Identifying e-books authored by faculty: a method for scoping the digital collection and curating a list

Authors

  • Sonali Sugrim E-Resources and Content Management Librarian, Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029
  • Laura Schimming Assistant Director, Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029
  • Gali Halevi Director, Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.514

Keywords:

Cataloging, Metadata, Curated Lists, Affiliated Authors, Digital Collections

Abstract

Electronic books are a substantial component of many academic libraries. Many libraries aim to make their collections easily discoverable through curated lists. The authors’ library devised a methodology to identify and flag all e-books authored by our institution’s faculty using MARCEdit and Microsoft Access. We highlight some of the challenges in gathering a comprehensive list of titles, the process of formulating such a list, and the measures needed to actively curate e-books by faculty for both content already in the collection and newly published titles.

Author Biography

Sonali Sugrim, E-Resources and Content Management Librarian, Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029

E-Resources and Content Management Librarian

Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Published

2019-01-04

Issue

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2019): January 2019

Section

Trends and Techniques