RE: New Book list in academic environment

[kjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx]

Stefanie,

I do the monthly lists myself, as it gives me an opportunity to see what's
come in, and check for any glaring cataloging mistakes, typos, etc. before
the new materials are "publicized".  It takes me a couple of hours, as I
massage the lists, run them through PERL scripts, and copy-paste them into
preset templates.  We don't exclude anything any more, although we used to
leave out dissertations and journals.

Copy-catalogers create the daily lists of journal receipts and the weekly
lists of new books received, as well as weekly lists of analytics records
created by special journal issues.  These are much simpler, and are merely
text files that are linked from a main page by a date.  We only keep these
lists for a month, as they get superseded by the monthly lists.  It usually
takes them 15 minutes to a half-hour to put up these lists on the web,
depending on how long they are - once the lists have run, whose timing
depends on how big your own database is and how fast the processor is on
your machine.

All these lists are generated through the "Create Lists" in the Innopac,
then exported and loaded into the library's web pages.  If you want to see
our work, the link is:
http://library.caltech.edu/techservices/new/newmaterials.htm


Katherine Johnson
Head, Technical Services
Caltech Library System
Millikan Library 1-32
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA  91125
Tel: (626) 395-6065	Fax: (626) 792-7540
kjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx



-----Original Message-----
From: Stefanie Wittenbach [mailto:stefw@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:02 AM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: New Book list in academic environment


My main question in relation to new books lists is who does the work to
prepare these?  Which department is responsible for it and what level of
staff do you have working on it?  Also, can you estimate how much time
it takes to produce the list?  Do you include all books processed in the
"new" period of time, including added volumes, gifts, and second copies?

The list has repeatedly discussed the mechanics of producing such a list
in various formats, but I've not seen much discussion of the staffing or
decision-making behind the list production.

Stefanie

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Stefanie Wittenbach
Interim Assistant University Librarian for Technical
Services and Budget Analysis and Head of Acquisitions
University Libraries
University of California, Riverside
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside, CA  92517
(909) 787-2805
(909) 787-3720 fax
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-admin@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:innopac-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gowing, Cheryl A.
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: New Book list in academic environment
> 
> 
> We post monthly list of new acquisitions organized by 
> academic discipline, as well as unique collection.  We also 
> post a weekly list of all new acquisitions, with listings by 
> author, title, or call number.
> 
> One of our web librarians, Lyn McCorkle, used the perl script 
> posted by Yuan Yao of Georgetown Law as a starting point for 
> her script.  We output lists of records from Create Lists, 
> then I believe she uses the
> call no. information to sort the records into disciplines.   The new
> acquisitions by discipline displays call no, title [complete 
> 245], and imprint, with a link to the full record based on a 
> oclc number search.
> 
> You can see our New Acquisitions lists at: 
> http://www.library.miami.edu/library/acquisitions.html
> 
> This 
> is a common topic on the listserv. You might try a search of the
> archives on 'new acquisitions', 'new book list', or 'perl script'.    
> 
> Yuan's perl script is still available at: 
> http://www.nellco.org/pub/acq.htm#top
> 
> Cheryl A. Gowing
> ILS 
> System Coordinator
> Richter Library
> University of Miami
> Coral Gables, FL 33124
>  
> Ph: (305) 284-6018
> Fax: (305) 284-4027
> cgowing@xxxxxxxxxx
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Scaturro [mailto:scaturro@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:58 PM
> To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: New Book list in academic environment
> 
> 
> Is anyone using "Create Lists" to create a new book list for 
> each discipline each semester?  
> 
> 
> 
> Frank Scaturro
> Computer Operations Manager
> Adelphi  University / Library
> 1 South Ave - Garden City , NY 11530
> 
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