On Beyond OPAC Repurposing ILS Data for Web-based Access Tools

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On Beyond OPACRepurposing ILS Data for
Web-based Access Tools

• Magorzata Fort
• Phillip Bergen
• Deb Silverman
• Health Sciences Library System, University of
  Pittsburgh

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Why are we doing it?

• We are not cataloging just for the catalog
• ILS stores valuable useful information
• ILS is already repurposing data
• Acquisitions
• Circ
• OPAC
• Web is next extension

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Advantages

• Data structured according to cataloging rules
• Stability
• Predictability
• Centralized bibliographic data creation
• Efficiency
• Consistency
• Ease of maintenance

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Advantages (contd)

• Management of data left in experts hand
• No extra training
• No duplication of effort
• Rules are not your enemy
• Global management of resources
• Long term thinking

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Victims of success

• Impact on cataloging policy
• Locations
• Classification policy
• Note structure
• Pressure for new features
• Demand for new products

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Where are we now?
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Where are we now?

• Technical Services gt Resource Management
• Access Librarian gt Web Architect
• Library website completely restructured
• Formal web oversight committee

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Challenges

• Resource centered presentation (catalog) vs user
  centered presentation (web)
• Data for searching (catalog) vs data for browsing
  (web)
• Physical object arrangement vs digital object
  arrangement

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Challenges (contd)

• Do we need to catalog for OPAC or for web
  display?
• Do we need separate rules for cataloging and web
  presentation?
• Do we need to replicate catalog on Web?

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CCC your partner

• Communicate
• What elements are essential for cataloging
• What elements are needed for web
• Compromise
• Know accept your limitations
• Work together to a common goal
• Consider context

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Real life

• Format
• Format of current resource iteration (catalog)
• Format of original (web)
• Title
• Proper title (catalog)
• Made up title (web)
• Chameleon nature of e-resources
• Commitment to maintain data
• Choice of record format
• Transition mode

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Data Keepers Story of MEDLINE

• Title proper is the key
• Separation OR collocation
• Separate records
• ClusterMed
• Ovid Medline
• PubMed
• Collocation via uniform title
• MEDLINE

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Website Keepers Story of MEDLINE

• Popular title is the key
• Collocation AND separation
• info ClusterMed
• info MEDLINE
• Access via ClusterMed
• Access via Ovid
• Access via PubMed
• info Ovid MEDLINE
• info PubMed

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Decisions, decisions

• Possible solutions
• Create dummy record for MEDLINE
• Adjust script for web display
• Word of caution
• Avoid creating exceptions
• Avoid individualized treatment

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Thank you!

• Questions? Comments?
• Email to
• gosia_at_pitt.edu