Document Type

Presentation

Location

Room 130 - McDonald Library

Start Date

22-5-2017 9:40 AM

End Date

22-5-2017 10:30 AM

Description

  • Patricia Falk, Music Catalog and Metadata Librarian, Bowling Green State University
  • Elizabeth Hertenstein, Cataloger & Metadata Librarian, Bowling Green State University
  • Stefanie Hunker, Digital Resources Librarian, Bowling Green State University

Special collections in academic libraries often contain numerous materials that are either inaccessible or only accessible locally. Many libraries are experimenting with various means of making their collections accessible via brief bibliographic (bib) records, whether in their own catalog (ILS), using MarcEdit, OCLC’s Connexion, or other databases.

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Libraries has been creating brief bib records in its ILS using Excel, MarcEdit, and templates since 2013. These methods have been used to make materials accessible in a variety of our collections including the Center for Archival Collections (CAC) and the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives (MLSRA). Brief bib records were created for a pamphlet collection in Archives and two sound recording collections using 45 RPM records and 33 1/3 RPM LPs. BGSU has also expanded the use of brief bib records in the Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL) for press kit collections, and will add brief bibs for posters in the future. All of these projects utilize student staff, catalogers and/or other system staff members in order to create records, which have allowed BGSU special collections to create more product using less process.

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May 22nd, 9:40 AM May 22nd, 10:30 AM

The Long and Short of It: How to Make Treasure Troves in Your Collections Visible

Room 130 - McDonald Library

  • Patricia Falk, Music Catalog and Metadata Librarian, Bowling Green State University
  • Elizabeth Hertenstein, Cataloger & Metadata Librarian, Bowling Green State University
  • Stefanie Hunker, Digital Resources Librarian, Bowling Green State University

Special collections in academic libraries often contain numerous materials that are either inaccessible or only accessible locally. Many libraries are experimenting with various means of making their collections accessible via brief bibliographic (bib) records, whether in their own catalog (ILS), using MarcEdit, OCLC’s Connexion, or other databases.

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Libraries has been creating brief bib records in its ILS using Excel, MarcEdit, and templates since 2013. These methods have been used to make materials accessible in a variety of our collections including the Center for Archival Collections (CAC) and the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives (MLSRA). Brief bib records were created for a pamphlet collection in Archives and two sound recording collections using 45 RPM records and 33 1/3 RPM LPs. BGSU has also expanded the use of brief bib records in the Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL) for press kit collections, and will add brief bibs for posters in the future. All of these projects utilize student staff, catalogers and/or other system staff members in order to create records, which have allowed BGSU special collections to create more product using less process.

 

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