[Sigcr-l] Cataloging/classification : how long does it take?

[Cassandra Armstrong]

Sorry, didn't include signature in post below

Cassandra Armstrong
Associate Professor
Chair Technical Services
University Library
University of La Verne


-----Original Message-----
From: sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org]On
Behalf Of Cassandra Armstrong
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 11:05 AM
To: Koraljka Golub
Cc: sigcr-l at asis.org
Subject: RE: [Sigcr-l] Cataloging/classification : how long does it
take?


Depends, sources are usually not classified if they're included in the
database with the book and periodical titles, they are, however subject
indexed. There's often an OCLC record for the item.  If this is the case, it
takes a matter of minutes. Sometimes the difficulty is in locating the
metadata, that can take a bit longer.
	Some databases and source sites are better linked to from a taxonomy of
subjects on the webpage. While this constitutes a form of classification, it
requires embedding the relevant descriptors into the branches that
constitute more general terms for them.  This is more time consuming and can
be an ongoing endeavor as new domains are established that might apply to
already "cataloged" sites.

-----Original Message-----
From: sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigcr-l-bounces at asis.org]On
Behalf Of Koraljka Golub
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 8:07 AM
To: sigcr-l at asis.org
Subject: [Sigcr-l] Cataloging/classification : how long does it take?




Dear all,

Would you maybe have some data on how long it takes librarians to
catalog/classify/index different types of Internet resources?

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Kora

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Koraljka Golub, PhD Student	=09
E-mail: koraljka.golub at it.lth.se=09
URL: http://www.it.lth.se/koraljka/Lund/=09

KnowLib, Dept. of IT, Lund University=09 P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund,
Sweden=09
Tel: +46 (0)46 222 75 76		=09
Fax: +46 (0)46 222 4714		=09
URL: http://www.it.lth.se/knowlib/	=09
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



_______________________________________________
Sigcr-l mailing list
Sigcr-l at asis.org
http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigcr-l

_______________________________________________
Sigcr-l mailing list
Sigcr-l at asis.org
http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigcr-l