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    Analysis of Readex's Serial Set MARC records: improving the data for the library catalog
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012) Draper, Daniel C., author; Lederer, Naomi, author; Elsevier, publisher
    Colorado State University Libraries (CSUL) purchased the digitized United States Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994 and American State Papers (1789-1838) from the Readex Division of NewsBank, inc and, once funds and records were available, the accompanying MARC records. The breadth of information found in the Serial Set is described, along with the difficulties in using the print version (incorporated in the literature review, which includes citations of announcements of the digital collections and reviews of the software). The digital version of the Serial Set has its advantages, but there are additional rewards (much greater discovery opportunities) when items in the digital collection are directly accessible from the library catalog. The purchased MARC records, while overall excellent, had problems that needed to be corrected before they were loaded into CSUL's Innovative Interfaces library catalog. Patron access impact was used as a criterion when determining which of the records would be fixed before loading. High impact problems were identified and solutions derived for: multiple 245 (title) fields; 245 second indicator zero with titles beginning with a, an, or the; dollar sign used in text; fixed field date; languages; subject headings; creating proxy URLs; classification numbers; and author authority control (e.g. corporate entries and presidential entry errors).
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    Duplication of Serial Set publications in the American State Papers: an annotated inventory
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013) Imholtz, August A., author; Draper, Daniel C., author; American Library Association, publisher
    The American State Papers collection of Congressional and Executive Branch publications, which in total number more than 6,300 documents, not only covers the fourteen Congresses before the initiation of the Congressional Serial Set in Dec. 1817 but for the final three-fifths of the collection overlaps chronologically with the first two decades of the Serial Set. Over 2,650 of the American State Papers publications reprint, with some occasional minor alterations and a few major ones, Reports and Documents originally published in the Serial Set. This paper provides for the first time an annotated list of all those duplicated publications.
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    Duplication of Serial Set publications in the American State Papers: an annotated inventory part II
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014) Imholtz, August A., author; Draper, Daniel C., author; Conrardy, Alicia, author; American Library Association, publisher
    The American State Papers collection of Congressional and Executive Branch publications, which in total number more than 6,300 documents, not only covers the fourteen Congresses before the initiation of the Congressional Serial Set in Dec. 1817 but for the final three-fifths of the collection overlaps chronologically with the first two decades of the Serial Set. Over 2,650 of the American State Papers publications reprint, with some occasional minor alterations and a few major ones, Reports and Documents originally published in the Serial Set. This paper provides for the first time an annotated list of all those duplicated publications.
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    Managing patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) records in a multiple model environment
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013) Draper, Daniel C., author; Taylor & Francis, publisher
    Academic libraries have widely embraced patron-driven acquisition (PDA) models for electronic and print books. Vendors supply title level MARC records to facilitate discovery through library catalogs, and managing these records can be challenging. Colorado State University Libraries (CSUL) implemented four PDA models over the past two years. Since these records constitute a growing portion of the collection, CSUL recognizes the importance of developing careful record management policies and workflows to handle various acquisitions models. In this article the author describes the four PDA models, the cataloging policies and processes, and staffing levels needed for managing the records.
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    Packaging, transforming and migrating data from a scientific research project to an institutional repository: the SGS LTER Collection
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-12-10) Kaplan, Nicole E., author; Baker, Karen S., author; Draper, Daniel C., author; Swauger, Shea, author; SGS-LTER, Colorado State University, publisher
    This report describes the process of preserving a collection of project-related scientific research materials - data, metadata, and artifacts - produced over 32 years at the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research (SGS LTER) site. The SGS LTER operated out of Colorado State University (CSU), located in Nunn, Colorado and was funded by National Science Foundation (NSF). Preservation plans were motivated by the 2012 decommissioning announcement for this long-term project (1982-2014) and its local data management system. A two-fold strategy was developed to ensure preservation and community access to the entire collection. In addition to satisfying NSF requirements for submission of data to the LTER Network Information System (LTER NIS), the local information manager identified a second task: creation of a collection including data, metadata and a diverse set of materials that together represent the SGS LTER project as a whole. Migration of the SGS LTER data management system was designated a pilot project for curation of research data within the CSU Institutional Repository, as part of Digital Collections of Colorado (DCC). The SGS LTER collection comprises approximately 5 gigabytes of data and supporting materials. There are close to one hundred datasets produced by SGS LTER that are diverse, small files with extensive metadata, well described using the Ecological Metadata Language (EML). These data are largely field-based, geo-located, time-series measurements, which have been integrated longitudinally. Other series of materials prepared for the collection include over 400 image files, 17 Geographic Information System spatial layers, species lists, and proposals and progress reports to NSF. EML from the SGS LTER data management system was transformed to Dublin Core for discovery through the DCC and was used to implement an expanded set of elements important for research data documentation. A strategy was developed to meet the requirement for programmatic access by machine to data from the LTER NIS via a landing page created for each data package. In effect, data are publicly available and automatically harvested by other data repositories, transforming the SGS LTER collection from existing independently to contributing as part of a federated network of scholarly research. Expansion of the notion of curation from submission of research data to that of creating an interoperable SGS LTER project collection within the DCC revealed new issues and activities to consider. Issues that emerged included design of workflows to create and transform metadata, data exchange between source and secondary repositories, versioning and use of persistent identifiers for digital objects, data citation registries for assessing outcomes of research, and the role of a collection-related information manager. This pilot study was made possible by an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort to preserve data and materials from a historical scientific research project.