Abstract: The paper considers technological advances and information education over the 25 years of existence of Education for information. Some key developments pre 1980 such as development of MARC and library co-operatives are mentioned along with key post 1980 developments including networking, World Wide Web and digital image capturing. The introduction of these developments in the National Library of Scotland is briefly described.
Publications on technology and information education are considered. Reference is made to the publications on activities arising from the sponsorship of the British Library Research and Development department in the late 197os and early 1980s.
Relevant publications in Education for information are mentioned and particular reference made to the thematic issue on the Internet published in 1995. It is suggested that the editors should consider creating thematic issues on digital libraries and future online catalogues.
Abstract: This paper describes a JISC-funded proof of concept project which used the ONIX for Serials (Serials Online Holdings) format for the transmission of data from Serials Solutions, a publication access management service, to a union catalogue (SUNCAT). Serials Solutions created files of current electronic serials data held by the Universities of Glasgow and Leeds, and transmitted the files to EDINA, a national data centre and host of SUNCAT, the UK serials database. The files were processed and data extracted and used to update the MARC 21 records for the libraries held in SUNCAT. The project demonstrated that ONIX for Serials (Serials Online Holdings) was well designed with quite a full set of data elements and that it was relatively straightforward to develop capabilities, both to create files in the format and to process files. It was recommended that the format should include values for more identifiers than the electronic ISSN and that information on implementation of ONIX for Serials capabilities should be made more widely known by library systems suppliers.
Abstract: The paper sets out to re-assess the role for SUNCAT as national union serials catalogue, considering how it might move beyond its original remit as a simple route to discover and locate serials, to be a component in a system that also supports request and access to serial content. This is set within the context of the needs of scholarly communication and the particular role played by journals. The serials' community is faced with a paradigm shift, which challenges existing publishing practices. Union catalogues have traditionally played a role in resource sharing, often in association with schemes of inter-library loan. With online access to content and telematic opportunity, there are new possibilities that could also build on collaborative action. Opportunity is taken to review other union catalogues of serials, centralised and virtual, that are defined by theme or geographical location, both regional and national.
