recent discussion of WWW cataloging?

[Mark Gooch]

While we are mentioning "cataloging," "MLS," and "WWW cataloging," I 
would like to point out two projects which are underway and which I 
believe address this question. 

The first is OCLC's FirstSearch database, NetFirst, which is supposed to 
be available soon.  This project will provide a searchable database with 
(I assume) LC subject heading control.  The records will also incorporate 
links to the actual resource.  Want to know more?

http://www.oclc.org/oclc/netfirst/netfirst.htm

The second project is also from OCLC but is separate from NetFirst.  OCLC 
is currently conducting a project where by catalogers are using the MARC 
record format to catalog Internet resources.  As part of this project 
there is a searchable database.  Once again, there are links from the 
record to the actual resource.  Want to know more about this project?

http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/catproj/catcall.htm

I just wanted to point out that efforts were beginning to be made towards 
true cataloging of Internet resources.  If we were all to catalog some of 
our Internet resources (and I must admit we are not doing it yet), these 
sorts of databases with controlled subject headings would provide 
excellent resources for accessing Internet resources and also, if 
incorporated into OPACs, would be made know to patrons searching our 
local systems.  

Although I believe this would be a good step forward towards librarys and 
librarians providing good, uniform access to Internet resources, I don't 
believe that this would eliminate the need/usefullness of robots, 
spiders, and search engines.  However, it would provide a database of 
uniform records which could be used with a variety of search engines.

Mark

On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Margaret F Riley wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, 10 Oct 1995 Orbis5 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I can't vouch for Yahoo BUT I do remember seeing a job listing in the last
> > couple of months by them in which they were looking to hire MLS librarians -
> > maybe they haven't yet implemented this or perhaps they are still setting up
> > some standards ...? 
> 
> Yahoo was hiring "catalogers," but no where in the job qualifications
> did they state that these "catalogers" had to have MLS degrees.  They
> were looking for people with internet skills mostly.
> 
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