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Japanese E-resource Metadata I ssues. Haruko Nakamura Yale University Library Workshop on Electronic Resources Standards and Best Practices CEAL annual meeting pre-conference workshop, 25 March 2014, Philadelphia. Outline. Issues: Lack of resources and awareness - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Japanese E-resource Metadata Issues
Haruko Nakamura Yale University Library
Workshop on Electronic Resources Standards and Best PracticesCEAL annual meeting pre-conference workshop, 25 March 2014, Philadelphia
Outline
Issues: Lack of resources and awareness
Scarce e-resources / contents
No/Poor metadata ebooks aggregated databases
Lack of proper procedures and communication
Scarce e-resources / contentsIndexing databases are still dominantSmall number of e-books and e-journalsVery few front list titles ( 新刊 ) are published as
ebooks
↓Majority of e-books have been already published in
print and many libraries already own them. Therefore, not many libraries purchase e-books, thus
they are not yet familiar with the Japanese e-book market.
Metadata & FunctionsLack of individual links of e-journals and e-
books providedFew vendors provide MARC records for OPACGood MARC records, but poor interface
function Confusion of diverse presentation of e-
resources (interfaces, access points, metadata, etc.)
eBooks Around 10,000 Japanese commercial e-books
available and still growing (mostly science subjects) Availability of MARC records is not consistent
(Many Japanese university libraries use CATP format records instead of MARC records)
Good MARC records, but poor interface function Transliterated headings Series headings Volume number Subject headings Collections base links
MARC record sample – Beautiful!
No transliterations
No series access pointsNo subject access points
No volume numbers
“ 新日本古典文学大系” as series
No Series access points
Aggregated Databases e-books and e-journals in one database No MARC records are providedProvides metadata in discovery tools, but..No direct links to individual titles or to
several individual interfaces Insufficient metadata?
No ISBN, published year, transliterated titles, etc.
Lack of proper procedures and communicationContent updates (added, deleted and
changes of titles, etc.)Who takes care of this and what?
Communication with e-resources librarians (internal)
Vendors and publishersJapanese resources in databases purchased by
outside of East Asia Library? (ex. Medical*Online, Factiva)
Annals of Gunma University Graduate School of Health
Sciences [Ja] ( 群馬保健学紀要 )
Other e-resource issues
Certain contents in database are not available outside Japan
Users have to install client softwareDifficult license agreementsUsage statistics not being availablePrice
Future Access at Yale Univ.
Knowledge base
Discovery Service
E-journal and E-book MARC
records in catalog
E-journal A-Z list
Database A-Z list Link Resolver
Conclusion - Working Together WithLibrarians (liaison to users)
andPublishers and Vendors (content creators)
↓ Increase access points of e-resources Improve awareness of e-resources among users Increase the use of e-resources Librarians can justify subscriptions of e-
resources Everyone wins!
Thank you!