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Connell, T.H.; Prabha, C.: Characteristics of resources represented in the OCLC CORC database (2002)
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- Abstract
- More and more libraries are providing access to Web resources through OCLC's (Online Computer Resource Center) Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC) and, by extension, OCLC's WorldCat database. The ability to use a database to its maximum potential depends upon understanding what a database contains and the guidelines for its construction. This study examines the characteristics of Web resources in CORC in terms of their subject matter, the source of the content, publication patterns, and the units of information chosen for representation in the database. The majority of the 414 resources in the sample belonged to the social sciences. Academic libraries and government agencies contributed more than 90% of the records for resources in the sample. Using the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2d edition (AACR2) definitions for publication patterns that are part of the upcoming 2002 amendments reveals that nearly half of the sample fell into the category of integrating resources. Identifying units of representation of the resources described was more difficult. Existing definitions for Web units in development are not adequate to describe all of the resources in the sample. In addition, there is wide variability in the units of representation chosen for inclusion by the libraries contributing records, resulting in little predictability in what units of information might be found in the database.
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- 10. 9.2000 17:38:22
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Connell, T.H.: Techniques to improve subject retrieval in online catalogs : flexible access to elements in the bibliographic record (1991)
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Lancaster, F.W.; Connell, T.H.; Bishop, N.; McCowan, S.: Identifying barriers to effective subject access in library catalogs (1991)
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- Abstract
- 51 subject searches were performed in an online catalog containing about 4,5 million records. Their success was judges in terms of lists of items, known to be relevant to the various topics, compiled by subject specialists (faculty members or authors of articles in specialized encyclopedias). Many of the items known to be relevant were not retrieved, even in very broad searches that sometimes retrieved several hundred records, and very little could be done to make them retrievable within the constraints of present cataloging practice. Librarians should recognize that library catalogs, as now implemented, offer only the most primitive of subject access and should seek to develop different types of subject access tools. - Vgl auch Letter (B.H. Weinberg) in: LTRS 36(1992) S.123-124.
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Connell, T.H.: Subject cataloging (1996)
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- Abstract
- Discusses established approaches to subject access using subject headings (such as LCSH), and the demands for improved subject access associated with the widespread availability of OPACs and the evidence of problems experienced by catalogue users in subject searching
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Connell, T.H.: ¬The need for funded research (1992)
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- Abstract
- Provides a brief summary of an OCLC funded project 'Identifying barriers to effective subject access in library catalogues'. The study investigated the probability that a skilled catalogue user would retrieve 'the best' materials on some subject, and if they were unable to do so, to determine how this could be improved. The transformation of the card catalogue onto an online database has not improved subject access. Offers a view of research in the context of the education and research roles of the library and information science educator. Discusses the university research environment, teaching students research skills and OCLC
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Connell, T.H.; Franklin, C.: ¬The Internet : educational issues (1994)
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- Abstract
- Considers the Internet as a means of reinvigorating education and libraries a key factor in which is distinguishing between the technological content of the Internet and its setting in a particular context, such as information literacy. In addition, a number of other important issues must be addressed including: the changing role of the Internet in the classroom, library and workplace; economic and geographic barriers to access; implications of different privatization approaches; impact of the Internet on professional school curricula; and the need for better user interfaces. Educators and librarians must ensure that the volving National Information Infrastructure (NII) reflects their needs and concerns by gaining cooperation from the public and private sectors. The result may be an education revolution in which teachers and librarians help students develop the skills necessary to succeed in an information intensive economy
