| HYPER-TECHS: TECHNICAL SERVICES MOVES TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB |
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- The World Wide Web (WWW) is affecting library services in vital ways. Public Services Librarians and Reference staff are using the Web as a resource for answering patrons' questions. Technical Services Librarians and staff will also find the Web a very useful resource for Acquisitions, Serials and Cataloging. Many Web sites provide vendor information and online ordering, serials exchange and claiming, and cataloging and authorities resources. Such Web tools for Technical Services can enhance job performance, increase efficiency, and decrease turn-around time for routine operations -- saving time and money.
You know people and businesses are using the WWW for fun and profit, and Public Services Librarians are using the Web to answer reference questions, so . . .
Why should Tech Services staff use the WWW?
- There are Web sites to help Catalogers, Serials and Acquisitions Librarians.
- Book vendors are putting Tech Services information on their homepages.
- Other libraries are putting Tech Services information on their homepages.
What can the Web do for you?
- The Web is like having the world's reference library at your PC.
- Bookmarking sites on the Web allows you to gather and tailor your own Tech reference library, suited to the job you're doing.
- Sharing information saves time -- especially on repetitive tasks.
Acquisitions Dept. (BYU)
Homepage for the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University (BYU). Through this page, subject librarians and bibliographers can access the Firm Order form and place orders electronically to the library's Acquisitions Department.
WEB SITE: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~acq
· AcqWeb/AcqNet
DESCRIPTION: AcqWeb has the following major categories, each with several linked subheadings that lead to many useful sites for acquisitions work: Web News for Acquiring Minds; Verification Tools and Resources; AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors: Associations and Organizations; Library & Information Science; Journals, Newsletters and Listserv Archives; General Reference Resources; Reference Resources about the World Wide Web; and AcqNet. AcqNet is a popular e-mail listserv for Acquisition.
WEB SITE: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.html
Acses
DESCRIPTION: A multi-threaded search service from Germany for locating in-print books, "Acses checks out prices, availability, shipping times and shipping costs of any book at over 25 online stores!" This truly fascinating site searches online book stores for up to ten books at a time by ISBN. The search result provides a retail base price in the currency specified, a list of stores offering the titles, along with their respective prices and discount, shipping method, and shipping time. Title, author, keyword, and ISBN search options are available for single searches. Clicking on a single store in the list of participating stores sends the searcher to that store's order page. This site provides useful information about Acses and its search strategies, links to sites related to books, miscellaneous sites, advertisements, and feedback to the owners.
WEB SITE: http://www.acses.com/
Bibliofind
DESCRIPTION: Rated by Yahoo!'s Internet Life as the "#1 Favorite Site of 1997," Bibliofind has a searchable inventory of four million out-of print books offered by some 1,500 booksellers. Begun in September, 1996, the site is now visited by as many as 24,000 each day. Bibliofind's database is searchable via title keywords, author keywords, "other search terms," and/or a combination of these. Bibliofind's search engine supports truncation, and includes a thesaurus which, if engaged, will search the title field for related subject terms. Readers are also able to search by price range, and by date of entry into the Bibliofind database (handy if you just need an update on what's new). Unlike the other mega sites, Bibliofind does not take orders, but acts as a clearinghouse between sellers and buyers: forwarding on a buyer's request directly to the seller who fills the order himself.
WEB SITE: http://www.bibliofind.com/
Ebay Auction Classifieds
DESCRIPTION: Ebay offers 12 categories (e.g., books, magazines, memorabilia) for sellers and buyers to efficiently transact business. Free registration is required to use the service. Auctions last a week so that items move quickly, and the highest bidder buys the item. Reserves and starting bids are permitted. Buyer and seller arrange payment and shipment and a percent of the purchase price goes to the auction house. A chat room is also available at this site. This method for selling books is catching on and more auction sites are coming online. It remains to be seen whether they will persist. Of the four or five sites examined by these authors, Ebay is our top choice.
WEB SITE: http://cayman.ebay.com/aw/index.html
· Federal Express
DESCRIPTION: Allows you to track packages instantly, ship worldwide and find drop off locations.
WEB SITE: http://www.fedex.com
· Foreign Exchange Rates
DESCRIPTION: Allows you to choose one type of currency and compare it to another type of currency.
WEB SITE: http://www.dna.lth.se/cgi-bin/kurt/rates
Interloc.com
DESCRIPTION: Interloc has evolved from a proprietary, modem accessed book-selling service, into a publicly accessible Web-based database. For-sale listings require a fee, but browsing the database is free to anyone with Web access. This site is useful for purchasing out-of-print material, pricing for-sale titles, and, if a subscriber, for listing sale offerings. These authors have successfully used Interloc for purchasing out-of-print titles, but have had less success selling sale books, but continue to refine posting to find the right formula for selling surplus gifts on Interloc. This site also publishes a stolen books list and a newsletter about the book trade and how to use their system. They also market software for managing a used book business and a CD-ROM for book prices. Interloc provides numerous links to subscribers home pages and book trade information and news, and an e-mail connection for help in using the site. This site is well maintained and updated frequently, and is very useful for librarians as well as collectors and dealers. Reliable information is provided about rare and used books, which is helpful for collection development, cataloging, and pricing.
WEB SITE: http://www.interloc.com/
· LC's Electronic Texts
DESCRIPTION: The Library of Congress Internet Resources Page.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/etext
Planet Earth Antiques and Collectables E-Mail
DESCRIPTION: Visitors to this site will be greeted with the following message: "FREE !!! The best place on Planet Earth for finding, buying, or selling any type of collectables and antiques. With just one e-mail you can reach thousands of dealers and serious collectors all over the planet. Advertise your treasures, search for that special something, or let the world know who you are, just by sending one e-mail message." This site is included because it offers another way to sell surplus materials.. Many commercial sites suffer from the grandiloquence, and so the hype in the introductory statement should be overlooked. This site is really the doorway to a listserv for dealers and collectors of some 17 categories of collectibles, e.g., books, music, ephemera, stamps. Registration is free. Once registered, subscribers receive daily e-mail messages from other subscribers offering their wares for sale, and they may post their own offerings. Registering for the books category resulted in 10-20 e-mail messages daily for both offerings and wants. The FAQ page orients new users to list etiquette specific to the site. The home page is very clear and well organized.
WEB SITE: http://www.peacelist.com/
· United Parcel Services (UPS)
DESCRIPTION: Allows you to track packages instantly, ship worldwide and find drop off locations.
WEB SITE: http://www.ups.com
· Universal Currency Converter
DESCRIPTION: Allows you to choose one type of currency and compare it to another type of currency.
WEB SITE: http://www.xe.net/currency
· Yahoo's List of Publishers
DESCRIPTION: Listing of Publishers that are on Yahoo.
WEB SITE: http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Publishing/
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Amazon
DESCRIPTION: With a direct link from Alta Vista's homepage, Amazon targets the pleasure readers, inviting them to browse such lists as bestsellers, award winners, and titles in their "recommendation center," and "gift center." Amazon's 2.5 million titles are searchable via author, title, keyword, ISBN, or by browsing a score of subject headings (very similar in appearance to Yahoo!'s arrangement of subject headings), and each subject heading has its own page with a dozen or more subdivisions with links to still further pages and subdivisions. Along the way, readers are offered reviews of titles in their subject, and may add comments of their own. Via a click on the main button bar, readers can go directly to a "reviewed in the media" page, and although at first glance it would seem that the review sources are all "popular," current events publications, and major newspapers, such alternative sources as Mother Jones, NPR's Morning Addition, and The Utne Reader.
WEB SITE: http://www.amazon.com
Association of American University Presses Online Catalog
DESCRIPTION: The Association of American University (AAUP) Presses Online Catalog is a "meta site" (that is, an index, a collection of links) for academic librarians. Provides links to sources such as the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), sites dealing with electronic publishing, Project Gutenberg Home Page, and Scholarly Journals on the Web. The AAUP homepage also contains links to such book review sources as The New York Times Book Review, History Reviews Online, Postmodern Culture, and Law and Politics Book Review.
WEB SITE: http://aaup.princeton.edu
Blackwell
DESCRIPTION: Collection Manager is Blackwell's Web interface with its New Titles System. Blackwell believes that "this database of over 800,000 titles of academic interest published since 1989 is an absolutely current record of scholarly publishing." Some of the features of Collection Manager are:
Librarians can search the New Titles Database using Blackwell's Thesaurus, the LC Classification System, the National Library of Medicine Thesaurus, or Blackwell's Contemporary Authors Lists.
Browse the table of contents for any title found in the database.
Click on the "why" link of any title and receive an explanation of the logic behind Blackwell's New Titles selection process: that is, why the library received the item on approval, or just an announcement (a notification slip). This link also reveals the restrictions of the profile pertaining to publisher and nonsubject parameters.
See alternative editions (paper or UK).
Display a MaRC record for the item.
Create an order file for an item (in MaRC format), and download it (with the appropriate fund account code) into the library's own system (thus avoiding double keying), to be used for future ordering.
WEB SITE: http://www.blackwell.com/
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
DESCRIPTION: The 5,000 title inventory of Films for the Humanities and Sciences is searchable by title, keyword, a subject list, and format (VHS, CD-ROM, etc). Each title includes an abstract, and in the case of films, the running time, whether the item is in color or black and white, the purchase price versus the rental price, and if the price includes public performance rights. An excellent site for academic libraries, or public libraries with substantial audio-visual collections.
WEB SITE: http://www.films.com/films/ffhome.asp?OrderID=P199710031701121162
The Internet Library For Librarians
DESCRIPTION: Hailing itself as "The Most Popular Information Resource Site for Librarians Since 1994," the Internet Library for Librarians includes numerous useful links for collection development, acquisitions, serials, and cataloging under the "Librarianship" heading, e.g., to collection development policy statements (from Cornell, Iowa State University, NYU Medical Center Library and University of Kansas Medical Center); reviews sources (of books, CD-ROMs, Internet sites, film, media and software) from sources such as Choice, Booklist, and H. W. Wilson (including a specific review of reference sources by James Rettig); publisher catalogs. This site also includes e-mail listservs and newsgroups relevant to subject librarians (Bibliophile, for obtaining information about acquiring and selling rare and out-of-print books, identifying first editions, etc.; and COLLDV-L: addressing issues regarding collection development).
WEB SITE: http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/
Publisher's Catalogs Homepage
DESCRIPTION: Especially helpful for area studies librarians in academic or large public libraries, Publisher's Catalogs Homepage provides links to homepages of publishers from around the world. Produced by Northern Lights Internet Solutions Ltd., of Saskatoon, Canada, the site contains an extensive geographic index that allows the searcher to view a list of linked publishers by country. In addition, a search engine permits searching individual publishers by first part of the domain or company name.
WEB SITE: http://www.lights.com/publisher/
· Yankee Book Peddler, Inc. and Global On-line Bibliographic Information
DESCRIPTION: The Global On-line Bibliographic Information (GOBI) allows Lee Librarians to search the 1.8 million-plus titles in Yankee Book Peddler (YBP) Inc.'s database. Subject librarians can search the library's transaction history with YBP pertaining to all books shipped; all books shipped on firm order; all books shipped on approval; all books shipped on continuations; and series titles on standing order. Librarians are therefore able to track orders and shipments coming from YBP, and answer questions such as: is a given title coming on the library's approval plan? or has it been firm ordered? Is a given title available in YBP's database? This is a helpful feature for subject librarians and bibliographers who have responsibility for ordering titles and/or monitoring the collecting plans for their subject area. The database is searchable not only by the usual title, author, ISBN, and publisher, but also by fund code. Links for each item pulled up by the search include "title summary" for an annotation; "local history," which indicates the library plan under which the item was received, the date, invoice number and PO number; and "approval history." The latter provides a list of YBP-serviced institutions that have ordered any given title. This allows subject librarians/bibliographers to compare their library's collecting to that of other institutions.
WEB SITE (YBP): http://www.ybp.com
WEB SITE (GOBI): http://www.ybp.com/gobindex.htm
CATALOGING
· Advanced Search (multiple terms using Boolean operators)
DESCRIPTION: From this site, it is possible to access the name authority file and the subject authority file and see the authority records in MARC format. Also, the catalog can be searched with boolean logic.
· ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Committee
DESCRIPTION: Studies issues and develop guidelines regarding the form and function of the catalog in its several formats, including issues arising from the structure of the catalog, filing order, authority control, record content, minimum level cataloging, retrospective conversion, command structure, search strategy, and record display.
WEB SITE: http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/cff/index.html
· Autocat
DESCRIPTION: Autocat is a simi-moderated international electronic
discussion list. It serves as an electronic forum for the discussion of
all questions relating to cataloging and authority control in libraries.
WEB SITE: http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS/CD/1958.htm
· BIBCO : the bibliographic record component of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging
DESCRIPTION: As members of BIBCO, participants contribute bibliographic records for monographs in all formats to the national databases and participate in the development of standards. An individual institution may join this program, or a group of libraries with a common interest may form a funnel project to contribute via a coordinator who will represent the funnel participants. For-profit organizations participate in BIBCO at the Affiliate level.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/bibcopara.html
· Biography and Genealogy Master Index
DESCRIPTION: Biography and Genealogy Master Index helps to determine which publication to consult for biographical information. This site indexes over 10 million biographical sketches covering current and retrospective works for individuals both living and deceased. This is a fee based site.
WEB SITE: http://galenet.gale.com/m/mcp/db/bgmi/intro/
· Catalog Department Manual, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
DESCRIPTION: The Catalog Department Manual for the Catalog Department at the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University (BYU).
WEB SITE: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~catalog/man/
· Catalogers' Reference Shelf
DESCRIPTION: "The Cataloger's Reference Shelf, a component of the help systems in ITS for Windows and the Library.Solution integrated online library system, has recently been published in web format and is available for free use by any cataloger with a web browser. The CRS is a collection of 21 MARC manuals and other reference works frequently accessed by technical services staff."
WEB SITE: http://www.TLCdelivers.com/tlc/crs/crs0000.htm
· Cataloger's Toolkit
DESCRIPTION: User's guide to accompany CLARR, the Cataloger's Toolkit
WEB SITE: http://www.library.nwu.edu/clarr/
· Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
DESCRIPTION:"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly is respected as an international forum for discussion in all aspects of bibliographic organization."
WEB SITE: http://ccq.libraries.psu.edu/
· Cataloging Cheat Sheet
DESCRIPTION: Need an easy and concise way to keep track of the
MARC field tags? This site is a checklist of information for MARC field
tags. It is a good training tool and help for beginning catalogers.
WEB SITE: http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/resource/library/cataloging/cat-sheet.html
· Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS)
DESCRIPTION: CDS develops and markets products and services which provide access to Library of Congress resources. You can order CDS products from the Complete Catalog of Bibliographic Products and Services which is searchable by title or subject.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/cdsintro.html
· Cataloging Foreign Language Materials
DESCRIPTION: A resources for cataloging foreign language materials.
WEB SITE: http://www.vt.edu:10021/admin/international/resdev/catalog.html
· Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) Home Page
DESCRIPTION: "News on changes or proposed changes in cataloging policy and practice at the Library, as well as cataloging tools and documentation, information on name authorities, subject headings (including weekly lists of new and changed subject headings), and the Library of Congress Classification."
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/
· Cataloging Resource
DESCRIPTION: An alphabetically arranged selection of cataloging resources.
WEB SITE: http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/resource/library/cataloging
· Cataloguer's Toolbox
DESCRIPTION: "Home Page of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Queen Elizabeth II Library provides access to its local cataloguing tools, including Cutter-Sanborn three-figure author tables, departmental policies and procedures and production statistics, as well as resources from other Internet hosts around the world, including the Library of Congress, National Library of Canada, OCLC, and more."
WEB SITE: http://www.mun.ca/library/cat/
· Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access
DESCRIPTION: The Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access(CC:DA) is the body within the American Library Association responsible for developing official ALA positions on additions to and revisions of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition, 1988 Revision.
WEB SITE: http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/ccda/ccda.html
· Cooperative Program for Serials Cataloging (CONSER)
DESCRIPTION: CONSER is a cooperative online serials cataloging program, a source of high quality bibliographic records and documentation for the cataloging of serials.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/acq/conser/
· Cornell University Technical Services Manual
DESCRIPTION: The bulk of this manual was written in 1988, when Cornell University Library brought up its NOTIS-based OPAC. Therefore, the contents deal mainly with NOTIS tag codes and procedures.
WEB SITE: http://www.library.cornell.edu/tsmanual/
· Data Research Associates. Library of Congress Authority File
DESCRIPTION: Password is required to get access to the system.
WEB SITE: http://lcauth.dra.com/LCAUTH
· Forms-based Search of the Library of Congress Files
DESCRIPTION: "Search the LC database or other library catalogs by using a
WWW search form and Z39.50 technology."
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html
· Human-Machine Interface Subcommittee
DESCRIPTION: Investigate current machine interfaces and software for direction/vision of the future. Prepare a bibliography of research realting to intelligent agents. Explore the impact of the internet on access to information.
WEB SITE: http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/drc/sub_huma.html
· Information on subscribing to the Fiction Listserv
DESCRIPTION: GSAFD is an unmoderated discussion list for those interested in providing subject access to individual works of fiction in library databases and catalogs. Discussion focuses on theoretical and practical problems in assigning topical, character, setting and genre headings to individual works of fiction, drama, etc.
Only subscribers may post directly to the list.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/gsafdlst.html
· Interactive Electronic Serials Cataloging Aid
DESCRIPTION: "This tool primarily provides ready access to cataloging rules, interpretations, examples of MARC bibliographic records in serial and computer file formats linked to instructional annotations, and a glossary of cataloging and computer terminology."
WEB SITE: http://www.library.nwu.edu/iesca/
· Internet Cataloging Project
DESCRIPTION: "This project initiates a nationwide, coordinated effort among libraries and institutions of higher education to create, implement, test, and evaluate a searchable database of USMARC format bibliographic records, complete with electronic location and access information (USMARC field 856), for Internet-accessible materials."
WEB SITE: http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/catproj/catcall.htm
· ITS -MARC
DESCRIPTION: A web-based cataloging service which enables the user to access TLC's approximately 10 million non-royalty MARC records. This is a fee-based service.
WEB SITE: http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/itsmarc.htm
· Journal of Internet Cataloging
DESCRIPTION: "The Journal of Internet Cataloging is an international quarterly focusing on the organization, access, and bibliographic control of Internet resources."
WEB SITE: http://jic.libraries.psu.edu/
· LC Cataloging Directorate Home Page
DESCRIPTION: "The Cataloging Directorate's mission is to provide innovative and effective bibliographic control of the Library's collections and leadership to the library and information communities in the development of cataloging theory and practice."
WEB SITE: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/catdir.html
· LCSH Weekly Lists
DESCRIPTION: Current Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly Lists.
CONTACT: lcmarvel@loc.gov
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/wls.html
· Library of Congress. FTP Site
DESCRIPTION: Contains a great variety of large and/or binary files of electronic resources. Selected directories related to cataloging are listed below. One nice thing about accessing FTP sites through Web browser is that the ASCII files are readable online.
WEB SITE: ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/
· Library of Congress. LOCIS (Library Of Congress Information System)
DESCRIPTION: "It contains all the bibliographic and authority records stored in the Library of Congress database. Catalogers can use it to verify bibliographic data and authority headings. The database also contains federal legislation since 1981, copyright information, National Referral Center resources file, and foreign law. Simple and advanced search requests for the LC Catalogs are also available through the LC Z39.50 Gateway."
CONTACT: lconline@loc.gov
· Library of Congress. MARVEL (Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual
Electronic Library)
DESCRIPTION: "It is a Campus-Wide Information System that combines the vast collection of information available about the Library, which includes documents on national standards, LC task forces, LC Subject Headings Weekly Lists, USMARC format, government information, etc. with easy access to diverse electronic resources over the Internet."
CONTACT: lcmarvel@loc.gov
· Library of Congress. Z39.50 Gateway
DESCRIPTION: "The Library of Congress offers a Web-based Z39.50 client interface to a portion of its online catalog: the Books and Name Authority files. In addition, there are Z39.50 interfaces to over 90 online catalogs and databases, outside the Library of Congress".
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/
· Library Resources & Technical Services
DESCRIPTION: Lists of the table of contents; gives subscription information; gives instructions for authors; gives information for advertisers; and Indexes.
WEB SITE: http://www.ala.org/alcts/lrts/
· LITA/ALCTS CCS Authority Control In the Online Environment Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION: Provides a forum for discussion of a variety of issues related to authority control for online catalogs and for international sharing of authority data. The goals are to raise the level of awareness on authority control issues, to encourage ideas for new approaches to authority control, and to promote significant research on authority control.
WEB SITE: http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/litaalctsccs.html
· MARBI (Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information), ALCTS/LITA/RUSA
DESCRIPTION: Encourage the creation of needed standards for the representation in machine-readable form of bibliographic information. Review and evaluate proposed standards and recommend approval of standards in conformity with ALA policy (especially the ALA Standards Committee) and establish a mechanism for continuing review of standards (including the monitoring of further development). Provide commentary on the content of various implementations of standards to concerned agencies.
WEB SITE: http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/marbi.html
· MARC Home Page
DESCRIPTION: The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/
· MIT Cataloging Oasis
DESCRIPTION: "The MIT Cataloging Oasis page has been designed to provide many of the "little bits"of information catalogers need on a daily basis."
WEB SITE: http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/colserv/cat/
· NACO
DESCRIPTION: NACO provides the means for libraries to submit name headings to the Library of Congress.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco.html
· Name Authorities NACO Information
DESCRIPTION:The policies explained in this document were developed for Princeton University catalogers. They are consistent in every respect with national NACO policy. However, they may differ in some details with Library of Congress practice in those areas involving judgment or optional choices.
WEB SITE: http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/cp20/nacotoc.html
· NASA Thesaurus
DESCRIPTION: This is an electronic version of the NASA Thesaurus. This is an experimental project. In the future we hope to add the `use for' terms and change the format used. If you have suggestions or comments feel free to send them to help@sti.nasa.gov
WEB SITE: http://www.sti.nasa.gov/nasa-thesaurus.html
· National Resources Canada; Querying Canadian Geographical Names
DESCRIPTION: Verify Canadian Geographical Names
WEB SITE: http://GeoNames.NRCan.gc.ca/english/cgndb_current.html
· NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency; Geonet Names Server
DESCRIPTION: To verify foreign geographic places the GEOnet Names Server is a good site to search. The NIMA database of approximately 3.3 million features in countries outside the United States. Information supplied from the most recent NIMA gazetteer of that country.
WEB SITE: http://164.214.2.53/gns/html/index.html
· Other Public Access to the Library's Online Catalog
DESCRIPTION: Search catalog records for books, microforms, serials, cartographic items, music, visual materials (films, filmstrips, posters, prints, photographs), computer files, manuscripts, thesauri of names and subject terms used in cataloging records, etc.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/online.html
· Princeton University Library Catalog Division Home Page
DESCRIPTION: Contains departmental procedures and other cataloging related resources.
WEB SITE: http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/cathome.html
· Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)
DESCRIPTION: PCC is an international cooperative effort aimed at expanding to library collections by providing useful, timely, and cost-effective cataloging that meets mutually-accepted standards of libraries around the world.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/
· Resources for the Rare Materials Cataloger
DESCRIPTION: A wonderful site for use by the rare materials cataloger, the foreign language cataloger, the general cataloger and authority control librarian.
WEB SITE: http://www.library.upenn.edu/ipc/
· SLC Librarian's Launchpad
DESCRIPTION: The SLC Librarian's Launchpad is a product of Special Libraries Cataloguing, Inc. and includes information on vendors, Z39.50 catalogs and resources, individual web-interfaced library catalogs, technical services resources, electronic journals, and mailing Lists.
WEB SITE: http://www.slc.bc.ca/llp.html
· The Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO)
DESCRIPTION: The Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO) was established to provide a means for libraries to submit subject headings and classification numbers to the Library of Congress.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco.html
· Technical Services Help Page
DESCRIPTION: TSHP serves as customized Bookmark for researchers, professionals, and students interested in Cataloging and related topics
WEB SITE: http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~catalog/tshp.html
· Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM I)
DESCRIPTION: "A thesaurus consisting of 5,500 terms and numerous cross references indexing visual materials. TGM I terms may be searched directly or browsed in alphabetical order."
CONTACT: lcweb@loc.gov
· Tools for Serials Catalogers
DESCRIPTION: A collection of useful sites and sources for Serials Catalogers.
WEB SITE: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ercelawn/serials.html
· University of Michigan Original Cataloging Home Page
DESCRIPTION: Many useful cataloging resources.
WEB SITE: http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/ocu/
· University of Virginia
DESCRIPTION: Includes very useful policies and procedures, technical services WWW sites, online tools, technical services articles, electronic journals, and mailing lists.
WEB SITE: http://www.lib.virginia.edu:80/cataloging
· U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
DESCRIPTION: "Contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States. The Federally recognized name of each feature described in the data base is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by State, county, and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is our Nation's official repository of domestic geographic names information. Information about foreign geographic feature names can be obtained from the GEOnet Names Server."
WEB SITE: http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/index.html
· Webcats: Library Catalogues on the World Wide Web
DESCRIPTION: Libraries can be found through a geographical index, a library-type Index, and a vendor index.
WEB SITE: http://library.usask.ca/hywebcat/
· Willamette University Technical Services Department
DESCRIPTION: "Provides policies and procedures on Cataloging Internet Resources, Cataloging Government Documents from Circulation, Checking URL's in the Library Catalog, Electronic Statistics, Government Documents, Orbis, and Series Authority Records, etc."
WEB SITE: http://nemesis.willamette.edu:80/techserv/
SERIALS
· BACKSERV (Back Issues and Duplicate Exchange Service)
DESCRIPTION: An electronic list for the informal exchange of serials back issues among libraries.
WEB SITE: http://www.readmore.com/bis-eservices/backserv/index.html
· Blackwell's Book Services
DESCRIPTION: Another major vendor's homepage.
WEB SITE: http://www.blackwell.com
· CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials)
DESCRIPTION: CONSER is a cooperative online serials cataloging program. It is a source of high quality bibliographic records for serials and a source of documentation for the cataloging of serials.
WEB SITE: http://lcweb.loc.gov/acq/conser/
· EBSCO Information Services
DESCRIPTION: A major serials vendor's homepage.
WEB SITE: http://www.ebsco.com
· Elsevier
DESCRIPTION: Science electronic journals.
WEB SITE: http://www.elsevier.nl
· Faxon Company
DESCRIPTION: Another major serials vendor's homepage.
WEB SITE: http://www.faxon.com
· Gifts & Exchanges
DESCRIPTION: Your guide to library gifts and exchanges on the Internet.
WEB SITE: http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~johnsos/G&E/GEHome.html
· Harrassowitz Booksellers and subscription agents
DESCRIPTION: Another major serials vendor's homepage.
WEB SITE: http://www.harrassowitz.de/
· NASIG (North American Serials Interest Group)
DESCRIPTION: "An independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain - anyone working with or concerned about serial publications."
WEB SITE: http://nasig.ils.unc.edu/
· Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues
DESCRIPTION: This journal covers such topics as journal pricing projections, library cancellation projects, journal publisher and subscription agent efforts to reduce costs, electronic publishing ventures that may impact pricing, announcements of relevant conferences, publisher or vendor actions relating to pricing that are perceived as unfair to subscribers, and good news such as price reductions, etc.
WEB SITE: http://sunsite.unc.edu/reference/prices/prices.html
· SERIALST (Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum)
DESCRIPTION: An open, informal electronic forum for serials related concerns in libraries.
WEB SITE: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html
· Serials in Cyberspace: Collections, Resources and Services
DESCRIPTION: Serials in Cyberspace is a site for electronic journal collections and services. The main section provides links to academic research sites within and outside the United States that have electronic journals collections and services, enabling the searcher to locate specific titles.
WEB SITE: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn
· Tools for Serials Catalogers
DESCRIPTION: A collection of useful sites and sources for serials catalogers. It contains a variety of information from documentation to reference sources to serials organizations.
WEB SITE: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ercelawn/serials.html
TECHNICAL SERVICES
· ALCTS home page
DESCRIPTION: The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services is responsible for the following activities: acquisition, identification, cataloging, classification, and preservation of library materials; the development and coordination of the country's library resources; and those aeas of selection and evaluation involved in the acquisition of library materials and pertinent to the development of library resources.
WEB SITE: http://www.ala.org/alcts
· Blackwell's
DESCRIPTION: Library services vendor.
WEB SITE: http://www.blackwell.com/
· Humanities Text Initiative
DESCRIPTION: Reference resources in the Humanities.
WEB SITE: http://www.hti.umich.edu/
· Internet Library for Librarians
DESCRIPTION: A comprehensive Web database designed to provide a one-stop shopping center for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession
WEB SITE: http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever
· National Library of Canana
DESCRIPTION: National library of Canana home page.
WEB SITE: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ehome.htm
· OCLC
DESCRIPTION: OCLC home page.
WEB SITE: http://www.oclc.org
· RLG
DESCRIPTION: RLG home page.
WEB SITE: http://www.rlg.org
· Technical Processing Online Tools
DESCRIPTION: Resources for technical services.
WEB SITE: http://tpot.ucsd.edu/
· The Laugh Page
DESCRIPTION: Everyone needs a laugh to keep life in perspective.
WEB SITE: http://www.laughpage.com/
· Yahoo's Libraries Page
DESCRIPTION: Access to many libraries.
WEB SITE: http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries
Date last updated: July 22, 1998
To have a site considered for addition to this list or to make comments:
shannon_hoffman@byu.edu
TIPS TO GET YOU STARTED
- Search helpful sites you find for additional helpful hotlinks.
- Bookmark more than one path to an important site (in case one pathway is down or slow when you need to use it).
- If you are having trouble accessing a site, check for typing errors.
IN CONCLUSION REMEMBER --
Leverage your time and resources: use the Web to find information outside your library, as well as to put out information within your library (like your deptartment training manual). Build your own custom Technical Services reference collection by bookmarking helpful Web sites, and give yourself the ability to network and share with other libraries. Discover what a tool the WWW is for hyper-techs, and this will help you save time and find answers.