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This section lists resources that may be helpful to libraries as they plan and manage computer technology, library automation and Internet connectivity projects. See also the Technology Planning page.

Topics include

General Resources | Acquisitions | Catalogues | Cataloguing | Classification | Copyright | French Cataloguing Tools | Processing and Repair | Serials | Systems | Verification Tools  | Weeding

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General Resources

• Access AMICUS on the Web is a new user-friendly graphical interface accommodating the needs of novice and expert searchers. Blending the best of Access AMICUS, resAnet and Romulus, it offers fee-based service to over 18 million records with over 30 million holdings in 500 Canadian libraries including Library and Archives Canada.

• Canadian Rating System for Home Videos. The Canadian Rating System for Home Videos came into effect in May 1995, following collaboration by industry members, the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, and the seven separate film classification boards. Ratings are produced by averaging the classifications assigned by provincial boards.
• Internet Library for Librarians. (Library Supplies Vendor) A Portal Designed for Librarians to Locate Internet Resources Related to Their Profession.
• Outsourcing of Library Services: Resources and Links (LibrarySupportstaff.com)

• Technical Services Unlimited This is a great guide for acquisition and cataloguing librarians. The annotated directory includes sections of articles and reports; associations and programs, discussion groups and newsletters; foreign language aids; journals and newsletters; publishers and vendors; standards and policies; and workshops and conferences. Also a list of some of the best technical services pages in the Libraries and Departments section.

Acquisitions

• AcqWeb: the gathering place for librarians and other professionals interested in acquisitions and collection development, links to 100's of publishers, verification and collection development tools.
• Acquisitions Module (Collection Development Training for Arizona Libraries)

Catalogues

• ‡biblios.net  (LibLime) A free browser-based cataloging service with a data store containing over thirty-million records. Records are licensed under the Open Data Commons, making the service the world’s largest repository of freely-licensed library records.The data is maintained by ‡biblios.net users similar to the model used by Wikipedia. Catalogers can use and contribute to the database without restrictions because records in ‡biblios.net are freely-licensed under the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License
• British Library. Catalogues on the Web
• Library of Congress Online Catalogue
• Open Library (demo) - Described as an "open, public, curated, universal catalogue of all books"
• Services AMICUS (Bibliothèque et Archives Canada)

Cataloguing

• Canadian Subject Headings. (National Library of Canada) A list of subject headings in the English language, using controlled vocabulary, to access and express the subject content of documents on Canada and Canadian topics. Free, up-to-date access to over 6000 subject authority records in the English language, providing in-depth coverage of Canadian topics, records displayed in both MARC 21 and thesaurus display and compatibility with Library of Congress Subject Headings
• Cataloging Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide (Second Edition) (OCLC)
• Cataloguer's Reference Shelf (The Library Corporation)
• Cataloguers Toolbox The homepage of the Cataloguing Division of the Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
• Dewey Services (OCLC Canada)
• Downloading MARC records from AMICUS. Written by SOLS staff
• Five Best Free Movie Cataloguing Tools Includes reviews of free software
• How to Acquire Cataloguing Materials ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 18 How to order the Dewey Decimal Classification System, the Library of Congress Subject Headings, the Sears List of Subject Headings, Cutter Tables, and the National Union Catalog.
• Introduction to MARC Tagging: An OCLC tutorial (OCLC) This free tutorial introduces you to the basics of bibliographic records, specifically MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging) format records—what they are, how and why they are used, and how to read them.
• An Introduction to RDA - Resource Description and Access. (.ppt) Margaret Stewart. SOLS Webinar Spring 2009 (3.3.9MB - 42 slides)
• Library of Congress Authorities. Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse and display authority headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations. You can also download authority records in MARC format for use in a local library system. This service is offered free of charge
• Library of Congress online catalog
• MARC Standards (Library of Congress MARC Standards Office)
• National Library of Canada’s MARC Record Distribution Service (MRDS) This subscription service offers the National Library's bibliographic and authority records in machine-readable form either as complete files or, for the bibliographic records, as a selected records option. The National Library's serial records, supplemented by the OCLC serial records, are offered as a full CONSER file. Records are distributed by file transfer.
• Library Thing For Libraries  See Pelham PL catalogue example. The LTFL Reviews Enhancement is currently available for Horizon, iBistro, Webvoyage, Voyager 7, Koha, WebPac and WebPac Pro. The LTFL Catalog Enhancements are available for practically every OPAC.
• MARC Coding Decoded. (.pdf) A clinic prepared by Helene Golden, SOLS, April 2002
• RDA: Resource Description and Access: FAQ Many libraries are anticipating this changeover to the cataloguing rules. Given that RDA is a work in progress, this webpage will keep you updated.
• SDM. English Interface Quebec-based organization providing source cataloguing for most of what is published in French in Canada. Supplier of automated cataloguing data.
• Sears List of Subject Headings,18th Edition (HW Wilson)
• Search For French Bibliographic Records in INFO/VDX A Help Desk Tip
• Syndetic Solutions is the premier provider of specialized, quality bibliographic data to enhance library online catalogs, and is the only company dedicated exclusively to that end. We offer a wealth of descriptive information and cover images relating to all types of books, from juvenile chapter books to conference proceedings.
• Understanding MARC Biblographic: machine-readable cataloguing.2003. Seventh edition reviewed and edited by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress

Classification

• Canadian Ratings for Home Videos (Media Awareness Network)
• LC Cutter Tables
• Subject Headings by Dewy Decimal Classification (Central Mississipi Regional Library System) A selected list if subjects in alphabetical order
• Understanding The Rating Systems (Media Awareness Network)

Copyright

• ACCESS: Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency. To obtain a copyright licence for public libraries in Ontario. ACCESS Copyright has a bilateral agreement with COPIBEC, its sister agency in the province of Québec.
• Book Repair Manual The web version of the "Simple Book Repair Manual" was created by members of Preservation Services, Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, New Hampshire. Copyright 1996.
• Brodart's How To's and Guides
• Colorado Digitization Program. Software Resources Presents a variety of software packages that support a range of needs for organizing and disseminating digital collections
• Copyright Information Centre (Canadian Library Association)
• Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts A Guide to Good Practice (UK) All you need to know about digitization
• Greenstone Digital Library Software Greenstone is a suite of open-source software for building digital library collections, created by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato. The software consists of the Collector, which helps create new collections, modify or add to existing ones, or delete collections; and the Administration, which allows the addition of new users, summarizes the collections in the system, and gives technical information on the installation. The software runs on both Windows and Unix. Source codes, binaries, and manuals are available for downloading on the site.
• Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives
OCLC. Digital and Preservation flexibility you need to build and manage digital collections. These integrated services provide a complete solution to the complex challenges of digitization and preservation".
• Legislation Affecting Public Libraries in Ontario. Links to sites selected by SOLS on this topic

Processing and Repair

• Bookcraft: Simple Techniques for the Maintenance and Repair of Books for School and Public Libraries (.pdf) Gaylord, 34p.

Serials

• ISSN International Centre Serials information.
• Technology Electronic Reviews (TER) is a publication of the Library and Information Technology Association. reviews of books of interest to TS librarians
• Ulrich's Periodical Index - ulrichswebcom - Free trial. Annual subscription.

Services techniques dans les bibliothèques / Catalogues en-ligne

• ArianeWEB le catalogue de la Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval
• Catalogue collectif de France
• Catalogue des bibliothèques du Québec  
• Canadian Subject Headings. (Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) Un répertoire de vedettes-matières en anglais qui utilise un vocabulaire contrôlé servant à accéder et exprimer le contenu-sujet de documents portant sur leCanada et les canadiens.
• Centre international de l'ISSN Pour les publications en série.
• COPIBEC a pour mission de gérer, au nom des éditeurs et des auteurs québécois qui lui en ont confié le mandat, les droits de reproduction de leurs œuvres imprimées (livres, journaux et périodiques).La société gère tant la reproduction sur support papier par des moyens traditionnels comme la photocopie et la télécopie que celle faite sur support électronique (cédérom, banque de données, Internet …). COPIBEC a également conclu des ententes bilatérales avec des sociétés de gestion à l'extérieur du Québec tel ACCESS Copyright afin que ces sociétés autorisent la reproduction des œuvres comprises dans le répertoire de COPIBEC et que, de même, COPIBEC puisse autoriser la reproduction au Québec des œuvres provenant d'ailleurs.
• Liens utiles pour le traitement documentaire (SDM)
• Règles de cataloguage anglo-américaines Les RCAA2/Web constituent la version électronique des ClassWeb que l'ASTED (Association pour l'avancement des sciences et techniques de la documentation) est responsable de publier et de mettre à jour. Le corpus de base des RCAA2 a été converti intégralement avec un souci du respect de la forme de la version imprimée.
• REPÈRE (SDM) Un index analytique qui permet de retracer l'information parue depuis 1980 dans des périodiques de langue française publiés au Québec, ailleurs au Canada, en France, en Belgique et en Suisse. Ces périodiques sont de nature générale ou spécialisée et couvrent tous les domaines du savoir. Chaque référence de REPÈRE fait l'objet d'un signalement complet accompagné, s'il y a lieu, d'un bref résumé
• Ressources documentaires sur la norme Z39.50 par Fay Turner, dans Flash Réseau no 43, Services de technologie de l'information, 1997
• RFID en bibliothèques (via Vagabondages / Thomas Chaimbault)
• Service des nouveaux livres (Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) Le Service des nouveaux livres (SNL) est votre accès à l'information la plus à jour sur les publications canadiennes récemment parues ou à paraître.
• Trucs et astuces. (Réparation des ouvrages abîmés) Brodart.
• La version Web du Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM) (Bibliothèque et Archives Canada). Ce site donne accès à plus de 200 000 vedettes-matière françaises et à leurs équivalents anglais, ainsi qu'à une trentaine de listes de subdivisions applicables à ces vedettes. / This Web version of the Répertoire de vedettes-matière (RVM) provides access to more than 200 000 French subject headings and to their English equivalents, as well as access to some 30 lists of subdivisions applicable to these headings.