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University of Adelaide Library The well connected catalogue Patricia Scott, Denise Tobin and Helen Attar Life Impact The University of Adelaide A well connected catalogue is... One that makes obvious the relationship between one item described in the catalogue and another item Enables the user to easily link to that other related item that has a specific relationship with the first Enables the user to link to other useful resources that are relevant to the item catalogued In essence enables the cataloguers’ art to provide a rich fabric for the user to explore Some added services to library catalogues under consideration today are... Links to book cover art, links to book reviews and links to online book shops Facility to enable users to annotate titles in the catalogue Help like “did you mean” or “other books like this” These can be generated by the system at a “macro level” by mining catalogue data, if we have the systems capability to do it There are many links within the core information in every library catalogue that could take the users easily down paths that could interest them Consider the links provided through catalogue records Links through to other works by the same author, same subject or same series are standard features of a web catalogue Specific relationship headings and notes are included in the best catalogue records Links in the University of Adelaide Library catalogue Two main types have been explored Linking – between different but related bibliographic records Links to relevant external resources Bib Bibliographic linking – overview Why bib linking? How does it work? Why bib linking? Offers the user the ability to get easily from one bibliographic record to another related record that they might need through specifically created links. Connects users to the information they need about the status of the item Is intellectual ‘value adding’ by cataloguers Types of Bib-linking used Analysed titles which are part of a serial Earlier and later journal titles Links between formats i.e. electronic to print Links to titles in electronic datasets How does it work – defining linking relationships - the first ones 09X → 909 child to parent 909 → to 09X parent to child *022a → 780x preceding to succeeding title *035a → 780w *785 → 022a succeeding to preceding *785w → 035a *Pre-set in Voyager Linking relationships – we added more 027 → 035 e-child to e-parent 035 → 027 e-parent to e-child 035 → 776 print to electronic 776 → 022 electronic to print 776 → 035 as above (better than 776 to 022) 762 → 022 parent to sub series 762 → 035 parent to sub series (no 022) Bib linking example 1 Analytics Need for standard structure Parse call numbers into stems and “pieces” Matching parent call number in 909 with data in child 090 Click from individual title to parent to see loan status A monograph published in a series requiring an analytic entry The analytical bibliographic record with links to the parent The link takes the user to the parent record, where the status of volumes not on the shelves is shown Other titles in the series are linked for browsing Marc record in cataloguing client with drop down navigation How does it work behind the scenes - a ‘derived template’ helps… How behind the scenes - using the template. The highlighted tags need to be stripped if cloning is used instead Bib Linking example 2 Earlier and later journal titles Standard feature in Voyager Links ISSNs or systems numbers from subfields x or w 780 to 022 or 035 in earlier title Same with 785 in reverse Journal record with links to earlier and later titles Journal record showing earlier and later title, where library has later only Bib Linking example 3 Print journal to electronic version Electronic journal linking to record of print journal (not as convincing?) Bib Linking example 4 Records for electronic datasets All 5561 Factiva titles are displayed alphabetically and linked “Hotlinks” It is commonplace to find web-enabled links to remote resources in most catalogues where libraries currently purchase those items however MARC supports the provision of URLs in a variety of fields, including notes, which has enabled us to link to the full text of many other related digital resources or documents in a more meaningful way Tags that allow an URI 505 (Formatted Contents Note) 508 (Creation/Production Credits Note) 511 (Participant or Performer Note) 514 (Data Quality Note) 520 (Summary, Etc.) 530 (Additional Physical Form Available Note) 538 (System Details Note) 545 (Biographical or historical data) 552 (Entity and attribute information note ) 555 (Cumulative Index/Finding Aids Note) 583 (Action Note) 670 (Source Data Found) in the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data 678 (Biographical or historical data) in the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data 852 (Location) proposed Some of the links to related information sources used Online contents and summaries in 520 Annual or cumulative indexes in 555 Finding aids in 555 Visual map indexes or other indexes relating to complex holdings in 856 holdings tag Licence agreements and copyright permission linked to the 856 in the holdings tag Thesis summary using 520 tag A link to an online annual index for a print journal using 555 tag Link to online finding aid that grew to full text so now uses the 856 tag Link to online “index” using 555 that is really a database with increasing full text. Link to NASA Technical Reports Server Link to online index for microfilm set - 856 holdings Map series with link to scanned visual index 856 holdings We hold the sheets outlined in black, no. 1-21 Streamed music A recent agreement through AVCC has resulted in the purchase of a music licence Individual music tracks can be linked to a streaming server The use of derived templates provides quality records The system allows material to be monitored in terms of the agreement Streamed music file accessed via catalogue record The future Catalogue software should support interconnections made by cataloguers Recognise the value of authority control behind headings for every author his/her heading, and for every heading only the right books Authority cross references added to keyword data, to supply specific “did you mean?” help Authority see also reference to supply “would this interest you?” with low hit queries Systems architects seek advice from record creators What is required? The well connected catalogue uses links to provide more depth, less clutter in the catalogue and uses the intellectual information provided by cataloguers to assist the user in better choice of items. “the scholarly problem is to imagine ways of working we do not know, to give scholars the means of imagining them”. Willard McCarty