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Chinese e-resource metadata problems that cause access issues. Connie Lam University of Hong Kong Libraries Workshop on Electronic Resources Standards and Best Practices CEAL annual meeting pre-conference workshop, 25 March 2014, Philadelphia. Outline. Issues with vendors - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chinese e-resource metadata problems that cause access issues
Connie LamUniversity of Hong Kong Libraries
Workshop on Electronic Resources Standards and Best PracticesCEAL annual meeting pre-conference workshop, 25 March 2014, Philadelphia
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Outline Issues with vendors Problems of e-books
Issues with publishers Issues with aggregators
Problems of e-journals Issues with publishers Issues with aggregators
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Issues with vendors Metadata
No title list and/or no marc records Unable to provide regularly updates No information on titles removed from the platform Duplicated entries for the same title For continuing resources, only provide complete
title list, no information for title added, title deleted, title changes, coverage changes, etc.
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Issues with vendors Chinese classics databases
四庫全書 (Sikuquanshu), 四部叢刊(Sibucongkan), 中國基本古籍庫 (Zhongguo ji ben gu ji ku)
No direct url for individual title Users have to install client software
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Issues with vendors URLs
Urls not supported by link resolvers. Urls not persistent Titles do not have consistent IDs in urls. Some vendors provide different IDs for the same
title to different customers.
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Problems of e-books
Issues with publishers
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Problems of e-books ISBN
Same ISBN for different editions
第 1 版 (di 1 ban) in1989 and 修訂本 , 第1 版 (xiu ding ben, di 1 ban) in 2002 share ISBN 75004093968
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Problems of e-books Same ISBN for books from the same publisher
渠道診所 and 農村城市化的理論與實踐 have ISBN 750170516X. Both by 中國經濟出版社 .
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Problems of e-books
Problems with aggregators
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Problems of e-books Missing part title
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Problems of e-books Wrong part number
This should be 第 9 編 (di 9 bian) instead of 第 7 編 (di 7 bian)
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Problems of e-books – providers Wrong publication year
If this book was published by 上海書局 (Shanghai shu ju), it is a reprint of 商務印書館 (Shang wu yin shu guan)’s 1934 edition and it should be published in 1985.
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Problems of e-books Wrong title information
The book is 致知淺說 )Zhi zhi qian shuo), instead of 致和淺說 (Zhi he qian shuo)
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Problems of e-books Mixed information for online publisher and
original publisher
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博庫
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The description of both entries is same from the provider. However, the first entry links to the book published by 博庫 . The second entry links to the book published by 社會科學文獻出版社 .
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Problems of e-books Inconsistent title information
For the same series, some titles have the series name before the title, some not.
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中國普及教育 (Zhongguo pu ji jiao yu) does not have series information. 唐明律合編 (Tang ming lu he bian) put 5 volumes under one single entry. 古代法 (Gu dai fa) have 4 volumes, each in individual entry. All of them are in the series 萬有文庫 (Wan you wen ku)
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Problems of e-books Inconsistent title information
For items without collective titles, some of them have only 1 entry for the item, but some of them have separate entry for titles in a single item.
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盧照鄰集 (Lu Zhaolin ji) and 楊炯集 (Yang Jiong ji) are from the same item. It does not have collective title. The provider put it into 2 different entries and from the entry of 楊炯集 , its title page does not have indication to show that it is from an item without collective title. This creates a lot of difficulties for catalogers to locate the correct publication information.
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Problems of e-books Make separate volumes for an item
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中國醫院大全 (Zhongguo yi yuan da quan) did not publish, 雲南分冊 (Yunnan fen ce), 西藏分冊 (Xizang fen ce) and 貴州 分冊 (Guizhou) as individual volumes. They should be combined as 雲南 , 貴州 , 西藏分冊 (Yunnan, Guizhou, Xizang fen ce).
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Problems of e-books Articles of a proceeding be treated as
individual book titles.
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Articles from 中國近代軍事史學術討論會論文匯編 (Zhongguo jin dai jun shi shi xue shu tao lun hui lun wen hui bian) got individual entries
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Problems of e-books Missing pages
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This book should have 568 pages instead of 57 pages. The table of contents also shows that there are 564+ pages. Pages 58 to 568 are missing.
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Problems of e-journals
Issues with publishers
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Problems of e-journals Same ISSN even title changed
交通醫學 (Jiao tong yi xue) [v.1 (1987)-v.17 (2003)] ISSN 1006-2440
中國交通醫學雜誌 (Zhongguo jiao tong yi xue za zhi) [v.18 (2004)-v.20, no.2 (2006)] ISSN 1006-2440
交通醫學 (Jiao tong yi xue) [v.20, no.3 (2006)-] ISSN 1006-2440
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Problems of e-journals Same ISSN used by different titles
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南昌高專學報 (Nanchang gao zhuan xue bao) and 地方文化研究 (Di fang wen hua yan jiu) have same ISSN: 1008-7354
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Problems of e-journals Frequent title changes. Title change back
and forth 交通醫學 中國交通醫學雜誌 交通醫學 吉林藝術學院學報藝圃吉林藝術學院學報 九江醫學九江學院學報 . 自然科學版九江醫學
(2007) 九江學院學報 . 自然科學版 (2010)
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Problems of e-journals
Issues with aggregators
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Problems of e-journals Lack of title history
現代臨床醫學 (Xian dai lin chuang yi xue) began with vol. 31, no. 2 (Apr. 2005), 成都醫藥 (Chengdu yi yao) is its former title. But the information is not available in the journal home page, even though the issues of 成都医药 is available.
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The information of 成都醫藥 (Chengdu yi yao) not only not available in journal information page, it is also not mentioned in the journal’s introduction page. 成都醫藥 (Chengdu yi yao) began in 1980. 1975 is the year for 成都醫藥 (Chengdu yi yao)’s preceeding title 成都醫藥通訊 (Chengdu yi yao tong xun)
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Problems of e-journals Unable to search by former titles
Issues of 成都醫藥 (Chengdu yi yao) is available on the platform. However, when users search by 成都醫藥 (Chengdu yi yao). There is no hits.
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Another aggregator, it shows the former title 成都醫藥 (Chengdu yi yao), but no details (start and end date of the former title). Another former title 成都醫藥通訊 (Chengdu yi yao tong xun) is not available
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Can get result list when search by 成都醫藥 (Chengdu yi yao)
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For title changes back and forth, there is no indication in the information page. There is no hint to indicate that 中國交通醫學雜誌 (Zhongguo jiao tong yi xue za zhi)’s former title is 交通醫學 (Jiao tong yi xue)
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Problems of e-journals Numbering
Not using the original numbering of the journals, all issues renumbering as year + no. There are strange numbers, such as S1, Z1.
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S is probably used for 增刊
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Articles from both 2010S1 and 2010S2 called 第 29 卷增刊 [vol. 29, Suppl]. It is difficult to determine the exact numbering.
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Z is probably used for combined issues, 1994 Z1 should be 1994 no.1/2 and 1994 Z2 should be 1994 no.3/4. But how can users know?
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Problems of e-journals Inconsistent numbering
Some issues with issue no. only, some issues have vol. no. and issue no.
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Problems of e-journals Same title has two entries
v.3, no.7
v.3, no.4
盤石雜誌 (Pan shi za zhi) began in 1933. The information provided in both entries is incorrect.
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Problems of e-journals Wrong information provided
1917 1918
Same article appeared in both 1917 no.1 and 1918 no.1. The 1918 no.1 is a duplicated issue of 1917 no.1 and its numbering is incorrect.
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Problems of e-journals Mix reprint editions with original journals
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Concluding remarks Yes, there are a lot of problems and issues We understand that:
Vendors and publishers have made a lot of effort in improving the quality of metadata
Vendors and publishers are willing to help librarians and library users to have better access to the resources
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Concluding remarksThe aim to identify the issues and problems To criticize To embarrass publishers and vendors To collaborate, in order to solve the issues
and problems To achieve the win, win, win outcome, for
users, librarians and service providers
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Concluding remarks We need to have metadata standards and
best practices for us to follow Let’s work together to make CJK e-resources
more user friendly and easy to access
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