Re: Cataloging of Multimedia E-Journals (Gerry McKiernan) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 23 Aug 1999 19:21 UTC
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:48:12 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <GMCKIERN@GWGATE.LIB.IASTATE.EDU> Subject: Re: Cataloging of Multimedia E-Journals _Re: Cataloging of Multimedia E-Journals_ This is a response to my recent posting on the "Cataloging of Multimedia E-Journals" which I posted last week. (The response was originally posted to the DIGLIBNS list on 8/18) It raises a number of related issues that were included in my post and reports on a significant study that I believe will be of interest to other lists and their members. The response below has been re-posted with permission from Deborah Woodyard, PADI / Digital Preservation National Library of Australia /Gerry McKiernan Theoretical Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu ############### Gerry and list members, We conducted a similar survey in 1996, but from a different angle, we didn't have the titles we wanted information on but wanted to find material in our collection that contained computer disk components (see 5.2.2 in "Physical format electronic publications in the National Library of Australia: report on a preservation survey" http://www.nla.gov.au./nla/staffpaper/cwebb6.html). Your reaction to your survey results sound very familiar to me. I was surprised at the difficulty we had obtaining detailed information from the catalogue records about the electronic components. The collation field in the ILMS record for 400 items was checked for the size and number of disks included in a publication - basic information required for preservation management. Only 238 gave complete details. And this did not include checking the system requirements recorded. This information was not required under existing cataloguing guidelines for disks accompanying print materials, but a few local practices have now been modified and the result would be improved. This has highlighted the gap that may exist between information needed for current bibliographic access and that needed for long term management, raising questions about how and where the latter should be recorded. I am pleased to see the cataloguing rules are being updated gradually. See: Task Force on the Harmonization of ISBD(ER) and AACR2 Final Report (Penultimate Draft): Executive Summary revised 14 June 1999: http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/aacrer/tf-harm21.htm And more current Internet cataloguing guidelines available linked from the PADI web site at: http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/internet.html#cat Please excuse my possible ignorance of matters obvious to librarians, but Gerry's message inspired me to share my experience. Deborah Deborah Woodyard PADI / Digital Preservation National Library of Australia Canberra ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA mailto:dwoodyar@nla.gov.au ph: +61 2 6262 1366 PADI: http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/