Electronic Resources: Librarians and Vendors Round Table

Committee on Korean MaterialsChair, Yunah SungMarch 27, 2014

Metadata and presentation issues of Korean E-Resources

relating to access and discovery

ERMB Workshop

presented by

Erica Chang

March 25, 2014Philadelphia, PA

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Summary of the Survey on Metadata Standards and Best

Practices for Korean E-Resources

Miree Ku, Duke UniversityMarch 25, 2014

Collective Subscription of Korean Studies E-Resources

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March 27, 2014

Subcommittee on Korean Studies E-Resources

Hee-Sook Shin (hs2148@columbia.edu), Columbia University

Mikyung Kang (mlkang@fas.harvard.edu), Harvard University

Miree Ku (miree.ku@duke.edu), Duke University

Sun-Yoon Lee (sunyoonl@usc.edu), University of Southern California

DB Package Negotiation in 2013

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• 3 years (March 2013~February 2016)• 2% annual increase• Funding Support by the Korea Foundation: Up to 50% of the user/subscription fees

for accessing Korean Studies e-resources / Limited to $5,000

Group Description

1 Institution with a Korean studies librarian

2 Institution without a Korean studies librarian, or with a part time Korean studies librarian who manages Korean materials

Korean Online DBs: packages

DB package DB Company Database

EKS Korean Studies Information KISS

Korean Studies Information KSI e-book

Korea Contents Lab Kdatabase

Korea Contents Lab KPjournal

Dongbang Media KoreaA2Z

Dongbang Media Digital Culture Art Course

Zininzin Korean History & Culture Research

Zininzin History Culture Series

LawnB Legal Information Service

Nurimedia Nurimedia DBpia

Nurimedia KRpia

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Korean Online DBs: packages

DB package DB Company Database

EKS Plus 학술교육원 eArticle

학지사 New Nonmun

CNC CNC Korea Scholarship Information

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vendors’ stance• E-resource vendors create and distribute XML files to Link Resolution

Services (ex. Ex libris, Proquest, Ebsco, OCLC)– Field names of XML file are not standardized– Vendors use sample format provided by Link Resolution Services to create XML file– Limited few Metadata items included

• Vendor’s improvement efforts (currently underway)– Change XML format in order to avoid a dominate-subordinate relationship

between them and provide the same format to each Link Resolution Services– Include metadata items as many as possible– Link Resolution Services do not accept these new format yet due to their technical

system• Vendor’s future plans

– Provide standardized metadata such as Dublin Core etc– Issues

• Which kind of metadata standards should be considered for the best practices• How can we cover additional expenses for system change and lack of manpower

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Considerations

• Mutual Understanding

• Communication

• Cooperation