hong xu march 24, 2007
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Acquiring Chinese E-Books: Where to Start and How to Get Here-- University of Pittsburgh Library System's Experience. Hong Xu March 24, 2007. Where to start. Talking with the senior administrator Talking with e-book producers Having trials Evaluating e-books. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Acquiring Chinese E-Books: Where to Start and How to Get Here-- University of Pittsburgh Library System's Experience
Hong Xu
March 24, 2007
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Where to start
Talking with the senior administrator
Talking with e-book producers
Having trials
Evaluating e-books
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Decision-making in purchasing Chinese e-books
Perpetual access vs. subscription
Quantity to purchase
Database hosting
MARC records requirements
Whether or not loading the records to OCLC
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The minimal level MARC records we required include the following fields:
001, 005 ,006, 007, 008, 020, 040
1xx (or 7xx if no 1xx)
245
250 (if needed)
260
300 (if needed)
533 (if needed)
856
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Problems in sample MARC records
Both e-book producers use CN-MARC as the base and automatically convert them into MARC21.
Problems in understanding MARC21, particularly CJK records in MARC21.
Problems in converting some fields
Examples:
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Team work
Communicating with relevant senior administrators and with EAL librarians
Coordinating with other two departments at the ULS: Information System: install reader software, test interface, load records Cataloging Management: review records; follow ULS and OCLC rules/policies
Communicating with e-book producers
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Where we are and what we’ve learnt so far--
Contracts have been signed/to be signed soon.
We are on the third run of testing sample records.
Timely communication ensures things are moving on smoothly.
Team work is essential.
It is important for the e-book producers to be consistent with the contact personnel and the test records during the data trial period.
Documentation is important
Quality control is a big on-going issue.
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THANK YOU !