1st Edition
CORC New Tools and Possibilities for Cooperative Electronic Resource Description
- Preface
- Introduction
- Collaboration in CORC
- CORC and the Future of Libraries: Two University Librarians' Perspective
- A Relationship Between CORC and the PCC: Rationale and Possibilities
- A Faceted Approach to Subject Data in the Dublin Core Metadata Record
- Terminology Identification in a Collection of Web Resources
- Dewey in CORC: Classification in Metadata and Pathfinders
- Crosswalking Metadata in the OCLC CORC Service
- Cataloging in CORC: A Work in Progress
- Utilizing CORC to Develop and Maintain Access to Biomedical Web Sites
- Never the Twain Shall Meet? Collaboration Between Catalogers and Reference Librarians in the OCLC CORC Project at Brown University
- CORC and Collaborative Internet Resource Description: A New Partnership for Technical Services, Collection Development and Public Services
- Dublin Core and Serials
- Using the Dublin Core to Document Digital Art: A Case Study
- Using the Dublin Core with CORC to Catalog Digital Images of Maps
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
P>Karen Calhoun, MS, MBA, is Director of Central Technical Services at Cornell University Library. She leads Cornell's participation in the CORC project, plays a key role in the organization of the library's networked resources and services,and is a frequent speaker and author on technical services in the digital library. Karen chairs the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Standing Committee on Automation. Previously she held positions at OCLC and the University of Oregon.
John J. Riemer, MLS, is the GALILEO CORC Representative in the state of Georgia and Assistant Head of Cataloging at the University of Georgia. He has organized training for and helped to coordinate half a dozen metadata projects. For over ten years he served as Head of Serials Cataloging and represented the library on the CONSER Operations Committee. Previously he held positions at the University of California, Los Angeles.
"PROVIDES AN ASTUTE BALANCE OF THE THEORETICAL WITH THE PRACTICAL, of the manager's point of view with the specialist's. All of the chapters are well written and offer thought-provoking insights. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL OR INSTITUTION TRYING TO BRING ORDER TO THE CHAOS and to take positive steps to building a real digital library."Carol G. Hixson, MS, Head, Catalog Department, University of Oregon; Chair, PCC Standing Committee on Training
