| Description |
1 online resource (173 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Retrospective Conversion: History, Approaches, Considerations; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction:Brian Schottlaender; History; Recon Road Maps: Retrospective Conversion Literature, 1980-1990: Daphne C. Hsueh; PREMARC -- A History and Status Report: Susan H. Vita; Scope; The Value of PREMARC; PREMARC Cleanup Strategy Testing; PREMARC Cleanup Status; Distribution; Conclusion; Case Studies; Retrospective Conversion of a Medium-Sized Academic Library: Mary K. Bolin and Harley B. Wright; Introduction; Early Attempts; Grant to Convert Regional Material; Contracting with Saztec |
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Costs of the Saztec ProjectContracting with WLN; Cost; Other Problems; Benefits; Conclusion; Serials Retrospective Conversion: Project Designand In-House Implementation: Ruth Christ and Selina Lin; Project Design Considerations; Implementation of the Project Phases; Comparison of Phase 1 and Phase 2; Holdings; Procedure for Creating Provisional Records; Current Status; Conclusion; Coordination andInnovation; Workflow Considerationsin Retrospective Conversion Projects for Scores: Michelle Koth and Laura Gayle Green; Pre-Conversion Considerations; Institutional Workflows; Conclusion |
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Streamlining a Conversion Project with a Staff PC Workstation and Shelf List Sampling: Beth SandoreIntroduction; The Department of Computer Science: An Isolated Data Conversion Project; Planning; Online Technical Processing Environment; Sampling the Collection; Personnel and Costs; The Staff PC Workstation; Conclusion and Outcomes; ControlIssues; Editing Recon Records: When Is Enough, Enough? A Selective Review of the Literature: Edward Adrian Lentz; Introduction; Quality Control; Special Materials; Costs; Conclusion |
| Summary |
Retrospective Conversion is an essential guide for library catalogers and technical services managers in the process of converting manual catalog records to machine readable form. It clearly illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of the three conversion methods--converting in-house, contracting to a vendor, and a combination of the two--and covers the areas of cost, staff, time, and record quality for each. Catalogers will learn how to make a bigger investment in advance planning to achieve better end results. Helpful chapters emphasize the need for planning, quality control, and authori |
| Notes |
Managing Authority Control in a Retrospective Conversion Project: James Tilio Maccaferri |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136583261 |
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1136583262 |
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