Cataloging Internet resources

[Michael Uwe Moebius <au007 _at__ rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE>]

Guten Morgen liebe Leute,
 
das folgende duerfte von Interesse fuer uns sein (ob bei diesem Internet-
Wachstum das Geld reichen wird??? ;-)
 
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The following announcement has been posted to AUTOCAT, PACS-L, and EMEDIA.
 
Please forward to other lists and colleagues as appropriate.
 
Inquiries to: Erik Jul, jul _at__ oclc.org, (614) 764-4364, (614) 764-0155 Fax.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL:
                                                 Erik Jul (614) 764-4364
                                                 erik_jul _at__ oclc.org
                                                 Nita Dean (614) 761-5002
                                                 nita_dean _at__ oclc.org
 
                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROVIDES GRANT
                       FOR CATALOG OF INTERNET RESOURCES
 
    DUBLIN, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1994--The U.S. Department of Education has awarded
 
a $62,000 College Library Technology and Cooperation grant to support the OCLC
 
project, "Building a Catalog of Internet Resources."
 
    The project initiates a nationwide, coordinated effort among libraries and
 
institutions of higher education to create, implement, test and evaluate a
 
searchable database of USMARC format bibliographic records, complete with
 
electronic location and access information, for Internet-accessible materials.
 
    The grant funds 58 percent of the $107,327 project; OCLC is contributing
 
the balance of the costs.  The 18-month project is funded from Oct. 1, 1994, to
 
March 31, 1996, through the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, Title II-A.
 
    "We are pleased to be able to build upon the earlier efforts of the OCLC
 
office of research and to continue extending the value of the nation's
 
libraries, library systems and catalogs to include the rapidly growing world of
 
networked information," said Martin Dillon, director, OCLC library resources
 
management division, who will serve as project director.  "It is essential that
 
libraries and OCLC gain experience using library catalogs, methods and
 
practices to include Internet materials."
 
    In a volunteer effort, libraries participating in this project, in
 
cooperation with representatives from their host institutions, will identify,
 
select and catalog computer files available via the Internet.
 
    OCLC will provide participants with cataloging guidelines and help-desk
 
support, and facilitate the creation, searching and retrieval of bibliographic
 
records through OCLC systems.
 
    In addition to bibliographic description, records created in this effort
 
will contain location and access information, and they will be accessible
 
through the OCLC PRISM service and the FirstSearch WorldCat database.  The
 
collection of records also will be made available experimentally for general
 
Internet access, and OCLC will test the technical feasibility of providing
 
direct user access to remote materials based on encoded location and access
 
information.
 
    At the conclusion of the project, OCLC will host a colloquium and publish
 
results in print and electronic format.
 
    OCLC is a nonprofit computer library service and research organization
 
whose computer network and services link more than 18,000 libraries in 61
 
countries and territories.