Five Years of Electronic Resources Cataloging at Ohio University Libraries. Carrie Preston (Ohio University)
Since the hiring of the first formally titled Electronic Resources Cataloger in 2001, Ohio University’s Alden Library has embarked on ambitious and pioneering efforts to provide access to electronic resources via the catalog. Lessons learned from OU’s experience can be applied to fledgling e-resource cataloging programs at other libraries, and provide a foundation for carrying existing programs into the future. Aspects of OU’s experience to be addressed include:
- E-resource cataloging policies and procedures: from chaos to consistency
- Coordinating acquisitions and cataloging: from chaos to consistency
- Which resources get cataloged: from squeaky-wheel system to inclusive policy
- Cooperative cataloging and outsourcing: from ignorance and resistance to knowledge and acceptance
- Developing a sense of responsibility and ownership toward e-resource cataloging