Dec. 2015
CATALOGING AND METADATA SERVICES – IMPORTANT CHANGE
Subfield 0 in bibliographic records
When we are able to present our data in a linked data context, it will be more visible on the web and
allow new possibilities for interconnection. To take a solid step in this direction, Cataloging and
Metadata Services have been taking steps to prepare our MARC records. As a key part of this effort, we
will soon be enhancing bibliographic records in Voyager with links to online authorities data. These links
will be recorded in the subfield 0 of subject and main and added entry fields (1xx, 6xx, 7xx). The subfield
will contain a link to the id.loc.gov identifier for the name or concept. Here is an example of what the
data will look like:
This data is visible only in the MARC view of Voyager. It does not display, or affect searching, in either
the Voyager OPAC or Books+ (Primo). Staff who see this data in existing records should leave it alone.
When we are able to present our data in a linked data context, it will be more visible on the web and
allow new possibilities for interconnection. Instead of relying on a text string, we are providing the
name or concept with a machine-actionable identifier which can be resolved and connected to other
data about the name or concept. For example, providing |0 data to this heading:
means that computers will be able to connect the person who wrote the book in our catalog with the
information about that person stored at that URL. The information there includes dates, variant names
and other pieces of information:
as well as, by extension, with even more data about that person stored in Wikipedia which contains the
same identifier:
ACQUISITIONS SERVICES
The Coutts approval plan switch to shelf-ready is running well; staff have been trained in the new
processing workflow and Coutts has been very responsive to any problems or issues Bob Black raises
with them.
Staff in Serials Acquisitions are assisting Reserves staff in pulling periodicals from PR for binding. Heidi
Fisher has been working with staff at the East Asian Library on creating and using Voyager check in
records for Chinese periodicals.
Work is proceeding on reviewing and paying the Ebsco 2016 renewal invoices. Heidi Fisher is working
with Patty Gaspari-Bridges on reviewing the Wiley list so that Ebsco can generate the invoice for us.
CIRCULATION SERVICES
On October 10th, Peter Bae conducted a workshop entitled, "A Guide to Effective International
Interlibrary Loan" at the University of Pittsburgh. The workshop was a part of the Mid-Atlantic Region
Association for Asian Studies Conference and Peter was invited by the organizers as an international
interlibrary loan expert who is also a member of the IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing
standing committee and the NCC (North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library
Resources) ILL/DD Committee. The audiences were the East Asian scholars and ILL librarians in
Pittsburgh and the area around it, including some from West Virginia and Ohio.
On November 13th, Peter also presented a paper at the Access Service Conference. During his
presentation entitled, "E-Book Reserve Service; suggestion for a best practice", Peter compared the cost
of multi-user access Ebooks with the copyright royalty paid to the CCC for the E-Reserve service.
According to his finding, the cost for multi-user access Ebooks are 30% cheaper in average than the
copyright royalty paid to the CCC.
Video Library usage
After the move to the Firestone library B floor, the Video library and the services it provides are being
heavily used by Princeton patrons as it was located in East Pyne. For the 2015 Fall semester, 193 courses
are using the reserve streaming service. Currently the library is streaming 1,599 films, among which 322
films are newly digitized in this semester. For the month of September and October 2015, 164 patrons
have visited the library and the main purposes of their visits are consultation with the Video library staff,
Reserve film circulation, General computer use , Faculty visit for digitization requests, and DVD/VHS
viewing.