American Library Association 2009 Annual Conference

Program Announcement

Presented by: ALCTS CRS Committee on Holdings Information

WHEN:  Saturday July 11, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

WHERE:  Chicago Hilton, Continental B

PROGRAM:  Holdings Update Forum

“The Changing Landscape of Serials Holdings Information”

The forum will be a roundup of information about holdings data in its various forms and across a variety of systems.  It will examine the current state of serials holdings in library systems and electronic coverage data in journal databases and access management knowledge bases.

PANELISTS:

Steven Knowlton, Library Holdings Consultant, UMI/ProQuest

How ProQuest handles original data provided by the publishers and how they present it in the full-text aggregator’s database

Moshe Efron, VP Product Development, TDNet

TDNet’s implementation of ONIX SOH version 1.1.  How they provide both enumeration and chronology data for e-journal coverage at the level of holdings details that is comparable to the level of details in MARC 21 Holdings standard in library systems.

Les Hawkins, CONSER Coordinator, Library of Congress

This presentation will discuss CONSER publication patterns initiative and its future directions.  New ideas of developing a universal holdings database and making use of OCLC local holdings records to support mass digitization and preservation projects will also be explored.