Bibliographic Record
Description of a book or other library
material
AACR2
• Anglo American Cataloging Rules 2nd
edition
• Standard rules libraries use for describing
books and other materials
Item Record
• Refers to a specific library copy of a title.
• Includes barcode number of the item.
Authority Record
• Provides cross-references for
pseudonyms and other alternate headings.
• Free Speech = Freedom of Speech
• Voting Rights = Suffrage
Codabar
• A standard barcode format in libraries.
• Four components
– Patron/Item indicator
– Unique Library ID
– Item/Patron ID
– Check Digit (calculated from previous digits)
2 8888 00000 000 4 possible patron #
3 8888 00000 000 5 possible item #
Claims Returned
1. Circ Module shows item charged to patron
2. Patron reports item returned to staff
3. Staff marks item Claims Returned in Circ
Module – policy?
4. Staff can look on shelf for item.
5. If item is later found or checked out to another
patron, fines are cleared
6. If item never shows up, patron may be
assessed fines – policy?
Cataloging
Original Cataloging
Cataloging from scratch using material
and applying AACR2 and MARC
Copy Cataloging
Importing an existing bib record from
another source (OCLC, vendor, LOC) and
making local changes if needed
Cataloging Module
Bibliographic Records – describes a title,
manifestation of a work
Item or Holdings Records – describes a
specific copy attached to a bib record
Authority Records – directs variant headings
to authoritative heading
Patron Registration
• In person registration, often uses paper
application
• Online registration, uses Web form
• Importing records from external database,
for students, employees etc.
Holds / Reserves
• Bib-level hold – places a hold on the first
available copy of the requested title
• Volume-level hold – places a hold on the
first available copy of the requested
volume
• Item-level / Item-specific hold – places a
hold on a specific copy from a specific
location
Bib-Level Hold
• When is it used?
• Most patron placed holds are bib-level
• http://diego.ccsf.edu/search~s1/i?0679755
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Volume-Level Hold
• When would this be used?
• http://sflib1.sfpl.org/search/i?078311740X
Item-Level Hold
• When would this be used?
• Usually by staff to retrieve a damaged item
/ CD in the wrong case etc.
• Could be used by patron if ILS does not
support volume-specific holds
Serials / Periodicals
• Serial: A publication in any medium issued under the
same title in a succession of discrete parts usually
numbered (or dated) and appearing at regular or
irregular intervals with no predetermined conclusion…
• Periodical: A serial publication with its own distinctive
title, containing a mix of articles, editorials, reviews,
columns, short stories, poems, and other short works
written by more than one contributor, issued in softcover
more than once, generally at regular stated intervals of
less than a year, without prior decision as to when the
final issue will appear…
Dictionary for Library and Information Science. Reitz.
2004.
OPAC
• Online Public Access Catalog
• Public view of online library catalog, also
called PAC (Public Access Catalog)
Searching
• Keyword searching – searching databases
for words that appear anywhere in record
or text
• Federated searching – searching across
multiple databases with a single search
• Phrase searching – keyword and phrase
• Field searching – searching in specific
indexes such as author, titles etc.
More Search Terminology
• Boolean operators – Logical connectors for
keyword searching (AND, OR, NOT)
• Metadata – data that describes documents, used
for online retrieval
• Open URL – standard that enables linking from
a citation to full text in another resource
• Portal – gateway to info resources
• URL – uniform resource locator, Web address
• Web OPAC – OPAC available via the Web
History of the OPAC
• OPACs started in the 1970s long before
the Web
• They were text based and command
driven
• http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/documentation/
opac2.html
Current State of OPACs
• Almost all OPACs are now available on
the Web
• In some cases this has slowed down their
performance
Staff View
• Library staff often have a more detailed
view of the OPAC or PAC.
• The ability to see item record details
Searching
• Influence of the Web on search defaults
– Default AND – not phrases
– Default Keyword searching – not field
searching
– Use of quotes for phrase searching
Open URL linking from the OPAC
• III WebBridge
• Link from catalog record to ISBN search,
title search, author search in another
database
Federated Searching
• http://search3.webfeat.org/sfpladvsearch.h
tml
Z39.50
• Standard that allows searching other
library catalogs
My Library
• http://diego.ccsf.edu/patroninfo
• https://sflib1.sfpl.org/patroninfo~S1
Authentication
• Links from OPAC to licensed resources
must allow remote users to authenticate
– IP recognition – proxy server
– Referring URL recognition
Digital Media
• SFPL – historical photo database
InterLibrary Loan
• Predates computers
• Computers have created faster networks
for
– Checking libraries that have desired titles
– Automated management of loans
– Transmission of articles via Ariel in some
cases
Class Web Page
• http://fog.ccsf.edu/~acosta/56.htm