DOCUMENTING THE CATALOGING PRACTICES AND POLICIES AMONG SELECTED LIBRARIES IN KAZAKHSTAN

Objective. A survey was conducted among selected librarian catalogers in Kazakhstan to determine the current cataloging practices and policies being employed in their respective libraries. Methods. Responses suggested that cataloging is still one of the important aspects of the library work even with the emergence of electronic resources. Results. While many were still applying traditional standards such as MARC, AACR, LC and DDC in their descriptive cataloging and authority works, catalogers were interested in new standards such as RDA and BIBFRAME. Conclusions. Finally, interests in having a unified online catalog as well as more trainings on the field of cataloging and metadata librarianship in the future has also been considered by these libraries to improve the quality of their cataloging work.

Retraction notice regarding several articles published in Tumor Biology

The publisher and the Editor-in-Chief, in consultation with former publisher of Tumor Biology, retract a total of 15 articles from the journals’ online catalog. The articles were published in different issues of the journal during the period 2014–2016. All articles affected by this retraction notice have problems related to image manipulation or misuse. A detailed explanation is given for each retracted article. The investigations were carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

L’alluvione del 1966 e la Biblioteca Nazionale Un ‘safari’ della memoria

Pictures and stories from the 1966 flood at the National Central Library of Florence told in an interactive exploration. A visit to relive in the present, through augmented reality, the photographs and videos of the time observed from the same point of view of 1966, in a journey in steps that reconstructed the most important moments of the flood. The project also allowed the digitization of approximately 3,500 images of the National Library’s photographic archive scanned at high resolution, filed in the Library’s online catalog (OPAC).

Moving a Unique Collection to Storage: Improving Access Now and Later

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library collected college and university publications (the C-Collection) for several decades without allocating the resources to catalog them. A project to make these items discoverable by patrons was initiated, and tens of thousands of items were added to the online catalog. These items were physically stabilized and transferred to the library’s high-density storage facility. A portion of the collection was also digitized, providing electronic access. Although circulation trended downward, there was no clear indication that materials were less accessible in high-density storage, and new items were discovered that had not previously circulated. Digital surrogates of library material clearly allowed the library to reach a much larger audience, and ideal storage conditions to preserve physical materials long-term combined with electronically available copies appear to be an ideal means for providing greater access while preserving content.

The DIAMOND portal: An innovative platform for sharing translational research workforce training and assessment resources

Although several initiatives have produced core competency domains for training the translational science workforce, training resources to help clinical research professionals advance these skills reside primarily within local departments or institutions. The Development, Implementation, and AssessMent of Novel Training in Domain (DIAMOND) project was designed to make this training more readily and publicly available. DIAMOND includes a digital portal to catalog publicly available educational resources and an ePortfolio to document professional development. DIAMOND is a nationally crowdsourced, federated, online catalog providing a platform for practitioners to find and share training and assessment materials. Contributors can share their own educational materials using a simple intake form that creates an electronic record; the portal enables users to browse or search this catalog of digital records and access the resources. Since September 2018, the portal has been visited more than 5,700 times and received over 280 contributions from professionals. The portal facilitates opportunities to connect and collaborate regarding future applications of these resources. Consequently, growing the collection and increasing numbers of both contributors and users remains a priority. Results from a small subset of users indicated over half accomplished their purpose for visiting the site, while qualitative results showed that users identified several benefits and helpful features of the ePortfolio.

Inovasi Perpustakaan Melalui Pemanfaatan Teknologi Augmented Reality Dan Virtual Reality di Era Generasi Z

This study aims to determine the benefits of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality technology applied to libraries in the Z generation era. The research method used study of literature by collecting several reference as sources that are relevant to the study material and and interviews with several generation Z informants. The results of the study found that the implementation of Augmented Reality technology can be used to create and read the Interactive Opac Brochure with AR; Utilization of Library Collection Display; Utilization for Searching Library Collections in Shelves through AR; Utilization for Interactive Learning Media for Users. While the implementation of Virtual Reality technology can be used for tours or library tours; Library Services; Information Literacy and Online Catalog.