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8/22/95

MEMORANDUM

To: Subject Specialists

From: Mark Watson

Subject: OCLC Internet Cataloging Project

The UO is an enrolled participant in OCLC's project to build a catalog of materials available via the Internet. This project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Library Programs, runs through March 31, 1996. As OCLC's project summary states, this is an effort to initiate "a nationwide, coordinated effort among libraries and institutions of higher education to create, implement, test, and evaluate a searchable database of USMARC format bibliographic records, complete with electronic location and access information (USMARC field 856), for Internet-accessible materials." As a project participant, the UO has indicated its willingness to identify, select, and catalog Internet resources and contribute those machine-readable records to OCLC. So far, two bibliographic records have been created and input into the OCLC database (see below). They do not, as yet, appear in Janus.

A number of very useful Web sites related to the Project have been developed. All of these sites are linked to the Project Home Page, but the URLs are provided below to give you a sense of what is available.


OCLC Internet Cataloging Project Home Page

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


Internet Resources on OCLC Home Page

http://ftplaw.wuacc.edu/icat/oclcrec/inet.html

This site provides access to selected bibliographic records for Internet resources that have been cataloged on OCLC. Many of these records have been created as part of the OCLC Internet Cataloging Project. OCLC records can be accessed by title, by OCLC number, by date entered in OCLC, and by date added to this site. These listings provide project participants and other catalogers a way to easily review examples of OCLC records for internet resources.


Intercat Listserv Archive

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/listproc/intercat/archive.html

Any message sent to the INTERCAT listserv is automatically archived at this site. Current Month messages are moved at the end of each month to their own heading. Administrative messages (e.g., requests to be removed from the listserv) are deleted at the end of the month.


InterCat: a Catalog of Internet Resources

http://www.oclc.org:6990/

This searchable database contains bibliographic records for Internet resources that have been selected and cataloged by libraries worldwide. Each descriptive record provides Internet access information, and you can access many resources just by clicking the underlined portion of the "Electronic Access" field.


Examples of Bibliographic Records for Internet Resources:

HELD BY ORU - NO OTHER HOLDINGS
  OCLC:  32910187            Rec stat:    c
  Entered:    19950802       Replaced:    19951010       Used:    19950911
  Type:     m        Bib lvl: m        Source:   d        Lang:   eng
  File:     u           Enc lvl: I          Govt pub:          Ctry:   oru
  Audience:        Mod rec:          Frequn:   n        Regulr:
  Desc:     a                                  Dat tp:   s          Dates:  1995,
  1  040     ORU |c ORU 
  2  090     |b 
  3  049     ORUM
  4  110 2   Project Vote Smart.
  5  245 10  Vote Smart web |h [computer file]
  6  260     [Corvallis, Or. : |b Project Vote Smart, |c 1995] 
  7  538     System requirements: computer, Internet access, World Wide Web
browser.
  8  538     Mode of access: Internet. Address: http://www.vote-smart.org/
  9  500     Title from title screen. 
10  505 0   Your government -- Federal government information -- The
president and the executive branch --  Congress -- The judiciary -- State
government information -- Organized by state -- Political campaigns -- The 1996
presidential campaign -- Issue information -- Organizations related to politics
-- Educational and reference resources -- Historical documents -- How the US
government works, an introduction -- Miscellaneous political resources --
Political humor -- Political audio clips on the Internet -- Images of politics
and government on the Internet -- Other directories of political information.
 11  651  0  United States |x Politics and government. 
 12  650  0  Presidents |z United States |x Election. 
 13  650  0  Elections |z United States. 
 14  650  0  Political candidates |z United States. 
 15  610 10  United States. |b Congress. 
 16  650  0  Legislators |z United States. 
 17  650  0  Legislators |z United States |z States. 
 18  650  0  Politicians |z United States. 
 19  651  0  United States |x History |x Sources. 
 20  856 7   |u http://www.vote-smart.org/ |2 http 

 HELD BY ORU - NO OTHER HOLDINGS
  OCLC:  32943860            Rec stat:    c
  Entered:    19950809       Replaced:    19951010       Used:    19950911
 Type:     m        Bib lvl: m        Source:   d        Lang:   eng
  File:     u          Enc lvl: I          Govt pub:          Ctry:   oru
  Audience:        Mod rec:         Frequn:   n        Regulr:
  Desc:     a                                 Dat tp:   s          Dates:  1995,    
  1  040     ORU |c ORU 
  2  090     |b  
  3  049     ORUM
  4  245 00  UO image library |h [computer file]
  5  246 3   University of Oregon image library
  6  246 1   |i Also called a UO image collection
  7  246 3   University of Oregon image collection
  8  260     [Eugene, OR : |b University of Oregon Library, |c 1995].
  9  538     System requirements: computer, Internet access, World Wide Web
browser.
 10  538     Mode of access: Internet. Address: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/uo/images/
 11  500     Title from title screen.
 12  500     "This portion of the UO Library "UO Image Collection" contains
official seals and logos of the university, logos of institutions associated
with the university, and a few related images. Note that it does not contain UO
"duck logos." Those logos are copyright Walt Disney Company; for permission to
use the Oregon duck contact the UO Office of Merchandising."--Seals and Logos
of the University introductory page.
 13  500     Page for each logo includes: Item description, usage guidelines
additional information, and available images (variations of size and image
format).
 14  505 0   Seals and logos of the university -- Other image libraries on
the Internet.
 15  610 20  University of Oregon. |x Seals.
 16  650  0  Logotype.
 17  710 2   University of Oregon. |b Library.
 18  856 7   |u http://libweb.uoregon.edu/uo/images/ |2 http


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