1. Once you acquire thousands e-books, then what? Shi Deng, UC San Diego sdeng@ucsd.edu OCLC CJK User Group Meeting March 24, 2007

2. You want your patron to access and use them How? Add to library catalogs? Make A-Z list? Make links? Etc. How? Add to library catalogs? Make A-Z list? Make links? Etc. At what level? At what level? Database vs. Individual title? Dealing with multi-formats? Dealing with multi-formats? Single record or Separate record?

3. Options to provide catalog access to e-books Use Vendor provided MARC records MARC 21 tag/code validation MARC 21 tag/code validation 880 matching 880 matching Chinese scripts Chinese scripts Pinyin for name and place Pinyin for name and place Serials vs. Monographs Serials vs. Monographs Multivolume set vs. individual volume Multivolume set vs. individual volume Authority control: e.g. Mark Twain vs. Maketuwen Authority control: e.g. Mark Twain vs. Maketuwen How much manual cleanup you estimate?

4. Options to provide catalog access to e-books OCLC Collection Sets: shared efforts http://www.oclc.org/worldcatsets/defaul t.htm http://www.oclc.org/worldcatsets/defaul t.htm Contribute to a collection set to be shared Contribute to a collection set to be shared Agree & follow cataloging standard set with OCLC Agree & follow cataloging standard set with OCLC Can joined by more than one institution Can joined by more than one institution Reduce redundant work done at each institution level Reduce redundant work done at each institution level Depend on Vendor’s package or selection offer Depend on Vendor’s package or selection offer

5. Options to provide catalog access to e-books OCLC WorldCat Selection service http://www.oclc.org/selection/default.htm http://www.oclc.org/selection/default.htm Not only for acquisitions and collection development, but for shared cataloging Not only for acquisitions and collection development, but for shared cataloging Single point to take Vendor MARC record Single point to take Vendor MARC record Offer title selection, & possible package selection(?) Offer title selection, & possible package selection(?) Possible combined effort with OCLC Collection Sets for enhance vendor catalog records Possible combined effort with OCLC Collection Sets for enhance vendor catalog records Eliminate the redundant process working with a vendor at each institution level Eliminate the redundant process working with a vendor at each institution level

6. Options to provide catalog access to e-books Batch processing: Batch search OCLC for print using ISBN or title, then create constant data to add to each single record Process dealing with multiple ed. or hits Process dealing with multiple ed. or hits Quality of record: description & subject Quality of record: description & subject Catalog standard: pre-AACR2 records Catalog standard: pre-AACR2 records Authority control Authority control How much manual cleanup is necessary?

7. Options to provide catalog access to e-books Options to provide catalog access to e-books Catalog titles one by one: Traditional Method Workload Workload Staffing Staffing Budget Budget Timeline Timeline Prioritizing Prioritizing

8. Questions? Thank You! sdeng@ucsd.edu