9. It’s easy to get carried away..
“By the turn of the century, paper
will satisfy less than 5 percent of
the total commerce in
information. Although education
and entertainment have their own
migratory paths and rates, the
objective will be the same: paper
is going to be replaced with
electronic media”
(Kounta, J. (1992). Tomorrow’s libraries: More
than a modular telephone jack, less than a
complete revolution - Perspectives of a
provocateur. Library Hi-Tech, 10(4), 39-50.
1992, p. 39)
16. E-Books
Good Not so Good
• Available to user, • Reading from print is still
anytime, anywhere the preferred choice for
• Much greater most.
functionality – cross • Multiple packages =
referencing, links to divergent collections,
other sources, advanced licenses, search
searching. techniques, business
models.
• Huge benefits in storage
and maintenance • A large challenge for
resource description,
especially in light of
changing options
17. E-Books - Early Decisions:
• Give E-Books a separate catalogue
record
• Authority control not viable
• Bulk editing and broad QA of records
required
18. Issues
• Sheer Volume – justifying the time
• Standards
• Moveable feast
• Authentication
• Assessing usage
19.
20.
21.
22. Outcomes:
• Increased usage
• Reinforces new media
• Endorses the catalogue and retains its relevance
• Reduced authority control
• Maintenance issues (Books 24/7)
23. Podcasts
a “radio-style” program, usually in the MP3 digital
format, disseminated over the Internet, that
includes a system for subscribing to it on a World
Wide Web page in such a manner that future
programs are automatically downloaded.
Subscribers typically transfer downloaded files to
their portable media players, such as Apple Inc.’s
iPod and the Microsoft Corporation’s Zune, for
later playback. The name podcast derives from a
combination of iPod and broadcast.
Britannica
24.
25. Podcasts – Issues
• The lawless, wild west of cataloguing – little or no
standards
• Proliferation of podcasts – what merits inclusion
in catalogue?
• Potential to be seen as a diminution of the
catalogue (“Podcasts? Really?!”)
• Assessing usage
26.
27. Outcomes:
• Increased usage?
• Reinforces new media
• Enhances relevance of library and catalogue
• Maintenance issues (dynamic medium)
28. Overall Conclusions
• Some precedents for e-books, none for podcasts
• New paradigm and technology for new media.
• Massive consequences, both for collection
development and resource description – where
does it stop
• People still use the catalogue (which is good) so
(as ever) the catalogue has to represent what we
have (which is complicated)
• Going forward, other solutions may prove to be
more appropriate
29. The Future?
• Single Search interface across all media
• Primo, Encore, Vufind etc
• Is resource description cost effective?
What are we identifying as a project? Is it two projects or are we viewing the whole thing as one overarching ‘new media’ project.?
Not sure how relevant all this is, but it would be great if we could get some examples of situations where cataloguing has changed to accommodate new media in the past
A good place to mention the QA issue?
Minor amendments here – usage – should we mention the PERL solution here or later?
I need to check again to ensure no standards have reared their head in the interim.