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- Libraries Australia Advisory Mechanisms
- Guidelines for Cataloguing Remote Access Electronic Resources
- Past Expert Advisory Group on Cataloguing of Electronic Resources
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Expert Advisory Group to review the guidelines for the cataloguing of electronic resources
This EAG has been formed to review the Libraries Australia guidelines for cataloguing of electronic resources. The group will commence meeting via teleconference in the near future. The existing guidelines and other working papers of the EAG will be available on the web at:http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/EAGelecres.html and there will be regular updates posted to librariesaustralia-l
In 2005, Libraries Australia conducted a survey on cataloguing and access issues for electronic collections in Australian libraries. The results suggest a number of potential areas where Libraries Australia could work with libraries to improve the management and access of electronic resources. In particular, there is scope to encourage improved workflows by providing guidance on options for obtaining and managing bibliographic records. There is also opportunity to encourage consistency of cataloguing approaches and improved levels of contribution to the Australian National Bibliographic Database.
The Libraries Australia Advisory Committee at its meeting in February 2006 recommended that an Expert Advisory Group be established to review and update the Libraries Australia guidelines for the cataloguing of electronic resources and to provide advice on actions that Libraries Australia could take to encourage improved library workflows for managing access to e-resources.
- Terms of Reference
- Membership
- Survey on Representation of Electronic Resources in Library Catalogues and the Australian National Bibliographic Database 2005 (Word document)
- Guidelines for Cataloguing Remote Access Electronic Resources
If you have any questions please contact us.
Terms of Reference
- Review the issues relating to the cataloguing of electronic resources on the National Bibliographic Database;
- Facilitate discussion with Libraries Australia users on this issue;
- Review and, if necessary, update the Libraries Australia guidelines for the cataloguing of electronic resources;
- Provide recommendations to Libraries Australia on actions it could take to encourage improved library workflows for managing access to e-resources
Membership
| Anatta Abrahams | State Library of New South Wales |
| Carmel Denholm | State Library of Tasmania |
| Lisa McIntosh | University of Western Sydney |
| Dorota Pudlowski | La Trobe University |
| Bemal Rajapatirana | Libraries Australia |
| Robert Walls | Libraries Australia |
| Julie Whiting | National Library |
Guidelines for cataloguing remote access electronic resources
The Guidelines for Cataloguing Remote Access Electronic Resources have been developed to provide guidance and advice when cataloguers are creating or editing bibliographic and holdings statements for remote access electronic resources. These guidelines consolidate, extend and replace the previously and separately issued electronic resource guidelines:
- guidelines for cataloguing of electronic resources
- Guidelines for the Cataloguing of E-Book resources
- guidelines for electronic resource holdings statements on the NBD
Revisions to the existing guidelines include:
- adoption of an aggregator neutral record policy
- recommended and preferred use of persistent identifiers in the Electronic location field (865)
- the requirement for availability notes in holdings statements only when items are not available for document delivery or have other access restrictions
- the option to include an extent statement for remote access materials
- optional inclusion of the Electronic location field (856) when using the Additional physical form note (530) when describing both the original and alternate form in a single record
- systems requirements notes only for detailing special access requirements and not for standard browser access
- inclusive examples for a range of material types (e.g. monographs, journals, thesis)
Libraries are encouraged to use these guidelines and feedback on the advice provided can be submitted to Libraries Australia via the Help Desk on 1800 026 155.

