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Enhancing E-Book Access in UK Libraries Catalog: Best Practices and Strategies

This guide explores methods to improve e-book access in UK libraries, focusing on cataloging, metadata, record processing, and patron outreach strategies. Learn how to efficiently manage e-book collections and effectively communicate new titles to patrons. EbookMobile tool discussed for creating feeds and utilizing various feed readers.

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Enhancing E-Book Access in UK Libraries Catalog: Best Practices and Strategies

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  1. E-Books in UK Libraries:Expanding Options, Greater Access(Part 2) Kathryn Lybarger Cataloging and Metadata

  2. Providing access to ebooks • Finding out what we have • Putting records in the catalog • Making sure their links work • Letting patrons know about new titles

  3. Finding out what we have • Emails as titles are ordered • RSS feed updates as new titles are added to collections • WorldCat Collection Sets (soon OCLC WorldShare Metadata)

  4. Putting records in the catalog • One at a time • Firm orders • Approval books • Some ebook collections • Batch processing • Identify records for processing (automated) • Some vendors send records • Some vendors send list of identifiers

  5. Local standards • No call numbers • CLICK HERE label on links • Add GMD “[electronic resource]” or “[videorecording]” • Clean out fields we don’t use • Add “hook” to identify sets of records • …

  6. Normac

  7. Normac • Access checking • Different per platform • Run on records before loading • Run on links already in the catalog

  8. Getting the word out • New book shelf? • Ebooks don’t show up on the new book shelf • Even if they did, who would want to see that? • We can load ebooks thousands at a time • How to get them to the patrons that want them? • Without overwhelming them?

  9. EbookMobile • Creates feeds of new ebooks from the catalog • Feeds based on: • Call numbers • Vendors • (anything in the catalog)

  10. Using feeds • Google Reader is gone  • Many feed readers are still available • Subscribe in your email client • Add to a LibGuide

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