Overview According to Ronald Hagler, the first of the six functions of bibliographic control, or information organization, is to identify the existence of all types of information resources as they are made available. The motive for identifying resources is obvious – one has to know a resource exists for it to be of any worth. This is true not only for libraries, but for all information providers. This paper will analyze how Hagler’s function is demonstrated by the St. Charles City-County Library District (http://youranswerplace.org/home), the Einstein Archives Online (http://www.alberteinstein.info/), and the domestic organization website, FlyLady.net (http://www.flylady.net/). St. Charles City-County Library District The St. Charles City-County Library District in St. Charles County, MO is organized similarly to most libraries; collections of cataloged books and media are housed in one of the district’s twelve branches or at its offsite collection facility. Each individual branch is arranged to help users identify materials and facilitate their use. Large signs steer users to the various collections, reference help is centrally located, OPACs are in plain sight for searching the catalog, and multiple displays are employed to highlight new or timely resources. Furthermore, by means of its website, the City-County Library furnishes additional access points to most of what each branch has to offer, and additionally, hosts supplementary resources as well as links to resources held by others. As stated, the City-County Library uses its website to keep patrons apprised of not only what it owns, but also what it can provide access to. Available via the web is access to the catalog and electronic resources, downloadable audio and e-... ... middle of paper ... ...ne system of search and organization that necessitates use of the folder list found in the finding aid. Lastly, FlyLady describes information resources neither individually nor in groups, but rather, each page is its own entity with information only retrievable through links or the rather narrow format of a keyword search. Conclusion Although these three sites serve different purposes, use different technologies, and do not appear comparable on the surface, each has knowingly or unknowingly applied Hagler’s first function in order to ensure its information resources will be discovered and utilized. Works Cited Einstein Archives Online. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.alberteinstein.info/ Fly Lady and Company, Inc. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.flylady.net/ St. Charles City-County Library District, (n.d.). Retrieved from http://youranswerplace.org/home
According to founder and CEO of Bartleby.com, Steven van Leeuwen, the Bartleby Project offers, “the most comprehensive public reference library ever published on the web” (Bartleby.com, 2000, para. 4). The Bartleby Project—the name of which comes from Melville’s classic short story Bartleby, the Scrivener—began as a personal research experiment at Columbia University in which van Leeuwen sought to combine his information systems knowledge with his love of books to create accessible, searchable electronic versions of classic literature and reference works. The first book published on the site was Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass in 1994. Following this success, van Leeuwen continued to develop the project privately, becoming Bartleby.com in 1997 and continuing to expand into the impressive collection of classic and modern reference and works of literature that it is today (Hane, 2000).
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STILAS, the Technical Library's networked computer cataloging database, is essential to our day-to-day operations. It allows both patrons and staff up-to-the-minute access to the library current holdings. It shows what is available for check out, what is already checked out, and in some instances- what is missing from the library's collection. The records that appear in the online catalog are created by a process called copy cataloging. Copy cataloging is the process of "copying bibliographic records from a source database such as OCLC WorldCat, [and] has increased librarians' efficiency by eliminating duplication of effort. One library creates a bibliographic record for an item such as a book and many other libraries can copy or migrate the data into their local online catalogs, thus saving each individual library the work of cataloging the item and entering the data into the system." (Beall & Kafadar, 2004). There is one potential flaw to copy cataloging, however. If the original record is created with typographical errors, those errors are then imported, or migrated, into every successive database there afterwards. A typographical error can greatly hinder one's ability to locate desired materials, so this is not situation that is best avoided. However, this flaw can be eliminated or greatly reduced if care is taken to carefully select the source of the record. For instance, if the cataloger at the Technical Library has the option of copy cataloging an original record from a Library of Congress (LCC) cataloger, or from an elementary school library technician, she should choose the LCC record.
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This library system is utilizing all the technologies and materials available to them to serve the community in the best way. Despite certain social indicators and demographic statistics indicating that the library should not be overly utilized, it is thriving and is heavily in use. There are areas that the library can look to improve based on statistical evidence, such as reaching out to the low income population and the over 55 years age group. This library seems to be meeting numerous needs for a wide range of patrons, and doing it well.
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We live in an information society where the development of information and communication technologies accompanied by a corresponding increase in knowledge with a rapidly growing flow of information. In this new information environment, library professionals require new skills in seeking, processing and disseminating information.
An outreach program at the racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, targets seasonal workers and their families. A bookmobile that has been present for a number of years has helped build trust in the library (Voss 2005, 325-326 quoted in Hammond-Todd 2008, 38). See Turabian 19.10 for proper style for secondary
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I attended the in class lecture on October 18 over Texas A&M’s library resources and services. The lecture was presented by Daniel Xiao and reviewed the many applications of the university libraries.
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At this point in time the computer was being integrated into organizations, and viewed by many as a boon to information management. While the major use of computers was reserved for technical and science librarians, reference librarians were adopting the use of computers since the amount of material a reference librarian was required to know was becoming impossible to keep up to without a computer’s aid. Librarians were, and still are, expected to be aware of the newest techniques and have the skills to use new technologies on the
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