Form and Genre Access to Academic Library Digital Collections

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Patricia M. Dragon (Creator)

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East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: This paper provides an examination of how digital collections in academic libraries provide user access to items by form and/or genre. A review of the literature reveals that this is not an area that has received much attention , despite an increased focus on digital collections metadata and on the user experience , as well as the development of form/genre vocabularies on the national scale , such as the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT). Over 100 North American digital collections websites were examined , and the results blended with data received from communications with parties responsible for digital collections metadata. The goals were to reveal possibilities for improving East Carolina University's digital collections website , and additionally to stimulate discussion in the metadata community about best practices in form/genre access for library digital collections.

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Patricia M. Dragon (2020): Form and Genre Access to Academic Library Digital Collections , Journal of Library Metadata , DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2020.1723203

Language: English

Date: 2020

Keywords

Genres, Forms, Dublin Core, Digital collections, User interface

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