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Corc - New Tools and Possibilities for Cooperative Electronic Resource Description (Hardcover)
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Explore the capabilities--and the limitations--of CORC and the
Dublin Core The explosion of online resources has brought with it a
host of new metadata schemes and cataloging projects. One of OCLC's
most important projects is discussed in CORC: New Tools and
Possibilities for Cooperative Electronic Resource Description. This
fascinating volume on the pioneering collaborative computer system
will help you enhance the value of library services and improve the
productivity of librarians and library users.CORC offers a blend of
theoretical and practical approaches to broad-based and specialized
cataloging problems to help you take advantage of the benefits of
the new cooperative cataloging of digital resources. The fourteen
chapters in this book tell stories of new ideas, discoveries, and
insights gained by being part of the CORC project. The authors
represent the perspectives not only of CORC founders, researchers,
developers, and observers, but also of library practitioners and
managers who are applying CORC to their daily operations.The
discussions of the creation and use of CORC include: a big-picture
view of CORC from the founder CORC's relation to the program for
cooperative cataloging faceted access to LCSH the WordSmith project
to obtain subject terminology directly from web documents use of
online DDC to assist in classification and subject heading
assignment OCLC's Dublin Core--MARC crosswalk
librarians'experiences with the implementations of CORC within
cataloging and cross-functional teams using CORC and Dublin Core to
catalog special categories of material: serials, art, and mapsCORC:
New Tools and Possibilities for Cooperative Electronic Resource
Description examines the nuts-and-bolts practical matters of making
a cataloging system work in the Internet environment, where
information objects are electronic, transient, and numerous. This
valuable book will also help to define the future of librarianship
and information access in this exciting time when the World Wide
Web is transforming education and communication practices.
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