REVEALed: the truth behind the National Database of Resources in Accessible Formats

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REVEALed the truth behind the National Database
of Resources in Accessible Formats

• Ann Chapman Margaret Sheridan
• UKOLN Reveal Project Manager
• University of Bath

UKOLN is funded by Resource The Council for
Museums, Archives and Libraries, the Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the
Higher Education Funding Councils, as well as by
project funding from the JISC and the European
Union. UKOLN also receives support from the
University of Bath where it is based.
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Session C

• Where are we now?
• and
• Collection Register for Reveal

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Where are we now?

• Project Manager
• Union database
• Retrospective conversion
• Collection register

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The Union database

• Choice of LMS
• DCMS tendering process
• Likely timescale
• Bibliographic standard

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Retrospective conversion

• 86,000 records on NUCAF
• c. 80,000 missing
• Retrospective cataloguing
• Pilot, phase 1 and phase 2
• Alice system and Reveal bibliographic
  standard

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Collections Register

• Database software in place
• Data being collecting from organisations
• Data entry
• Launching the register

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Where can I find?

• Locating
• all sources of accessible materials
• resources on specific subjects
• resources in specific formats
• contact details
• user charges and eligibility criteria

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The solution

• A collections register
• Collection records
• Sub and Super collection records
• Catalogue available records
• Extension of RSLP schema

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Collection Register

• A web based resource
• Accessible directly by visually impaired
• Provision for organisations to update their
  own entries
• Search options

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Collection data

• Title, description, stock levels
• Language, audience, format
• Catalogues available
• Subject and strength
• User charges and eligibility criteria

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Agent data

• Collection owner details
• Customer service details
• Reveal housekeeping data
• Partner number
• Adding records to Reveal
• Notifies Intention to Transcribe
• Permission to transcribe process

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Catalogues available

• All or part of collection?
• For which format(s)?
• Available in which format?
• Charges and availability

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Sub Super Collections

• RNIB
• Braille Library, Talking Books, Cassette
  Library
• NLB
• Braille, Moon, music scores, large print
• Unseen History, Learners Library

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Subject and Strength

• Subject
• Dewey - BIC - subject terms
• Strength - Conspectus
• Subject level acquisition policy
• Basic queries - graduate level - research -
  national collections

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Searching

• By keyword
• By audience
• By language
• By format
• The demonstration