Browsing by Author "Hearn, Stephen"

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    Comparing catalogs: names data spreadsheets, Excel
    (2008-06-23) Hearn, Stephen
    This Excel file shows data relating to personal name headings in library catalogs, gathered and analyzed in support of the article "Comparing catalogs," out for editorial review as of June 23, 2008. The names of the target catalogs have been anonymized in this file.
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    Comparing catalogs: subjects data spreadsheets, Excel
    (2008-06-23) Hearn, Stephen
    This Excel file contains data relating to Library of Congress subject headings in library catalogs, gathered to support the article "Comparing catalogs," out for editorial review as of June 23, 2008. The target catalogs have been anonymized in this file.
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    Discoverability Phase 2 Final Report
    (2011-02-04) Hanson, Cody; Hessel, Heather; Boudewyns, Deborah K. Ultan; Fransen, Jan; Friedman-Shedlov, Lara; Hearn, Stephen; Theis-Mahon, Nicole; Morris, Darlene; Traill, Stacie; West, Amy
    The Discoverability Phase 2 group was charged in spring 2010 to generate a vision for the University Libraries’ discovery environment. In addition, the group was asked to build on the work of Phase 1 (see the Phase 1 report here: http://purl.umn.edu/48258), addressing some of the practical implications of decentralized discovery by recommending strategies for making local collections discoverable in external systems, and for integrating remotely-managed data into the local discovery environment.
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    Utilizing Z39.50 to Obtain Bibliographic Copy: a Cost-Containment Study
    (Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 2006-04) DeZelar-Tiedman, Christine; Genereux, Cecilia; Hearn, Stephen
    This paper looks at one approach to controlling costs when seeking cataloging copy. A small task group in the University of Minnesota Libraries Technical Services Department conducted a study to devise the most cost-effective strategy for searching for and importing bibliographic copy, compiling costs and benefits of importing records from the OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. database, the Research Libraries Group Union Catalog, and the Library of Congress catalog. Results of the study indicated that although the LC database is smaller than the other two utilities, a significant enough portion of needed records were available from LC to more than offset the cost of re-searching in the other databases for records not found. In addition, due to differences in pricing structure, searching RLIN second was found to be more cost effective than going next to OCLC, even though a slightly larger proportion of items were found in OCLC than RLIN. This study may prove useful either as a methodology or in terms of its findings for other libraries wishing to compare sources of cataloging copy.