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January/February 2006 vol.12 no.1 issn 1082-4383
Highlights in this Issue
NetLibrary Shared Collection V to
Remain Open Through June
If you've been thinking about buying into the NetLibrary Shared Collection V
but haven't gotten around to it yet - it's not too late! The deadline has been
extended until mid-June.
Digitization Workshops in 2006
If you are interested in learning more about digitization be sure to join us
for one of the two-day sessions to be sponsored by the Nebraska Library
Commission this year.
Disaster Preparedness Workshops
Available in Spring
In May the Nebraska Library Commission will be sponsoring two sets of
Disaster Preparedness workshops for Nebraska library staff.
New Databases Vendors Added to Discount Purchasing
Program The Nebraska Library Commission Network Services
Department is pleased to announce the addition of Faulkner
Information Services, Greenwood Publishing Group, and GoAntiques, Inc.
to our discount purchasing program.
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of Contents
Past issues of
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NETLIBRARY SHARED COLLECTION V TO REMAIN
OPEN THROUGH JUNE
If you've been thinking about buying into the NetLibrary Shared Collection V
but haven't gotten around to it yet - it's not too late! The deadline has been
extended until mid-June.
This 5th Shared Collection of NetLibrary eBooks will be similar in content to
past shared collections. Emphasis will be on current titles from top academic
and trade publishers in subjects suited for academic and public libraries.
Publishers not available for inclusion in shared collections include ABC Clio,
Columbia University Press, Gale, Harper Collins, Johns Hopkins University Press,
and John Wiley. The following publishers require multiple licenses per title and
will be added to the collection on a selective basis: Cambridge University
Press, Greenwood Press, and Taylor and Francis and their imprints.
SOLINET estimates that when the Collection closes in 2006 it will contain
approximately 3,600 unique titles, and a total of 4,500 "copies."
For more information about the NetLibrary Shared Collection V, including pricing
and ordering instructions, see
/netserv/netlibrary2005.html.
To learn more about NetLibrary in general, including background information on
past shared collections (e.g., title lists, participants) go to:
/netserv/netlibrary/index.html.
If you have questions feel free to contact any member of the Network Services
department at 402-471-2045, 800-307-2665 or email Databases.
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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NEBRASKA LIBRARIES RECEIVE GRANTS
TO PURCHASE NETLIBRARY
The Nebraska Library Commission recently awarded $250 grants to the following
Nebraska public, academic, and school libraries to assist them in their purchase
of the 2005 SOLINET/NEBASE Shared Collection of NetLibrary eBooks:
- Alliance Public Library
- Bayard Jr/Sr High School
- Bridgeport High School
- Burwell Jr/Sr High School
- Dana College
- Gering High School
- Goodall City Library
- Gretna Public Library
- Hastings Public Library
- Holdrege Public Library System
- La Vista Public Library
- Lied Pierce Public Library
- Metropolitan Community College
- Midland Lutheran College
- Mid-Plains Community College
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Norfolk Public Library
- Northeast Community College
- Potter-Dix Schools
- Rock County Public Library
- Schuyler Public Library
- Seward Memorial Library
- Southeast Community College
- Southern Public Schools
- Union College
- Walthill Public School
- Wisner-Pilger Public School
To accept this grant award, libraries were required to submit their 2005
NetLibrary Shared Collection order forms to the Nebraska Library Commission by
December 31, 2005. Grant recipients purchasing their first NetLibrary Shared
Collection also committed to attending a NetLibrary Online Training Session.
To learn more about the 2005 NetLibrary Shared Collection visit
/netserv/netlibrary2005.html.
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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NEBASE WORKSHOP CALENDAR
For a quick glance at what workshops are scheduled and where, see the NEBASE
Training Calendar at
/netserv/TrainingCal.html.
The location and date, as well as a description of each of the
workshops can be found at
[obsolete link removed].
To register for any of the workshops, please complete the online registration
form at
/netserv/nebase/oclcworkshopform.asp.
The workshop fee for NEBASE libraries is $10. If you are not a NEBASE library*,
please check the registration form for your workshop fee. If you have any
questions, please contact Jeannette Powell at 402-471-7740 or 800-307-2665 or
email Jeannette Powell
for registration fee.
*NEBASE libraries are Nebraska libraries who use OCLC
cataloging or interlibrary loan services or who subscribe to FirstSearch.
Although libraries who subscribe only to FirstSearch are eligible to pay the $10
workshop fee, they must pay by check.
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HERITAGEQUEST AND ELIBRARY ONLINE
TRAINING SESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING
Don't worry if you missed out on the HeritageQuest and eLibrary online training
sessions offered in December 2005. Recordings of both are now available online.
Watch them when it's convenient for you! As an added bonus, if you participate
in the Nebraska Library Commission continuing education program you can even
apply for CE credit after viewing a session!
The recent HeritageQuest and eLibrary online training sessions were conducted
and recorded using the Genesys Meeting Center. System requirements for viewing
archived copies of these sessions are as follows:
- Speakers or headphones for the computer.
- Windows Media Player
- JavaScript, cookies and Active X controls must be enabled
- Popup windows must be allowed
- Computer system: Requirements depend on the operating system used. It is
recommended that you have at least an Intel Pentium II 400 MHz processor with
128 MB or equivalent RAM.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher or Netscape Navigator 4.7x™ only
- Microsoft Java Virtual Machine build VM2339 or later (except build VM3155).
- Note: Genesys Meeting Center archives will not run on Macs
To view a list of all archived online training sessions available from the
Nebraska Library Commission Network Services/NEBASE team, go to:
/netserv/training/onlinesessions/archives.html. Click
on NebraskAccess to jump to training sessions on NebraskAccess databases,
including eLibrary and HeritageQuest Online.
Please let us know if you have questions about viewing our archived online
training session. We hope you enjoy them!
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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DIGITIZATION WORKSHOPS IN 2006
The Nebraska Library Commission is sponsoring two sets of digitization
workshops in 2006. The first set of two-day workshops will be held March 7
and 8 in Walton, five miles east of Lincoln. The second set will be
held July 17 and 18 in North Platte.
If you are interested in learning more about digitization be sure to join
us for one of the two-day sessions. The workshops are intended to help
library and other cultural heritage institution staff learn more about
developing a digitization project. The workshops will be available to help
instruct attendees on what you need to know when planning a digitization
project. All sessions will be taught by University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Electronic Text Center faculty.
Participants interested in their own digitization projects or those that
would like to be a part of the
Nebraska Memories project are encouraged to
attend the sessions.
Introduction to Digitization, Tuesday, March 7, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
This day-long workshop will provide a general overview of digitization
project planning and execution. Topics covered will include: digitization
concepts, selection, legal issues, outsourcing options, sustainability,
best practices, equipment and access.
Introduction to Scanning Principles & Best Practices, Wednesday, March
8, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
This workshop will provide an overview of digital imaging. Topics covered
will include: general principles, terminology, hardware, software, master
images, access images, quality control, image delivery and outsourcing.
This session will not include step-by-step scanning training.
Both sessions will be held at the Cornhusker Council Outdoor Education
Center in Walton, five miles east of Lincoln. Please contact
Shannon Behrhorst at 402-471-4031 or 800-307-2665, with any questions.
Library, museum and other cultural heritage institution staff are welcome
to attend the sessions. There is a limit of 50 participants in each
session.
For more information and to register for the March session online visit:
/nebraskamemories/digitizationworkshops.html.
The registration form for the July workshops will be available later.
Shannon Behrhorst
Network Services Director
Nebraska Library Commission
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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS
AVAILABLE IN SPRING
Preparing for a disaster is not always number one on our list of things to do in
a world where we are answering our patrons' questions, developing community
programming and preparing library budgets, but it is necessary.
Even here in Nebraska we face disasters, both natural and
man-made. You will remember the destructive tornado that Norris school system
faced in 2004. On the other hand even those mundane disasters such as pipes
bursting or smoke damage still requires planning to help mitigate the damage.
Just this past spring Creighton University library was faced with water damage
in their archive storage facility from an unsealed pipe. Whatever the disaster,
the better the chance of your libraries recovery depends on the time spent
planning before the disaster occurs. To prevent unnecessary loss of materials
libraries must be prepared to handle large scale disasters, as well as minor
incidents.
In May the Nebraska Library Commission will be sponsoring two sets of Disaster
Preparedness workshops for Nebraska library staff. The workshops will be
presented in Lincoln, May 1 and 2 and again in Scottsbluff, May 4 and 5. The two-day classes will help
Nebraska librarians better understand the importance of library disaster
response and recovery planning, be aware of steps to take in developing disaster
plans and risk assessment, and become familiar with various disaster recovery
activities.
Registration for the workshops will be available in late January. Space is
limited for each workshop and registration will be limited to one staff member
per institution.
The workshops are being taught by Tom Clareson, Program Director for New
Initiatives at the OCLC regional network, PALINET. Tom was most recently the
Manager of Education & Planning, Digital Collection & Preservation Services
Division at OCLC.
The Nebraska Library Commission will cover costs of lodging for attendees
traveling more than 90 miles to the workshop. Those needing to register for
lodging at the conference hotel will be able to note their need on the
registration form.
For more information on Preparing for a Disaster in your library visit:
- WebJunction's Focus on Disaster Planning and Recovery for Libraries http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11514
- Heritage Emergency National Task Force
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/TASKFER.HTM
- Library Disaster Planning and Recovery from Library HQ
http://www.libraryhq.com/disaster.html
- Northeast Document Conservation Center Technical Leaflet
http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf33.htm
Shannon Behrhorst
Network Services Director
Nebraska Library CommissionBack to Contents
DATABASE
TIPS & TRICKS
TROUBLESHOOTING HERITAGEQUEST ONLINE ACCESS PROBLEMS
Have any of your patrons reported receiving an Authentication
Failed or Login Required error message when trying to access HeritageQuest
Online from home? If so, it could be that their computers are running a personal
firewall (or other security software) that stops their browser from sending a
referring URL. Another possibility is that they tried to access HeritageQuest
Online via a browser bookmark or by typing the HeritageQuest Online URL in their
browser's address box, rather than clicking on the appropriate hyperlink on the
NebraskAccess Web site.
HeritageQuest Online uses referring URL authentication to provide authorized
users with remote access to HeritageQuest Online and keep unauthorized users
from getting into the system. Referring URL authentication checks the
information transmitted by the user's browser to make sure that the user is
connecting through an authorized institution. If the referring URL is absent,
the user will get an error.
To overcome this problem, users need to configure their personal firewalls to
stop them from blocking the referrer information. Most firewalls will allow
users to set up a trusted site. Once this is done, users will be able to access
the site. For HeritageQuest Online to work, users need to mark the following
sites as trusted:
- heritagequestonline.com
- umi.com
- persi.heritagequestonline.com
For step-by-step instructions on setting up trusted sites using various versions
of Norton Internet Security software, see
http://www.proquest.com/techsupport/answers/hqo/hqo_ans_448.shtml.
For additional assistance with HeritageQuest Online, please don't hesitate to
contact a member of the Nebraska Library Commission Network Services team at
402-471-2045, 800-307-2665 or email
NebraskAccess.
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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NEW DATABASE VENDORS ADDED TO
DISCOUNT PURCHASING PROGRAM
After fall trials of their products, the Nebraska Library Commission
Network Services Department is pleased to announce the addition of
three new database vendors to our discount purchasing program:
Faulkner Information Services, Greenwood Publishing Group, and
GoAntiques, Inc.
- Faulkner Information Services is offering Nebraska libraries
discounted pricing on their Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies (FAITS)
and Security Management Practices (SMP) databases. FAITS is a
comprehensive, one-of-a-kind online technology reports library,
created especially for use by the academic community. SMP is an
expert resource on the Web for learning about how to confront and
manage organizational risk, plan for disruptions, deploy network
security appliances, employ biometric technologies, safeguard
intellectual property, establish security best practices, protect
and train students, staff and much more.
- Greenwood Publishing is offering Nebraska libraries discounted
pricing on their Daily Life Online Suite of electronic social
history products, which includes Daily Life through History and
World Cultures Today. A Library Journal 2004 Best Reference Source,
Daily Life through History focuses on the billions of men and women
history often forgets, but whose everyday lives created the world we
know. Perfect for general readers and students of world history it
shines a light on the ordinary - and shows just how extraordinary it
can be. A Booklist Editors' Choice "Best of 2005" Resource,
World
Cultures Today turns users into true citizens of the world, giving
them quick access to the vibrant societies of their contemporaries.
Focusing on the cultural richness and diversity of the modern world
it is ideal for students working on papers or projects or for
general readers looking in to their next destination.
- GoAntiques, Inc. is offering Nebraska libraries discounted pricing
on PriceMiner.com, an up-to-date, innovative research tool for the
art, antiques and collectibles market. With more than 20 million
records and 10 million pictures covering 5,200 categories and
subcategories, it is used as both a price guide and an
identification guide.
The above databases are available on a January 1 through December 31
subscription term. The order deadline for a January 1 start
date was December 15, 2005, but prorated mid-term subscriptions will
also be accepted.
For more information on these and other subscription opportunities
see: nlc.nebraska.gov/netserv/pricing/
.
Susan Knisely
Online Services Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES 2006 CONFERENCE
DISCOUNT
The Nebraska Library Commission/NEBASE is offering a group discount to all
Nebraska librarians who attend the Computers in Libraries 2006 conference. The
conference is planned for March 22-24, at the Hilton Washington in Washington,
D.C. Detailed information about the conference can be found on the conference
web page at
http://www.infotoday.com/cil2006/.
The price of the conference with the discount is $185.00 for the three-day event
(March 22-24). This is more than a 50 percent savings off the regular price. No
discount rates are available for the pre- or post-conference seminars and
workshops.
In addition, discount prices of $99.00 on the Internet@Schools East conference
and $199.00 for the combo of Internet@Schools East and Computers in Libraries
general conference are also available.
To register for the conference, print off the registration form located at
http://www.infotoday.com/cil2006/CIL2006_Registration.pdf. Mail the
completed form to Sue Biltoft at the address below. Payment must accompany your
registration form. Please make checks or money orders payable to Information
Today, Inc. To receive the discount your registration MUST be sent to the
Nebraska Library Commission. Completed registration forms must be received by
February 3.
Sue Biltoft
Nebraska Library Commission
1200 N St., Suite 120
Lincoln, NE 68508-2023
Phone: 402-471-4009 or 800-307-2665
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THE CASE OF THE MISSING COMMA
Do you put a comma before the and in a series of three or more items? It
might depend on when and where you went to school or if you follow the current
style manuals.
A question related to the practice of inserting a comma before the and started a
flood of emails on the AUTOCAT list in December. A cataloger from South Africa
complained that catalog records she received had these commas inserted in titles
when the title on the title page did not include them. Responders argued for and
against this practice of adding commas that were not in the original piece,
quoting cataloging rules and providing examples of how meanings could be
changed.
AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition)
has two specific rules pertaining to punctuation within the title field (not
including the punctuation used to separate the parts of each field in the
cataloging record) that were referred to frequently.
Rule 0.11 states, "In
matters of style not covered by the rules and appendices (e.g., matters of
punctuation other than prescribed punctuation), follow the Chicago Manual of
Style."
Rule 1.1B1 states,
"Transcribe the title proper exactly as to wording, order, and spelling, but not
necessarily as to punctuation and capitalization. … Capitalize according to
appendix A. … If the title proper as given in the chief source of information
includes punctuation marks . . . or [ ], replace them by - and ( ),
respectively."
The Chicago Manual of Style has two rules that were mentioned as
applicable to the use of commas in a series in a title.
Rule 6.19 states, "Comma
needed. Items in a series are normally separated by commas … If the last
element consists of a pair joined by and, the pair should still be preceded by a
serial comma and the first and …" Several examples follow including:
The owner, the agent, and the tenant were having an argument.
The meal consisted of soup, salad, and macaroni and cheese.
Rule 8.175 states in
part, "Punctuation in quoted titles. On title pages, where the title
often appears in very large type, commas are sometimes omitted from the ends of
lines. When a title is quoted, such commas should be added. (Serial commas need
be added only if it is clear that they are used in the work itself.)"
As several responders pointed out AACR2 rules can be ambiguous. That is
where cataloger's judgment comes in to play. Many of the responders never
referred to the second Chicago Manual rule listed above. Responders who defended
the addition of a comma to a title series based their judgment on their reading
of the first sentence in AACR2 Rule 1.1B1. Because it states that the
transcription need not be exact as to punctuation, they say Rule 0.11 takes
effect, thereby bringing the Chicago Manual Rule 6.19 into play.
I, however, read Rule 1.1B1 differently. Yes, the rule says the exact
transcription is exempted as far as punctuation and capitalization are
concerned, but I would argue the rule states when those exemptions should
absolutely occur. Capitalization is to follow the rules laid out in appendix A
and punctuation should be changed when ellipses or square brackets appear in the
title. In my opinion, the only time Rule 0.11 comes into play is when the title
page designers have deliberately left out punctuation because of the layout. In
those cases, I would turn to the Chicago Manual Rule 8.175 to make the
title readable.
After reading the above rules, what would your decision be?
Devra Dragos
Cataloging Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
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Dewey Decimal Classification Online Workshop
The three-session DDC workshop will be held again starting February 22. The
workshop will include a discussion on assigning classification numbers when a
topic might fall under more than one discipline, choosing the right number based
on Notes and Manual entries, building numbers using the tables, and a look at
OCLC's Abridged WebDewey.
The registration form and further details are available at
/netserv/cataloging.html.
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