TY - JOUR
T1 - Cataloging and digitizing ephemera
T2 - One team's experience with Pennsylvania German broadsides and Fraktur
AU - Copeland, Ann
AU - Hamburger, Susan
AU - Hamilton, John
AU - Robinson, Kenneth J.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - The growing interest in ephemera collections within libraries will necessitate the bibliographic control of materials that do not easily fall into traditional categories. This paper discusses the many challenges confronting catalogers when approacing a mixed collection of unique materials of an ephemeral nature. Based on their experience cataloging a collection of Pennsylvania German broadsides and Fraktur at the Pennsylvania State University, the authors describe the process of deciphering handwriting, preserving genealogical information, deciding on cataloging approaches at the format and field level, and furthering access to the materials through digitization and the Encoded Archival Description finding aid. Observations are made on expanding the skills of traditional book catalogers to include manuscript cataloging, and on project management.
AB - The growing interest in ephemera collections within libraries will necessitate the bibliographic control of materials that do not easily fall into traditional categories. This paper discusses the many challenges confronting catalogers when approacing a mixed collection of unique materials of an ephemeral nature. Based on their experience cataloging a collection of Pennsylvania German broadsides and Fraktur at the Pennsylvania State University, the authors describe the process of deciphering handwriting, preserving genealogical information, deciding on cataloging approaches at the format and field level, and furthering access to the materials through digitization and the Encoded Archival Description finding aid. Observations are made on expanding the skills of traditional book catalogers to include manuscript cataloging, and on project management.
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U2 - 10.5860/lrts.50n3.186
DO - 10.5860/lrts.50n3.186
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746330719
SN - 0024-2527
VL - 50
SP - 186
EP - 198
JO - Library Resources and Technical Services
JF - Library Resources and Technical Services
IS - 3
ER -