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To be or not to be: Cataloging in Academic Libraries in the 21st Century Abraham J. Yu University of California, Irvine Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Boston Marriott Copley Square Boston, MA CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

CEAL Committee on Technical Processing To be or not to be: That is the question CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

CEAL Committee on Technical Processing Why worry about it? CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

Because of the following trends Increase in digitization projects Increase in outsource cataloging CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

CEAL Committee on Technical Processing Digitization project News: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - December 14, 2004 - As part of its effort to make offline information searchable online, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that it is working with the libraries of: CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

CEAL Committee on Technical Processing Digitization project CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

CEAL Committee on Technical Processing Digitization project CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

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CEAL Committee on Technical Processing Digitization project January 19, 2007 AUSTIN, Texas —The University of Texas at Austin has become the newest partner in a broad book digitization project with Google. CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

Public Services Collection LIBRARY Cataloging

Libraries’ Role in the University Providing convenient and effective access to high quality library services & outstanding collections in a variety of formats, and information resources designed to meet the curriculum, research, professional, intellectual, and personal needs. CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

CEAL Committee on Technical Processing What is Cataloging? The process of providing bibliographic description and access points to works in a library collection. This includes recording of authors, titles, physical description, and notes as well as assignment of LC subject headings and classification for easy access. CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

Type of materials cataloged Books (including gift) Continuing resources Computer files Maps Microforms Audios & videos Government documents Thesis & dissertations Mixed materials

Limitations of Google Book Only Keyword searches No Authority Control No Subject Heading searches No Classification searches

Limitations of Google Book Keyword searching is sometimes inaccurate: Search: 中華 Results: 當庭園中 華麗的花朵正盛開的時候…

Limitations of Google Book Only out of copyright materials are available Under copyright materials cannot be digitized unless authorized by authors and publishers

Limitations of Google Book Expensive Complicated Time consuming

Outsource cataloging In-House cataloging VS. In-House cataloging

Authority control Quality control Physical processing Type of materials Cost-effectiveness

Outsource cataloging Eating Out

In-house cataloging Cooking at Home

CEAL Committee on Technical Processing Conclusion Not everything can be converted to digital form Not everything can be outsourced Google Book limitations make cataloging more and more important to researchers In-house cataloging does a better job on quality control and authority control Catalogers need to learn the upcoming new cataloging rules: : CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

CEAL Committee on Technical Processing To be or not to be: Cataloging in Academic Libraries in the 21st Century CEAL Committee on Technical Processing

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