CATALOGUING OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES IN NIGERIAN LIBRARIES

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dc.contributor.authorIkwe, John A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-12T09:00:26Z
dc.date.available2015-03-12T09:00:26Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-12
dc.descriptionJohn A. Ikwe Resource Processing Division, Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Email: ikweman@yahoo.comen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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 technologyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6153
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCATALOGUING,en_US
dc.subjectELECTRONIC,en_US
dc.subjectINFORMATION RESOURCES,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAN LIBRARIES.en_US
dc.titleCATALOGUING OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES IN NIGERIAN LIBRARIESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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