2012/09/24 by Philip Young, Rebecca Culbertson, Kelley McGrath
Computer Science · #Digital Rights Management and Security #Library Collection Development and Digital Resources #Library Science and Information Systems
paper · doi:10.1080/01639374.2012.719075
openalex publication_date 2012/09/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
When the National Academies Press announced that more than 4,000 electronic books would be made freely available for download, many academic libraries expressed interest in obtaining MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) records for them. Using cataloging e-mail distribution lists, volunteers were recruited for a project to identify and upgrade bibliographic records for aggregation into a batch that could be easily loaded into catalogs. Project organization, documentation, quality control measures, and problems are described, as well as processes for adding new titles. The project's implications for future efforts are assessed, as are the numerous challenges for network-level cataloging.