Unpacking the Library Catalog: How to make Authors talk from across the Stacks

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-391
Author(s):  
Todd Michelson‐Ambelang
Keyword(s):  
Library Catalog

tudi Kelayakan dan Perancangan Aplikasi Pencarian Buku pada Katalog Perpustakaan Menggunakan Rocchio Relevance Feedback

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Albert ◽  
Marcel Bonar Kristanda ◽  
Seng Hansun
Keyword(s):  
Relevance Feedback ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Library Catalog ◽  
Feedback Method ◽  
Relevant Calculation

A catalog is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library. A bibliographic item can be any information entity. The library catalog has evolved from manual, website based catalog to mobile catalog. Unfortunately, there are still many obstacles in the results of library catalog search, including the relevant results of documents based on input from the user. The purpose of this research is to make the library catalog based on mobile application in android using relevant calculation used rocchio relevance feedback method. Terms— android, library, library catalog, mobile, rocchio.

Rancang Bangun Aplikasi UMN Library Catalog Menggunakan Metode Rocchio Relevance Feedback

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Marcel Bonar Kristanda ◽  
Seng Hansun ◽  
Albert Albert
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Relevance Feedback ◽  
Android Application ◽  
Library Catalog ◽  
Relevant Result ◽  
User Query ◽  
Index Terms ◽  
Feedback Method ◽  
F Measure

Library catalog is a documentation or list of all library collections. Unfortunately, there is a problem identified in the process of searching a book inside library catalog in Universitas Multimedia Nusantara’s library information system regarding the relevant result based on user query input. This research aims to design and build a library catalog application on Android platform in order to increase the relvancy of searching result in a database using calculated Rocchio Relevance Feedback method along with user experience measurement. User experience analysis result presented a good respond with 91.18% score based by all factor and relevance value present 71.43% precision, 100% recall, and 83.33% F-Measure. Differences of relevant results between the Senayan Library Information system (SLiMS) and the new Android application ranged at 36.11%. Therefore, this Android application proved to give relevant result based on relevance rank. Index Terms—Rocchio, Relevance, Feedback, Pencarian, Buku, Aplikasi, Android, Perpustakaan.

Bibliographic family in Japanese library catalog

2009 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 91-117
Author(s):  
Yosuke Miyata
Keyword(s):  
Library Catalog

Learning about translators from library catalog records: implications for readers’ advisory

2015 ◽  
Vol 116 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 264-276
Author(s):  
Keren Dali ◽  
Lana Alsabbagh
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Library Catalog ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Bibliographic Data ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Public Librarians

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to make public librarians aware of the wealth of information about translators that is contained in bibliographic records of their own library catalogs so they could use this information for the benefit of readers’ advisory (RA) work involving translated titles. Design/methodology/approach – The article uses the method of bibliographic data analysis based on 350 selected translated fiction titles (and 2,100 corresponding catalog records) from six large Canadian public libraries. Findings – As the results demonstrate, enhanced bibliographic catalog records deliver a wide spectrum of information about translators, which can be used by public libraries to provide more informed and insightful reading advice and to make more sensible purchasing decisions with regard to translated fiction. Practical implications – The study shows how the most readily available tool – a library catalog with its enhanced bibliographic records – can be utilized by public librarians for improving RA practices. It focuses on the rarely discussed translated fiction, demonstrates a sample methodological approach and makes suggestions for implementing this approach by busy public librarians in real-life situations. Originality/value – No recent studies that have investigated enhanced catalog records have dealt with translated fiction. Moreover, while authors/writers are often in the focus of RA studies, translators are often left behind the scenes, despite their crucial role in bringing international fiction to English-speaking readers.

scholarly journals BIBFRAME Transformation for Enhanced Discovery

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Jin ◽  
Jim Hahn ◽  
Gretchen Croll
Keyword(s):  
Linked Data ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Library Catalog ◽  
The University ◽  
Machine Readable

With support from an internal innovation grant from the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, researchers transformed and enriched nearly 300,000 e-book records in their library catalog from Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) records to Bibliographic Framework (BIBFRAME) linked data resources. Researchers indexed the BIBFRAME resources online, and created two search interfaces for the discovery of BIBFRAME linked data. One result of the grant was the incorporation of BIBFRAME resources within an experimental Bento view of the linked library data for e-books. The end goal of this project is to provide enhanced discovery of library data, bringing like sets of content together in contemporary and easy to understand views assisting users in locating sets of associated bibliographic metadata.

Managing Vendor Records for Monographic E-Collections at a Medium-Sized Academic Library

2014 ◽  
pp. 22-40
Author(s):  
Aiping Chen-Gaffey
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Record Management ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Library Catalog ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Management Policies

The rapid growth of electronic resources continues to challenge traditional methods of cataloging library collections, forcing a cataloging department to reevaluate its policies and procedures and implement changes. This chapter presents a case study of integrating vendor-supplied bibliographic records into a library catalog in order to provide timely and accurate catalog access to the library digital collections. The chapter discusses the benefits, issues, and challenges of batch manipulating and loading large record sets for these e-resources supplied by their vendors. It also describes the strategies and tools the bibliographic services staff has employed to solve the identified problems and improve the process. Further, it examines the effectiveness of the current e-record management policies and procedures. The chapter concludes with recommendation of solutions and a quest for future best practices in managing vendor-supplied records for e-resources.

scholarly journals A Structure Code for Machine Readable Library Catalog Record Formats

1981 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Herbert H. Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Library Catalog ◽  
One Step ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Structure Code

As libraries ease into the age of electronic utilities and computerized catalogs based on records read by machine rather than interpreted by humans, a considerably greater measure of precision will have to be introduced into library work. As one step toward that goal an examination of the structure of publications will be in order.

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