CATALOGUING OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES IN NIGERIAN LIBRARIES
CATALOGUING OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES IN NIGERIAN LIBRARIES
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2015-03-12
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Ikwe, John A.
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Abstract
The increasing volume of electronically published Content has made
knowledge of organizing these types of resources critical for today's librarians
and information professionals. This paper discusses the steps and procedures
for description of coverage data of typical electronic information resources like
CD-ROM, electronic journals, electronic books, online database, and web
page, using the present standard of Machine- Readable Cataloguing (MARC).
The choice in the use of machine readable cataloguing reflects the present
attention devoted to the success of the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
as a finding aid to the resources of a library in automated form. Secondly.
MARC contains a guide to its data hence it is suitable for transferring catalog
records between systems. Among the problems the paper observed are
whether to use single or multiple records for resources with more than one
manifestation; secondly, the seeming absence of title pages which often
makes it difficult for catalogers to look for alternate places for tifle information.
Also, the existence of marked differences in metadata platforms is observed to
constitute yet another problem The paper concludes that the practice of
cataloguing must adapt to technology, most especially as it is the driving force
behind many activities today, even organization of information. The paper also
recommends that future research be undertaken to meet the challenges in
cataloguing these resources in order to keep pace with changes in technology
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John A. Ikwe
Resource Processing Division,
Kashim Ibrahim Library,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Email: ikweman@yahoo.com
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CATALOGUING,, ELECTRONIC,, INFORMATION RESOURCES,, NIGERIAN LIBRARIES.