PROCEEDINGS OF THE BICENTENNIAL CONFERENCE ON BIBLIOGRAPHIC. \\ CONTROL FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES OF NETWORKED RESOURCES AND THE WEB SPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING DIRECTORATE . | —-- _” LIBR¥RY OF CONGRESS | CATALOMING DISTRIBUTION SERVICE” _ Proceedings of the Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Confronting the Challenges of Networked Resources and the Web Washington, D.C. November 15-17, 2000 Sponsored by the Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate edited by Ann M. Sandberg-Fox Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service Washington, DC e 2001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium (2000 : Washington, D.C.) Proceedings of the Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Miliennium : confrenting the challenges of networked resources and the Web : Washington, D.C., November 15-17, 2000 / sponsored by the Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate ; edited by Ann M. Sandberg- Fox. p. cm. Spine title: Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium. Includes final versions of conference papers as well as findings and recommendations of topical discussion groups held following the conference. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 0-8444-1046-2 1. Cataloging of computer network resources--Congresses. 2. Libraries-- Special collections--Computer network resources--Congresses. 3. Digital libraries--Congresses. |. Title: Bicentennial Conierence on Bibliographic Control of the New Millennium. Ii. Sandberg-Fox, Ann M. Ill. Library of Congress. Cataloging Directorate. IV. Title. 2695.24 .B53 2000 2001029952 The conference website is found at <http//www.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol> Copyright © 2001 by the Library of Congress except within the USA For sale by the Library of Congress Cataloging Distribution Service Washington, DC 20540-4910 USA Contents Tee eT ee enen ee ee eco hekkeee eee eens Vil ee eekeke eneeen ee wnse esebaaad’ ix nS Ce, I cd ccccansanteeessteeddaeeadads x1 Conference purpose and goals, intended audience, CE ST Oe Tee eTe ee ee TTT Tey Eee ee es XV Keynote address: From card catalogues to WebPACs: celebrating cataloguing in the 20" century / TE Tee ree eT er eee ETE ee TCE TUT eT TT XIX Dinner speaker: The New context for bibliographic control in the new millennium / Clifford Lynch . — ...........0.. XXIX 1 The Library and the Web Discussion paper: Metadaia for Web resources: how metadata works on the Web / Martin Dillon ............... 0000000 l The Catalog as portal to the Internet / Sarah E. Thomas ............ 21 Cogmmmonte: Briam BE. ©. SCROURONGCE 2. cc cc ccc cceececcces 39 The Library catalogue in a networked environment /Tom Delsey ..... 45 Sy DOMES GD 6 hhc nn 0666440064004406004000400008 57 International metadata initiatives: lessons in bibiiographic Ee EE 6 h6-4.66-0:460400446060446 40008000<60404 61 EE «6 os bn dcndeedetoesseeeeeneeeaader 8 1 Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Page i Conference Proceedings IV Table of Contents 2 Assessing Current Library Standards for Bibliographic Control and Web Access Discussion paper: Is precoordination unnecessary in LCSH? Are Web sites more important to catalog than books?: A reference librarian’s thoughts on the future of bibliographic control / pl ER eee ee) ee ee er ee 87 Crossing a digital divide: AACR2 and unaddressed problems of networked resources / Matthew Beacom ..............020eeeeees 135 Comments: Glenn Patton .................0eeeeeee: eeeer ey 155 Exploiting LCSH, LCC, and DDC to retrieve networked resources: issues and challenges / Lois Mai Chan ..............0000eeeeee : 159 Comments: Diane Vizine-Goetz ...........cccccccccccccccceees 179 Resource discovery using Z39.50: promise and reality / a ED GAs £56504.040 466604000 6400006450800040084 185 Future Directions AACR2 and its place in the digital world: near-term solutions and long-term direction / Ann Huthwaite ................000ee0 u0e s 221 SE GI Gs THES ok cece cd cccccceccececscesasaes 237 Extending MARC for bibliographic control in the Web environment / PED, 6.5:66-00400604006600005 0646400606000 80004240 245 ie ee ti ea eek eke kde ceeeeos 263 Business unusual: how “event awareness” may breathe life into the Ee UE 6.4 4500 60440506506.60600405400000000686 0 269 Page it Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Conference Proceedings / Tahle of Contents Descriptive resource needs from the reference perspective: report on a survey of U.S. reference librarians / Carolyn Larson, Linda Arret .... 287 4 Experimentation Discussion paper: Some observations on metadata and digital rr Ce isk 6s a ckeeks tebesaeasksenewekas 311 Discussion paper: An initial survey and description of how selected United States government libraries, information centers, and information services provide public access to information via the SEF PG EE 00-56 6-6 046664) 6b e800 052 4000 ee ees 335 A comparison cf Web resource access experiments: planning for the new millennium / Jane Greenberg ..........00. c0ec0e 0n0ee .. 343 Redesign of library workflows: experimental models for electronic resource description | Karen Calhoun .......cccccccccsccccccees 357 5 Exploring Partnerships Discussion paper: Metadata, cataloging, digitization, and retrieval: who's doing what to whom: the Colorado Digitization Project experience / Liz Bishoff, William A. Garrison ................006. 377 Exploring partnerships: what can producers and vendors provide? / ED. 0644.00 0.0466060064004460660000600R000080048. 389 Comments: Vendor partnerships for bibliographic control / Amira Aaron 415 Comments: Catalog enrichment services, Syndetic Solutions, Inc. / ED <2. cebGeSb0hn 6060600400468460040RRRREEEROR S S 421 Comments: Librarians, producers, and vendors: the netLibrary Experience / Lynn Silipigni Connaway .............2eeeeeeeeees 429 Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium Page 11 Conference Proceedings V | Table of Contents Partnerships to mine unexploited sources of metadata / EEE «5. £02. i sicucduaaenseesiseuaneneeec 439 Topical Discussion Group Recommendations 1. Choosing electronic resources: what is a valuable Web resource? ..... 463 2. What are the continuing education needs of professional catalogers? .. 465 3a. 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