff reporting of access issues and catalog errors but these tend to focus more on improving workflows from a technical services perspective or factors that lead staff to report problems. 2 McGill University Library is a large research library in North America. Within its Collection Services department, the e-resources division handles cataloging, access and troubleshooting related to e-resources such as electronic journals (e-journals) and databases.…”

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Using Perceptions and Preferences from Public Services Staff to Improve Error Reporting and Workflows

McKinnon¹

2016

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“…13 A computer program was developed to allow both librarians and users to add extra subject headings. Alternative and former titles can also be added with the same method.…”

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Applying the NISO Metasearch Initiative Scheme to Enhance E-Resources Management at Rutgers University Library

Sun

2011

The Serials Librarian

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This paper discusses problems in the management of library e-resources and attempts to identify potential solutions to the problems. By describing an e-resources enhancement project taken by Rutgers University Libraries, this paper points to the importance of providing contextually-rich metadata and reorganizing the accessibility of e-resources on a library's website. It introduces how this Rutgers project adopted the National Information Standards Organization Metasearch Initiative to support the identification of appropriate e-collections for metaseaching. The outcomes of the project have facilitated a dynamic display of relevant e-resources to library users as an effective way of automatic access to library e-collections.Keywords: Electronic collections, dynamic display, enhanced access to library materials INTRODUCTION Electronic subscriptions represent the largest expense for most libraries and are the heaviest used resources of in library collections. 1 At the same time, a wealth of fantastic free online resources available to libraries can also help enrich their electronic collection. It is crucial that both types of resources be readily accessible for library users through the library's web site. To facilitate use, it is important to provide quick access to users who want to meet a specific need, such as finding peerreviewed articles on a topic or to enable browsing for users to understand the difference between an abstracting and indexing resource, an e-journal aggregation site and a web site.Libraries are faced with the challenges of collecting and managing diverse e-resources and providing access to growing e-collections. Access to date has focused on developing the online catalog into a central location through which e-resources are structured and accessed via a library's web site, such as an A-Z list. Federated searching is a popular option, and has recently been expanded by many vendors into a webscale search service against all the resources of participating vendors. Google Scholar is increasingly popular for identifying resources that meet a user's needs, which are then accessed via the library. 2 All of these approaches offer partial solutions but the fundamental problem is the difficulty confronting users in understanding the complex array of electronic resources offered specific to their context of need.This article is a case study that highlights the strategies adopted by the Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) to solve this problem. It examines the National Information Standards Organization Metasearch Initiative (NISO MI) metadata schema and its modification for use by RUL to enhance searchability of the library's web site. Through the introduction of the RUL project for maximizing the online presentation of information and resources, this article explores how a new content 2 management system can help RUL reorganize its e-collection and enable users to find and use electronic resources more effectively. PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONSElectronic resources have been an integral part of collections in ...

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Enhancing Access to Resources Through the Online Catalog and the Library Web Site: A Collaboration Between Public and Technical Services at Texas A&M University Libraries

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

Using Perceptions and Preferences from Public Services Staff to Improve Error Reporting and Workflows

Applying the NISO Metasearch Initiative Scheme to Enhance E-Resources Management at Rutgers University Library

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