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Understanding the Collective Collection: Towards a System-wide Perspective on Library Print Collections
12 December 2013
Lorcan Dempsey, Brian Lavoie, Constance Malpas, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Roger C. Schonfeld, JD Shipengrover, +
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Not Scotch, but Rum: The Scope and Diffusion of the Scottish Presence in the Published Record
17 September 2013
Brian Lavoie
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FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Users: Summary and Case Studies
26 August 2013
Jeffrey Mixter, Eric R. Childress
This report explores the real-world use and implementation of FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), a simplified subject metadata schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The study focuses on understanding who uses FAST, how it's applied, and in what types of systems or workflows.
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Tiers for Fears: Sensible, Streamlined Sharing of Special Collections
8 July 2013
Dennis Massie
This report presents strategies for providing efficient and affordable interlending of actual physical items from special collections for research purposes, as well as advice on determining if a loan is the most appropriate way to fulfill a particular request.
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The Relationship between BIBFRAME and OCLC’s Linked-Data Model of Bibliographic Description: A Working Paper
15 May 2013
Jean Godby
This report describes a proposed alignment between BIBFRAME and a model being explored by OCLC with extensions proposed by the Schema Bib Extend project, a W3Csponsored community group tasked with enhancing Schema.org to the description of library resources.