Libraries Australia Cataloguing Parallel Session Bemal Rajapatirana
Libraries Australia Cataloguing National Bibliographic Database round-up Developments and enhancements NBD Strategic Directions
42 million holdings 16 million bibliographic records 3 million Australian items 800,000 contain non-Roman script 700,000 online resources 300 contributors National Bibliographic Database
Enhancement: CBS 3.2 upgrade Automatic transliteration of script Single sign-on Sign-on Search and retrieval from Cataloguing Client Z39.50 targets Automated retrospective de-duplication of NBD records SRU update October 2007 release CJK keyword indexing Chinese transliteration
Enhancement: Authority data loading Addition of new authority records Scope amendments to existing authorities based on number matching Trial complex matching and merging Explore establishing Library of Congress Authority database within Libraries Australia
Transliteration demonstration: 245 jie de xian dai "shang ren bu luo" :$bzou chu zhuan xing qi she hui chong jian de he fa hua wei ji = Modern 'businessmen tribe' in Fujie$cTao Qing zhu. 245 福街的现代 " 商人部落 " :$b 走出转型期社会重建的合法化危机 = Modern 'businessmen tribe' in Fujie$c 陶庆著.
Enhancement: OCLC Implementation OCLC search target open for all Batch exchange of NBD and OCLC data Seeking approval from Australian libraries Daily transfers via ftp WorldCat Identifiers SRU update Workset algorithms
OCLC Implementation Access to resources, research and development Exposure of Australian library resources ANBD and OCLC batch data exchange Daily synchronisation via ftp updates WorldCat Identifiers and Workset algorithms SRU update
Authority data loading Pilot contribution of authority records Addition of new records Updates based on number matching Complex matching and merging Explore Library of Congress Authority database within Libraries Australia
Strategic directions Access to full text and e-resources Sub-item level data Destra; album and tracks Arrow; scholarly publishing Journals: article level data Expanded scope and coverage Institution specific data Data syndication
Access to full-text Additional coverage of e-resources: Addition of URLs from digitization projects Online fulltext (partial or complete) Book reviews Electronic collections sets Parliamentary papers Vendor supplied bibliographic records
Expanded scope and coverage New sources – Destra, Arrow, Journals Sub-item records: articles, music tracks Issues: Search and presentation Links between and across items Immediate access – get or buy NBD contribution survey
Institution Specific Data Scope inclusion of ISD Shareable and non-shareable data Potential categories of ISD Subject headings Series headings MARC holdings End user created content System development required
Data syndication 1.6 M searches on LA Free Service 700,000 referrals from Search engines Referrals represent 50% of WorldCat.Org traffic Library web-sites have low prominence Links to library services above web average Web Page Rankings: …
Data syndication Libraries Australia Comprehensive and centralised aggregator Syndicate data to global services Expose Australian collections More pathways: Google, Libraries Australia, WorldCat.org, Open WorldCat
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