Creating Provider-Neutral Records for E-Books |
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| Authors: | Shelley L Smith |
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| Institution: | Ingram Library, University of West Georgia , Carrollton , Georgia , USA |
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| Abstract: | After boxes of uncataloged microforms were discovered at my library, we learned that many of the titles were available as free electronic books, so I added bibliographic records to the local catalog for the e-versions. Some bibliographic records existed in OCLC WorldCat for the electronic versions, but they were not always provider-neutral. I learned how to create the new provider-neutral record and want to share my experience. Other librarians may want to replicate my project at their institutions, weeding their microforms and supplanting those records with e-book bibliographic records, thereby providing instant online access to these resources for their patrons. |
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| Keywords: | microforms e-books electronic books provider-neutral e-monographs reproductions bibliographic records |
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