The Hope library has received a large donation of bicycling related materials from the personal collection of Dr. Shimano, a retired faculty member of the sports science division. Not only has she donated materials including videos, books, manuals, and several cycling related memorabilia, she is donating her time as a subject specialist and 10,000 dollars for cataloging & curation of the collection. Dr. Shimano has always enjoyed the excellent services provided by the library during her career and would like to give back to the library as she enters retirement. Additionally she looks forward to working with the library 20 hours a week in order to keep her mind sharp. She is very enthusiastic and the library feels she will be able to contribute immensely to the project. We consider this project a priority as a way to show our gratitude for her involvement.The collection consists of the following:
Books: 2,000
Videos: 500 (Mostly amateur video of cycling races & training sessions)
Manuals: 350
Other Memorabilia: 300
The bulk of the collection is monogrpahs and will be described using MARC and AACR2. The remainder of the collection will be described with MODS. We have choosen MODS because of the high number of items which are not well suited for traditional cataloging. We intend to create a user interface for Dr. Shimano to aid in the cataloging of the collection. We feel that MODS is best suited for someone with subject expertise and little cataloging experience. A trained cataloger will review her work and supply any additional information.
Dr. Shimano's collection consists of nearly 2,000 books, of which around 95% have acceptable copy in the OCLC database. Since the donor of the collection does not wish or require the library to maintain a separate physical collection for the monographs, all books will be integrated into the main collection. Bookplates will be placed in the materials and donor notes will be added to the MARC records. The other five percent will need original cataloging, and the library intends to perform NACO work as needed on the name headings.
Books: 2,000
Videos: 500 (Mostly amateur video of cycling races & training sessions)
Manuals: 350
Other Memorabilia: 300
The bulk of the collection is monogrpahs and will be described using MARC and AACR2. The remainder of the collection will be described with MODS. We have choosen MODS because of the high number of items which are not well suited for traditional cataloging. We intend to create a user interface for Dr. Shimano to aid in the cataloging of the collection. We feel that MODS is best suited for someone with subject expertise and little cataloging experience. A trained cataloger will review her work and supply any additional information.
Dr. Shimano's collection consists of nearly 2,000 books, of which around 95% have acceptable copy in the OCLC database. Since the donor of the collection does not wish or require the library to maintain a separate physical collection for the monographs, all books will be integrated into the main collection. Bookplates will be placed in the materials and donor notes will be added to the MARC records. The other five percent will need original cataloging, and the library intends to perform NACO work as needed on the name headings.
Most of the collection is in excellent condition and very few items will require preservation treatment. We felt that some items should be reconsidered, such as the inclusion of owners manuals for racing bicycles. Dr. Shimano noted that although the library may not consider the owner's manuals important she finds them essential for research. She contends that the manuals provide geometry specfications for bicycle frames which provide rich data for studying ergonomic effects of bicycle frame design on competitive performance. I intend to create a sample MODS record for a represented manual to see how well the schema can be applied to the object.
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