Identifying e-books authored by faculty: a method for scoping the digital collection and curating a list
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Published:2019-01-04
Issue:1
Volume:107
Page:
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ISSN:1558-9439
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Container-title:Journal of the Medical Library Association
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language:
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Short-container-title:jmla
Author:
Sugrim Sonali,Schimming Laura,Halevi Gali
Abstract
Electronic books are a substantial component of many academic libraries. Many libraries aim to make their collections easily discoverable through curated lists. The authors’ library devised a methodology to identify and flag all e-books authored by our institution’s faculty using MARCEdit and Microsoft Access. We highlight some of the challenges in gathering a comprehensive list of titles, the process of formulating such a list, and the measures needed to actively curate e-books by faculty for both content already in the collection and newly published titles.
Publisher
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Subject
Library and Information Sciences,Health Informatics