The Internet's Value to Catalogers: Results of a Survey

Long, Chris

doi:10.1300/j104v23n03_04

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“…A brief survey conducted by Long in 1997, at the advent of the Internet's incorporation into the work of librarians, found that catalogers were using resources such as online phone books, email directories, and other libraries' online catalogs to resolve name conflicts and clarify ambiguous headings. 24 The Internet, though, did not prove to be a problem-free panacea for catalogers, as the impermanence of the web and the suspect nature of some of the information found there became increasingly apparent. In 2001, Russell and Spillane's examination of how catalogers were using online resources for name authority work showed that little had changed since Long's survey.…”

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Disambiguating the Departed: Using the Genealogist’s Tools to Uniquely Identify the Long Dead and Little Known

Long¹

2016

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The need to uniquely identify people with the same name will be as important in a linked data environment as it is in traditional library catalogs. Although older cataloging rules allowed multiple identities to share space in an authority record, the current rules are more stringent, requiring that all authorized access points for people to be disambiguated. While this task has been made much easier in recent years because of the amount of biographical material on the web, deceased and obscure people can pose a complex challenge. This is especially true for special collections materials, which are being given greater attention but which often deal with people who are long dead and little known. This paper builds on previous research in the use of online resources to perform authority work by providing an in-depth analysis of the genealogist’s toolkit and examining how freely available online genealogical sources can be used to find the types of distinctive information needed to create unique access points for people.

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Disambiguating the Departed: Using the Genealogist’s Tools to Uniquely Identify the Long Dead and Little Known

Long¹

2016

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“…For better performance, it is advisable to use the latest version of Windows. Using a Windows-based workstation, catalogers can also``locate bibliographic records at other institutions and use the cut-and-paste function to extract summary notes and other lengthy parts of the record and add them to their own catalog'' (Long 1997). The workstation should also have browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator or both to access Web-related cataloging resources, including Web-based online catalogs.…”

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The cataloger’s workstation in the electronic library environment

Khurshid

2001

The Electronic Library

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The cataloger’s job and work environment have changed considerably during the last three decades. One of the major factors contributing to these changes is the transformation of the cataloger’s workstation from dumb terminals (OCLC M100) to multipurpose workstations (new generation of PCs). The evolving technologies of microcomputers, CD‐ROMs, networks (LAN, Intranet, and Internet) are the major attributes of today’s cataloging workstation. Intel chips, Pentium processors, and Microsoft Windows have provided a higher level of computing platform to the cataloger’s workstation enabling catalogers to perform multiple tasks on their desktops, such as accessing the local system, bibliographic utilities, online cataloging documentation and publications, authority work, and OPACs of other libraries, and communicating with colleagues, etc. This article discusses the general principle of the cataloger’s workstation, its configuration, the electronic versions of cataloging tools, the workstation’s impact on productivity, and the difficulties in implementing or maximizing the use of the workstation technology in the Arabian Gulf libraries.

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