Meeting Minutes (April 21, 2000)
Clemons Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Present: Althea Aschmann (VPI), Elaine Day (JMU), Nadine P. Ellero (UVa), Billie Hackney (ODU), Trish Kearns (W& M), Elizabeth Gail McClenney (VSU), Allison M. Sleeman (UVa)
Members Absent: Karen Cary (VCU), Charles Lewis (JSRCC)
Althea Aschmann (recorder), Nadine P. Ellero (will post to web)
Chadwyck-Healey Poetry Analytics
Original authority work is being validated for every heading. Ed Summers (formerly of ODU) in N.Y. will convert all of the headings that have new original authority records and added author entries, and remove author headings for works that were found to be anonymous. Original authority work is complete and recorded on a spreadsheet that will be used for automatic conversion of headings and made available to libraries that have loaded the bibliographic records and prefer to make manual corrections. We need to find someone to download the authority records.
Subcommittee: Althea Aschmann (VPI), Elaine Day (JMU), Allison Sleeman (UVa), Karen Cary (VCU). Althea Aschmann agreed to serve as Editor, and will assume responsibility late summer. The major task to begin with is updating the examples. The guidelines are meant to document what various Virginia libraries are doing and possibilities, rather than be prescriptive. The guidelines are limited to discussion and illustration of MARC cataloging for electronic resources. Metadata standards can be addressed sometime in the future in another document.
Vendor Title Lists for Full Text Periodicals
JMU, Radford, and Virginia Tech are using vendor lists to create local databases to access full text periodical titles. The question of whether VIVACat should address quality control issues around the lists. It was agreed to do what we were charged to do before taking on a new project and to wait for direction.
Future Projects & Technical Support
The need to attract more people was discussed. More technical skills is needed in addition to the cataloging expertise. Elaine will contact Kathy Perry for suggestions.
UVa: Daniel McShane has been hired as the new electronic resources cataloger.
ODU: Electronic Resources position is vacant.
Submitted by Althea Aschmann; marked up version by Nadine P. Ellero
June 1, 2000