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Your Government, Your Publications
Your Government, Your Publications! Adding New MARC21 Records to Your Catalogue with Help From Library and Archives Canada February 3, 2017 Sarah Stacy, Library and Archives Canada
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Overview Introduction
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LAC Mandate LAC has a legislated mandate to be “the permanent repository of publications for the Government of Canada” - Library and Archives of Canada Act (S.C. 2004, c. 11) New senior management : LAC on new path forward Recent internal realignment has created new Published Heritage Branch Bibliographic Description Section GoC team : 8 cataloguers (librarians and technicians)
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Government of Canada Publications
“Government information is a national resource, vital to the country’s social, cultural and economic development” -Dr. Marianne Scott, former National Librarian of Canada
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Public Services and Procurement Canada
Where we fit Library and Archives Canada : acquisition, description and long-term preservation Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat : sets policies relating to publishing in government Public Services and Procurement Canada Publishing and Depository Services Program : collection point for digital publications
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LAC MARC21 Cataloguing Records
We are producing high-quality, authoritative metadata in a timely manner. LAC has a 10-day service standard for the newest GoC publications Describes new publications at full, core and abbreviated levels Searches for gaps weekly, with focus on pre-1970 publications Using Resource Description and Access (RDA) descriptive standard Assigns LCSH/CSH subject headings LAC has the country’s most accurate and up-to-date authority records for GoC entities Approximately 4,000 titles described each year NOTE: Always exceptions. Library of Parliament items do not always have one. NOTE: service standard – we occasionally need to resolve issues with URLs before proceeding, which can cause delays
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A time of transition Canadian Libraries:
Major shift from print to electronic Change in information seeking behaviour Point out L: submission of material in print world, VS electronic publication available on our electronic collection portal.
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Out with the old: 1995
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In with the new: Batched MARC21 records
Also in French
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Batched MARC21 records
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Descriptive Challenges
Challenges specific to cataloguing GoC publications : Challenge Aging ILS Serials description Digitized publications
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GoC collections
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Support to the community
Government Information Day: October 26, 2017 at LAC “Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities” -R. David Lankes (2012) Contact us: metadata/Pages/cataloguing-metadata.aspx metadonnees/Pages/catalogage-metadonnees.aspx Government Information Day 2017: at LAC in October. In partnership with the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. The event will be held at LAC and is scheduled for October 26th.
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