cataloging and processing new media susan m. sutch [email protected] an infopeople workshop...
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What We Will Cover
• MARC cataloging
• Metadata tagging
• Packaging for security and access
What is New Media?
• CD and DVD• Websites• Digital downloads• Electronic resources
Electronic communication made possible through the use of computer technology
MARC Cataloging New Media
• CD
• DVD
• Electronic resources
• Combined print and electronic formats
8 MARC Concise FormatsCD / DVD Choices
• Book• Electronic resource• Serial• Mixed• Map• Visual material• Music• Sound recording
• Computer file
• Movies/multimedia
• Book On CD/music
MARC Cataloging – Music CD
• Sound recording format• Chief source of information• Accompanying info• Notes
MARC Cataloging - DVD
• Visual material format• Chief source of information• Accompanying info• Notes
Electronic Resources Definition
Material encoded for manipulation by a computerized device. This material may require use of a peripheral directly connected to a computer (CDROM drive) or a connection to a computer network (Internet). AACR2
Types of Electronic Resources
• Websites
• Digital collections
• Podcasts
• CDROM / DVD of computer data
MARC Cataloging Electronic Resources
• Leader code
• Chief source of information
• Extent
• Notes
• URL
Integrating Resources
Electronic or print material that seamlessly updates, often within a calendar day. Can be unknown when the last update was.
Examples – (web) Yahoo! website
- (print) legal looseleaves
Combine Print and Electronic Aspects in One MARC Record
• Additional tags– 006– 856
• Notes
006 Fixed Tag
• Use when Leader/06 is other than m
• Adds ability to search by both primary material type and electronic resource
• Required in OCLC, optional MARC21
006 Computer File Additions
• 006 tag has seventeen positions
• To add computer file characteristics– /00 m for computer file– /09 for type of computer file– Unused positions left blank
006 m d006 [m d ] OCLC
Metadata Tags vs.
MARC Tags
Traditional Formats and Access Points
• Paper-based and microform-based information resources
• Monographs, serials, photographs, etc.
• Access provided through local library services– Including ILL
Traditional Cataloging Functions and Access
• Acquire material into collection
• Describe material using MARC
• Manage the collection
• Provide access via OPAC / card catalog
New Formats and Access Points
• Formats:– web documents, online serials, digital
images, digital collections, websites, digital audio and video, born digital material, etc.
• Access provided via the web and email
What is metadata?
• A neutral term for cataloging without the excess baggage of the AACR2 or the MARC formats (Priscilla Caplan)
• Data that facilitates the management, description, and preservation of a digital object or aggregation of digital objects (Judith Cobb)
Metadata Describes
• Single item
• Collection
• Component of collection
Any Level of Aggregation
Metadata Can be Stored
• Within the digital object or code– html code, headers of image files
• Separately– artifacts
Examples of Metadata
• Embedded in web page– http://www.apple.com/
• Embedded in digital images– http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/readings/
metadatabasics/examples/embeddedimage.htm
Creating Metadata
The creation of metadata is governed by a body of standards, best practices and schemas that, when appropriately applied, work together to facilitate the management, description, and preservation of digital objects.
Metadata Standards
•Metadata Encoding Transmission Standards (METS)
•California Digital Library Digital Image Collection Metadata Standards
http://www.cdlib.org/about/publications/CDLObjectStd-2001.pdf
Metadata Best Practices
Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices
CDWA (Categories for the Description of Works of Art), Getty
http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/standards/cdwa/3_cataloging_examples/index.html
Types of Metadata
• Structural– how compound objects are put together
• Administrative– how created, file type, access privileges
• Descriptive– identification (title, author, abstract)
Descriptive Schemas (Rules)• Dublin Core
– web pages
• Visual Resources Association– painting,sculpture
• Text Encoding Initiative – printed novels, plays
Encoding (Representation)
• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
• Resource Description Framework (RDF)
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Why is XML so Important?
• Non-proprietary method of storing metadata
• Being adopted by every major software company that manipulates text data
• Power to represent data independent of programming language, platform, or operating system.
MARC vs. XML
MARC (librarian only)245 04 The Sot-Weed Factor
XML (information processing)
<title><nonfile>The</nonfile>Sot-Weed factor</title>
MARCXML – Library of Congress
Crosswalks
• Enable different schemas to communicate with each other
Crosswalks – Mapping Different Schemas
New Media
Packagingand
Security
Issues and Concerns
New Media Packaging / Security• Individual item
– Cases– Sealants– Downloads for burning
• Group packaging– Redbox– IMM technology
• RFID
Individual Item:Security and Protection
• CD/DVD Cases
• Coatings– Sealants– Cleaning sprays
• Resurface machines
Group Items:Security and Protection
• Redboxhttp://www.redbox.com/
• Self-checkout kiosks– intelligent media management
RFID Security
• System that can combine theft-detection and tracking of library materials
• Radio-frequency combined with microchip technology
• Uses radio waves to identify individual items and to transfer data from a tag to a reader to a database.
Components of RFID system
RFID System Tags
RFID Self Checkout Station
RFID Security
• 3 ft detection maximum
• Same capture percentage as tattle tape
• No detection near metal shelving
• Can flag staff with specific item title
RFID
• Advantages/disadvantages of RFID• Privacy concerns• Cost/ROI
RFID Processing• Advantages
– conversion is fast, can leave barcodes on– individual CD/DVD can be tagged– can check out multiple items at once
• Disadvantages– if power goes out, checkout is down– need booster on CD/DVD tag– possible conflict if tag aligned same way
Privacy Concern Myths
• Patron info on RFID tag
• Government screeners possible with radio devices
• Radio waves are dangerous
RFID Cost / ROI
• Systems expensive, can’t mix/match vendors
• Tags $.50 to $1.50 each
• Too new for many ROI studies, estimate up to five years for return on investment
• SFPL study on $ cost do to staff repetitive motion injuries - $265,000.00
What We Covered Today
• New media definition and formats
• MARC cataloging
• Metadata vs. MARC
• Packaging and security
Last TagThe real question is:
How do we together, as a community, move our trusted circle closer to
information consumers
at the level of
their need?
OCLC