Elibrary technical strategy
- 1. E-library (elibrary) TECH STRATEGY By Ziauddin Farooqui zia1122@Hotmail.com
- 2. Introduction: The emerging trends of technology have become the part of our discussions and debates not only in profit oriented organizations but also in nonprofit organizations like librarianship. All these emerging technologies have a great impact on all professions of life, this information and technological revolution has changed the working patterns and services models of the libraries around the world. This technology revolution has brought paradigm shift in libraries form brick to bytes, this also has changed the attitude of library patrons now. Library users are more tech savvy they expect efficient and effective services. Solutions of ILS (Integrated library systems) offered or develop by different commercial vendors keeping in view the size and needs of the library are available in the market.
- 3. Tools for Digital Library Cataloguing: Providing complete cataloging for a library collection requires simultaneous use of four, sometimes five, different standards and guides. Cataloging Rules - RDA, AACR2 Built on foundations established by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, RDA is being developed as a new standard designed for use in a digital environment. Designed for the digital world and an expanding universe of metadata users,
- 4. RDA: Resource Description and Access: It is the new, unified cataloging standard - an evolution of the cataloging principles from AACR2, the second edition of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules with rules carried over or adapted to the RDA model. , RDA: Resource Description and Access: The Cataloguing Standard for the 21st century RDA was first published in the RDA Toolkit - at http://www.rdatoolkit.org - in June 2010.
- 5. Classification: Classification is the process of assigning a number to an item so as to be able to shelve the item with other items on the same subject. In the United States there are two commonly used classification schemes: the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Library of Congress Classification. Both are used widely and actively updated.
- 6. The Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) of the Library of Congress publishes and distributes all of the Library of Congress cataloging records and cataloging-related publications, tools, and resources. CDS provides the most current and authoritative bibliographic resources produced by the Library of Congress, including web-based cataloging tools, cataloging manuals, cataloging records, and MARC documentation., Classification Web.
- 7. The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC): System, devised by library pioneer Melvil Dewey in the 1870s and owned by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) since 1988 (through its purchase of Forest Press), provides a dynamic structure for the organization of library collections. Now in its 23rd edition, and available in print and in Web (as WebDewey) versions, the DDC is the world's most widely used library classification system, available directly from OCLC Dewey Services.
- 8. Subject Headings: Adding subject headings to a catalog record allows the catalog user to retrieve all items on a given subject in a consistent manner. The most commonly-used sets of subject headings in the United States: The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are updated daily in Classification Web.
- 9. The latest print edition, Sears List of Subject Headings, 21st Edition (2014), was published April, 2014, while EBSCO maintains the Sears List of Subject Headings online database. The BISAC Subject Headings, 2013 Edition, also known as the BISAC Subject Codes List, comes out of the Book Industry Study Group.
- 10. Tagging for Machine-Readable Cataloging, MARC: Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) has been the standard in library automation for nearly 30 years. It forms the backbone of today's automated library systems, networks, and bibliographical utilities around the world. The MARC format is the data communication protocol for "translating" the text of a catalog record for use in an online catalog.
- 11. The MARC products developed at the Library of Congress set the standard for MARC cataloging documentation. The Library of Congress, the British Library, and the National Library of Canada harmonized the USMARC, UKMARC, and CAN/MARC formats, and joined their MARC documentation to form MARC 21.
- 12. OCLC Dewey Cutter Program: This is a Free software program that automatically provides cutter numbers from the OCLC Four-Figure Cutter Tables (Cutter Four-Figure Table and Cutter- Sanborn Four-Figure Table) upon input of text. Libraries using Dewey use these Cutter tables to assign specific author numbers.
- 13. Intellectual Property Right: The enforcement of `The Intellectual Property Rights Ordinance 2006’ created a central body with an autonomous status at Islamabad responsible for over all organizations, this office dealing with the Intellectual Property Rights in Pakistan.
- 14. This is an autonomous body under the administrative control of the cabinet division of the Federal Government of Pakistan. This shall be headed by a Chairman, Vice Chairman and other members from the public as well as private sector and the Director General of the body is its Chief Executive.
- 15. Prior to establishment of the said organization, trade marks registry. The copy rights registry, the patent office, and the design office, were working as an independent entities having no coordination or collaboration amongst them. Section 29 of the said Ordinance provides that upon the commencement of this Ordinance, the trade marks registry, copy rights offices, patent offices shall become part of the intellectual property rights organization.
- 16. The schedule of the Intellectual Property Rights Organization has put the following under its administrative and policy control. (i) The Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001 (XIX of 2001) (ii) The Copy Rights Ordinance, 1962 (XXXIV of 1962) (iii) The Patents Ordinance, 2000 (LXI of 2000) (iv) The Registered Designs Ordinance, 2000 (XLV of 2000) (v) The Registered Layout Design of the Integrated Circuits Ordinance, 2000 (XLIX of 2000)
- 17. RAG – 3 researched on licensing digital content, digitization, intellectual property (IP), and institutional ... Rights and Online Video Usage and found about First Library Bill of Rights? ALA Standards & Guidelines Why was this book banned? Music in the Library Toolkits and Other Useful Resources VHS to DVD? Libraries and Photos of Patrons
- 18. Search-Retrieval and Interoperability: Z39.50 is an international standard client–server, application layer communications protocol for searching and retrieving information from a database over a TCP/IP computer network. It is covered by ANSI standard Z39.50, and ISO standard 23950. The standard's maintenance agency is the Library of Congress.
- 19. How interoperability is accomplished by Z39.50 : • Z39.50 accomplishes interoperability by providing a common language for search and information retrieval (IR) and by standardizing the manner in which the client and server communicate and interoperate even when these are different computer systems, search engines, and databases. • One of the major advantages of using Z39.50 is that it enables uniform access to a large number of diverse and heterogeneous information resources.
- 20. OCLC WorldCat & FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records): It is a conceptual reference model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). This project is one of several OCLC Research projects that address organizing bibliographic data according to the FRBR data model. The techniques and approaches developed by OCLC researchers should facilitate conversion of WorldCat, and possibly other bibliographic databases, to FRBR standards.
- 21. To order WorldCat Subscription contact is OCLC Library Services representative at libservices@oclc.org. OCLC 6565 Kilgour Place Dublin 43017-3395 Ohio US T: +1-614-764-6000 E: orders@oclc.org
- 22. Future of Cataloguing: From now on future is Cloud computing (CC). It is an emerging technological trend not only in Pakistan but also around the world. It is gaining popularity for the provision of better services among different professions. In many countries, various libraries and library consortiums are rapidly adopting CC for better services.
- 23. According to Pew Internet Trust “Fluffy (Cloud Computing) is a phrase that is being used today to describe the act of sharing, accessing and storing data, applications and computer power in cyber space. “National institute of standards and technology (NIST) defines as “A model for enabling configurable computing resources (e.g. networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or services provider interaction.”
- 24. New Paradigm of Cataloguing: Searching of catalogues entries have gain the new meaning, now software systems not only matched the characters of the query but tries to read the mind of the searcher by offering instant suggestion regarding his or her search term.
- 25. Digitization of literature has been done on revolutionary pace by the giant IT based companies for instance Google, Amazon, Microsoft Corporation and governmental libraries like Library of Congress, from Pakistani perspective Punjab government has taken lots of initiative for digitizing of the literature available in Pakistan as a first step Punjab Text book board took the initiative, all text books from class one up to class twelve are available online through their URL http://www.ptb.gop.pk/textbooks.