One for Nine: The Shared Cataloging Program of the California Digital Library |
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| Authors: | Patricia Sheldahl French Rebecca Culbertson Lai-Ying Hsiung |
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| Institution: | 1. Head of Serials, University of California, Davis, CA 95816-5292 USA psfrench@ucdavis.edu;2. Electronic Resources Cataloging Librarian, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-9175 USA rculbertson@ucsd.edu;3. Electronic Resources/Serials Librarian, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA lhsiung@cats.ucsc.edu |
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| Abstract: | AbstractIn 1999, the California Digital Library (CDL) began a new cooperative venture, the Shared Cataloging Program, to improve access to its growing collection of electronic resources. Now known within the University of California (UC) as the SCP, the Shared Cataloging Program, based at UC San Diego, distributes ready-to-use cataloging records for all electronic titles licensed by the CDL to each of the other eight (soon to be nine) physical UC campuses. The SCP is the result of an intensive systemwide planning process fostered by a desire for an innovative approach to providing traditional bibliographic access to large numbers of electronic resources. It was launched out of pragmatic necessity along with an institutional commitment to the cooperative ideals of labor-savings, experimentation, and the search for “best practices.” This article will describe its genesis, current operation, one library's use of the records, and issues for future development. Serials Review 2002; 28:4–12. |
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