This session will give an overview some of the specific challenges in repository metadata including working with both user submitted data and automated processes. The presentation will discuss how repository data may be searched and repurposed and the fields that are needed for interoperability to work most effectively. Some relevant metadata schemes will be discussed. The speaker will offer suggestions for ways to look at data from a variety of perspectives to ensure that it meets the organization’s most critical needs.

The University of Iowa Libraries has converted a few print texts to databases, working with an in-house programmer and web developer. These are resource intensive projects, so we do few of them and only for items that are institutionally important. In each case, we are re-envisioning the print text to see how it can be most effectively used online and as such are not merely hosting a previously published PDF but creating a new way to interact with the material. This presentation discusses issues and considerations that have come up in the process.

The University of Iowa is planning to load SFX MARC records to our catalog. We would like the serials records to be merged with print records, and we would like to be able to easily pull the information as our SFX configurations change. The poster session will identify the issues, our solutions, the work we needed to be able to accomplish the loads, and the benefits of the loads. Audience: Cataloging and systems people interested in batch loading serials records Version: 15.2 Educational outcome: Familiarity with the issues involved in the process.

The University of Iowa Libraries make extensive use of ALEPH’s ITM link, allowing one item to be linked to multiple titles, giving us the ability to show circulation information for analytics and “bound withs.” In the process of adding thousands of links, we have found some weaknesses and have devised solutions to deal with difficult situations.

The University of Iowa Libraries has a small e-publishing program as part of our repository and other digital collections. We host a variety of faculty produced scholarship, including videos and image collections, as well as more traditional textual materials. Our working paper and journal collections include a variety of titles, from strongly institutionally affiliated titles to society titles. Setting up this program has been a learning process for us, particularly since we had not previously been a journal publisher. We view e-publishing as part of our commitment to open access scholarship and see this as a way in which we can provide support to faculty, as well as increasing awareness of open access publications. While we prefer to work with fully open access titles, we do support two subscription titles with moving walls for previously print only titles. Our e-publishing program is completely separate from our University Press, a humanities focused, monograph only publisher. The Libraries and the Press have a strong working relationship and we have collaborated in hosting the back content for several monographic series, as well as creating databases out of two of their reference works. This presentation will discuss our program, primarily focusing on e-journals, and share some of our lessons learned.

The University of Iowa Libraries regularly runs a data extraction from the serials module. This session will focus on how we manipulate the data by moving it into a spreadsheet or database management program. The output can be used to develop specialized and routine reports. Audience: Anyone interested in using data extractions to create reports or anyone involved in serials acquisitions Version: 15.2 Educational outcome: To understand how raw data from ALEPH can be used to assist with daily tasks and to create and assist with special projects.

Iowa Research Online (IRO) is a publishing platform for faculty and staff research. These publications may be journal articles, conference presentations, working papers or books. It can also include audio or video files, either as the primary item or as supplementary files. All of the University of Iowa electronic theses and dissertations are in IRO. Student publications may be included with faculty permission. IRO also can host journals and conferences, including peer review workflow. Content is divided into different series by department or unit which can be controlled by individual department. IRO is not approriate for non-public and non-permanent materials nor for large data sets.

Electronic theses and dissertations are beginning to replace the traditional print format with a number of benefits. Stored in the university’s institutional repository, these treasured resources are no longer hidden from view, taking up space on archival shelves. Researchers everywhere can instantly access the ETDs, whose content is easily enriched through a multitude of electronic file types. At the University of Iowa Libraries new collaborations are emerging between digital librarians and catalogers in their efforts to streamline processing. Candidate-supplied metadata gets massaged, enriched, cross-walked and recycled to appear in various guises on a multitude of platforms. Walls break down as dialogues emerge from new workflows, opening new possibilities to leverage skill sets between departments and develop new forms of cooperation.

This presentation will cover general trends and developments in journals and ways libraries can be involved in journal publishing, particularly as trusted repositories of information. Hosting journals is a good way to educate the editors about copyright and open access and scholarly communication. The presentation will cover the types of things you should consider when starting such a service and what type of support you can expect to provide. Practical examples will be given from The University of Iowa’s work with several journals, including migrating online content to a better platform, turning print only titles into online titles and also new titles.

Items in a digital collections are frequently not static, instead being updated in some way. When this information comes from a content provider mixed with new materials, the updates need to be separated from the new content. It also needs to be clear what content specifically was updated. Is it a new image or did a single image become compound images? Was metadata added or removed and were these changes in a field that we have also modified? This presentation will cover using Microsoft Excel and Access to find the updates so that the work can then proceed in CONTENTdm

Libraries are beginning to enter the world of publishing. The Library can work with small societies and faculty wishing to move to online publication of their titles. This presentation will focus on practical tips and considerations for moving a print title online and also for starting new e-journals. Most of the issues are outside the expertise of journal editors but that dovetail nicely with other work in libraries.

The University of Iowa has several currently published journals scattered across the institution, many on out dated simple html sites. We also have a small but growing group of digitized older titles. We are beginning to implement bepress, are continuing to use CONTENTdm, and are a partner in the Hathi Trust. Each of these tools will play a role in our local serials. We are trying to bring some order to the chaos by pulling the titles together, using appropriate tools. We will work closely with campus partners to encourage serials will be most effectively discovered, linked to and archived. We are migrating existing electronic content as well as adding new electronic content (through digitization and hopefully new publication). In addition, our Digital Library Services staff is working closely with our subject specialists and our scholarly communication task force members. This presentation will cover how we are moving this content, working with content providers and choosing the most appropriate display and structure for each title. We began work with bepress in late fall and are moving several titles there as quickly as possible. We are also in the process of loading our student newspaper, a railroad journal and some legislative serials into CONTENTdm. At this point, we don’t know if the Hathi Trust will present serials well, but we need to keep this in mind as the CIC/Google partnership progresses.

The University of Iowa is planning to spend concerted effort implementing Verde during the first six months of 2008. This presentation will cover what we were able to accomplish during that time. Iowa will be focusing on the SFX-Verde synchronization, followed closely by adding licensing information to display through SFX (particularly for ILL concerns and for selectors to get information regarding our archival access). We will also be working on the connection with ALEPH in preparation for SUSHI statistics. By the end of the six months we also hope to have established basic workflows for new materials as well as for A&I databases.

The University of Iowa has licensed the use of Ulrich's subject headings to use instead of the SFX categories. We have replaced the Ulrich's terminology with our own terms, but have used their assignments as the basis of our categories. This presentation will explain how we have worked with the Ulrich's file and how we keep our subjects updated.

This presentation describes the use of Ulrich subject headings, modified to local terminology, in place of the SFx categories.

This session will discuss implementation of Automated Summary Holdings Statements at the University of Iowa Libraries. At Iowa, we needed to consider and adjust to varying prediction pattern practices between library units, data conversion decisions and requirements. Planning, configuration, testing, obstacles, successes and ongoing workflow will be covered.

Every month we get a lot of update reports for changes in the KB and we also have additional statistical reports. What should we be doing with all these reports? What are the most useful ones? Which ones should we be sure to pay attention to? Join this discussion to share what we do with these reports.

This pre-conference covered the first four sessions of the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program’s Integrating Resources Cataloging Workshop, focusing on electronic resources. Steven Miller defined integrating resources and how to identify them. He then explained initial decisions to make when cataloging these resources. He covered the MARC fields and AACR2 rules that are unique for integrating resources and new to people accustomed to cataloging e-journals. Miller discussed how records should be updated to reflect changes in the resources, including how to update records created before the new rules. He concluded by discussing the difficulties of maintaining records for these resources. Recorder, Wendy Robertson.