Automating E-Resource Workflows with Computer Scripts
| dc.contributor.author | Bradley, Benjamin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-25T19:21:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-25T19:21:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-04-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article illustrates how I have incorporated three different computer scripts into e-resource workflows to manage the large sets of metadata used to provide access to and discovery of the library’s electronic resources. The poster will illustrate the three different workflows and provide screenshots of the computer code and the scripts in action. The first script is the E-Resource Access Checker, developed by Kristinia Sprugin, which I have edited to meet my library’s needs and use to ensure our patrons are presented with functioning URLs to access an e-resource, cutting down on dead or incorrect links in our discovery system. The second script is one I developed in collaboration with collection development librarians to assist with making decisions about e-resources. The script enables a librarian to input a list of titles being considered for cancellation, and the script then uses the WorldCat Knowledge Base (WCKB) API to find the different means of access and their associated coverage dates, thus making it easier to get the information needed for their decisions. The last script automates batch searches of WorldCat using the WorldCat Search API. I use the script to harvest metadata to enrich publisher-provided metadata in the WCKB and to create new collections in the WCKB, providing access to previously inaccessible resources in our discovery layer. This poster is an opportunity to share these workflows and scripts with other librarians and to collaborate on projects to create and manage e-resource metadata. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/k28v-3amw | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bradley, B. (2020). Automating e-resource workflows with computer scripts. Computers in Libraries, 40(3), 24–24. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1041-7915 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/27176 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Information Today | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_us |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland Libraries | en_us |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland (College Park, MD) | en_us |
| dc.subject | Electronic Resources | |
| dc.subject | Library Automation | |
| dc.subject | Library Metadata | |
| dc.title | Automating E-Resource Workflows with Computer Scripts | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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