Cataloguing Session

Libraries Australia Forum 2011

DevelopmentsCBS – the LA cataloguing system

improvements: • MARC21 changes up until end of 2010• Better matching and merging• Transliteration of Devanagari, Georgian and Tamil

scripts and improvements in display and import of these scripts and Thai

• Further refinements to the Duplicate Detection and Removal script

DevelopmentsRecord Import Service (RIS)

• OAI –PMH harvesting to RIS

• Upload of Authority records via RIS

DevelopmentsGlobal holdings Update service and manual

reviewing• Two types of manual reviewing:

1. Tentative matches from records uploaded via RIS2. Tentative matches from Global Holdings

Refreshes• Review of Global Holdings Update practices

Developments• Outcome of review:

stop manual reviewing after holdings refreshes

• Instead, focus on: – Improving match / merge algorithm– Improving data quality in refresh files

Developments• Result of decision to stop holdings refresh

reviewing: – Enables us to keep up-to-date with RIS reviewing– Allows us to put more resources into improving

data quality before records are loaded to the ANBD

DevelopmentsHoldings Deletion TrialOutcome: – Good records = high rate of matches and few valid

holdings lost– Brief records = risk of more valid holdings being

lost and mad merges

Duplicate detection and removal (DDR)

The coming year• CBS software and configuration upgrades

• Linking of bibliographic and authority records

• Detailed holdings in WorldCat

• Table of Contents – record enrichment

The coming year• SRU Update– Working with OCLC on SRU update transmission

with Amlib systems• Resource Description and Access (RDA)– LA is preparing CBS to support RDA records– RDA will become LA standard for description– LA will continue to support AACR2 records

The coming year• Data maintenance– Further improvement to duplicate detection and

removal scripts – Batch loading of authority records– Linking of bib and authority records– Assisting libraries wanting to upload special

collections and unique materials

Discussion and questions