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E-Journal Invasion: A cataloguer's guide to survival

Helen Heinrich, California State University, USA

Chandos Information Professional Series

 - helps understand terminology and key elements of e-serials cataloguing with examples
 - focuses on challenges of e-journal cataloguing in aggregator database environments
 - explores local considerations for implimetation of commercial cataloguing products
 - examines future trends of e-publications cataloguing

Written by an authoritative practitioner, this book explores the changing nature of cataloguing in the aftermath of e-journal invasion. It traces the development of the issue by examining changes in AACR2 and CONSER rules, focusing on the revision of AACR2, Chapter 12, and emergence of the concept of ‘Continuing Resources’. The book analyzes challenges of e-journal cataloguing that stem from an ever-growing number of online publications and aggregator databases. It assesses the complexities of incorporating commercially produced cataloguing into a local database, and offers practical solutions to the most common questions in the process. The book concludes with a look into the future of e-resource cataloguing from technical and conceptual standpoints.

ISBN 1 84334 144 1
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 144 4
April 2007
260 pages  234 x 156mm  paperback  
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About the author

Helen Heinrich is Cataloging Coordinator at the California State University. Prior to that, she had more than 13 years of experience in cataloguing at the Getty Research Institute, Research Library in Los Angeles. She currently serves on the IFLA Standing Committee on Serials and Other Continuing Resources.

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Contents

How the internet changed the lives of catalogers
 - MARC
 - MODS
 - Dublin Core
 - ONIX
 - Notes

New rules and issues for e-journals in the library setting
AACR2: Chapter 9
 - AACR2: Chapter 12
 - Electronic journals in the library setting
 - Issues of access to electronic journals in the library
 - Why catalog?
 - Notes

Aggregators
 - Blessing
 - Curse
 - What is the problem?
 - Commercial options
 - How do they know?
 - Notes

Local approach: experience of California State University, Northridge
 - How to prepare
 - Getting started
 - MARC profile
 - Evaluation of test records: what to look for and what to expect
 - First production load
 - Clean-up project
 - Maintenance
 - Frequently asked questions
 - E-holdings
 - Notes

Current and future issues of cataloging
 - Metasearching
 - OpenURL
 - CrossRef
 - Open access
 - The future of cataloging
 - Conclusion
 - Notes