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Core Catalog Form & Function IG session registration at 2021 virtual Core Interest Group Week, Feb. 1-5

  • 1.  Core Catalog Form & Function IG session registration at 2021 virtual Core Interest Group Week, Feb. 1-5

    Posted Jan 19, 2021 01:15 PM

    *Cross posted to multiple lists*

    The ALA Core Catalog Form & Function Interest Group would like to invite you on Friday, February 5, 2021 for two virtual presentations at the Core Virtual Interest Group Week!

    The two presentations are-

       Harnessing the power of MARC data to improve discoverability of accessible materials

    &

    Highlighting diversity in our collections: one solution to identify and make titles discoverable 

    on

    February 5, 2021 at 8am PST/ 10am CST/ 11am EST

    Pl. scroll down on the page:

    at

    http://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/interest-group-week

     

    Pl. register under the topic:

    Dimensions of Discovery: Information Retrieval and the User Experience

     

      This is a free event, though you must register to receive the Zoom link/event password to access the virtual meeting.  

     

    More information about the presentations: 

    Harnessing the power of MARC data to improve discoverability of accessible materials

    with 

    Prof. Teressa M. Keenan

    Head, Bibliographic Management Services; Metadata Librarian and Accessibility Liaison

    Maureen & Mike Mansfield Library

    University of Montana

     


    "Libraries are just buildings full of books I can't read" – or are they? It's not enough for libraries to purchase accessible materials; students need to know if the titles they find in the catalog are available in a usable format. This presentation will provide an overview of some of the ways in which the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana has used bibliographic data in MARC fields containing accessibility information to make it easier for students to find accessible resources. The main focus is on physical books and media. Specific MARC tags include: 532 – Accessibility Note, 341 – Accessibility Content, 008 23 – Form of item, and some local fields we created in Alma/Primo.

    &

     

    Highlighting diversity in our collections: one solution to identify and make titles discoverable

    with

    Josh Hutchinson

    Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, UCI Libraries, University of California, Irvine

    Kelsey Brown

    Reference Dept, UCI Libraries, University of California, Irvine

    Cynthia Johnson

    Head, Reference Department & Grunigen Medical Library, UCI Libraries, University of California, Irvine 

    &

    Alyssa Hernandez

    Cataloging and Metadata Services Department, UCI Libraries, University of California, Irvine

     

    The UCI Libraries wanted to highlight the collections' diverse materials but faced the following problems: how do we define diversity and how do we determine whether a specific title should be highlighted to patrons? Also, once we identify materials, how do we make them discoverable? Our solution: we tried two processes using the built-in functions in Ex Libris' Primo VE and Alma systems. The first process used Primo VE's user-generated tagging feature and involved the following workflow: identify lists of award-winning titles and add tags to the records in Primo VE. The second process used Primo VE's Collection Discovery feature to highlight each of the book lists. This second workflow added the award information to the catalog record which allowed us to create a set in Alma and then create a collection that displays in Primo VE. 

    For CORE's Interest Week full schedule visit: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Fcore%2Fcontinuing-education%2Finterest-group-week&data=04%7C01%7Cbgupta%40UMASSD.EDU%7Ca446da399b244d39d93f08d8b88cc96e%7C328d6c0d0f2f4b7693109762ba1c3e2d%7C0%7C0%7C637462262101867186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=kCQFEFavqcrIG1%2Fu2AmdajwOODn7nUJyyonzvdTjdKI%3D&reserved=0


    Thank you for your time,
    Bela Gupta & Jim Hahn
    Co-chairs
    ALA Core Catalog Form & Function Interest Group   


     

    Bela Gupta

    Cataloging & Metadata Librarian

    Claire T. Carney Library

    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

    285 Old Westport Rd

    Dartmouth, MA 02747

     

    Office: 508-999-8673

    bgupta@umassd.edu

     



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    Bela Gupta
    Cataloging & Metadata Librarian
    University of Massachusetts
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