SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• CONSER (15 Aug 2008)
• Swansea University (15 Aug 2008)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• Cranfield University (15 Aug 2008)
• Dundee University (05 Aug 2008)
• Exeter University (01 Aug 2008)
• ISSN (15 Aug 2008)
• London School of Economics & Political Science (25 May 2008)
• Newcastle University (06 Aug 2008)
• Queen's University, Belfast (31 July 2008)
• Royal Society of Medicine (08 Aug 2008)
• St. Andrews University (05 Aug 2008)
• Warwick University (07 Aug 2008)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Expansion to MARC downloading service for SUNCAT Contributing Libraries

SUNCAT has just released a second parallel downloading service to complement the initial pilot service introduced last year. Contributing Libraries can continue to access the CONSER only records with their existing connection and configuration, but may now replace this, or add a second connection to the new service, which contains both CONSER and ISSN records and will gradually expand to include Contributing Libraries' MARC records. The CONSER only database will be maintained to provide libraries with quick and easy access to these high quality records, with the second service providing a more comprehensive coverage of records.

There is no charge for these services, Contributing Libraries can simply visit http://www.suncat.ac.uk/support/z-target-auth.shtml for details on how to set up the Z39.50 connection and start downloading records.

CONSER is the cooperative online serials cataloguing programme coordinated by the US Library of Congress. There are over one million high quality CONSER records on SUNCAT, with particularly strong coverage in current STM titles.

Each ISSN assigned to a serial publication is registered in the ISSN Register and with over one million ISSN numbers assigned, this database is one of the most comprehensive and authoritative sources for the identification of serial publications world-wide.

The facility is only available to SUNCAT Contributing Libraries and therefore a username and password is required to set up the connection. These details remain the same as for the pilot service and have already been sent to the primary SUNCAT contacts at each Contributing Library.

Contributing Libraries should contact the EDINA helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk if they need a reminder of their username/password, experience any problems setting up or using the service or have comments about the service.

Job Opportunity - SUNCAT Bibliographic Assistant

An opportunity has arisen to join the SUNCAT team in a new post to support a two year project to improve and automate serials data ingest:

SUNCAT Bibliographic Assistant

This new full time post is to assist and support the SUNCAT team in creating and delivering SUNCAT, through contributions to the data preparation and loading process of the contributed catalogue records.

Experience of working in an academic library with serials would be an advantage.

You will have a good educational background with excellent IT and organisational skills.

Please click on the following link (or search: http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/) for the full job description and application information:

http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3009597

The closing date for applications is: Friday 29th August 2008.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• Birmingham University (28 April 2008)
• Bristol University (05 Aug 2008)
• British Geological Survey (31 July 2008)
• British Library (01 Aug 2008)
• Cambridge University (04 Aug 2008)
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (05 Aug 2008)
• London Business School (06 Aug 2008)
• National Library of Scotland (01 Aug 2008)
• Royal College of Music (04 Aug 2008)
• University of East Anglia (28 July 2008)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• CONSER (01 Aug 2008)
• Kent University (01 Aug 2008)
• Nottingham University (01 Aug 2008)
• Sheffield University (18 July 2008)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.