Terms of reference
The terms of reference of this EAG were to:
- review the issues relating to the cataloguing of electronic resources on the ANBD
- facilitate discussion with Libraries Australia users on this issue
- review and if necessary, update Libraries Australia’s guidelines for cataloguing e-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 NSW)
- Carmel Denholm ( State Library of Tasmania)
- Lisa McIntosh (University of Western Sydney)
- Dorota Pudlowski (La Trobe University)
- Julie Whiting (National Library of Australia)
- Bemal Rajapatirana (Libraries Australia)
- Robert Walls (Libraries Australia)
Meetings & papers
The EAG was established in July 2006 with its first meeting held on 30 August 2006.
Outcomes
The new Guidelines for cataloguing remote access e-resources were developed to provide guidance and advice when cataloguers are creating or editing bibliographic and holdings statements for remote access e-resources. These guidelines consolidate, extend and replace the previously and separately issued e-resource guidelines, which were:
- Guidelines for cataloguing e-resources
- Guidelines for cataloguing e-book resources
- Guidelines for e-resource holdings statements on the ANBD
Revision made to the old guidelines included:
- 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 the Help Desk.
