INFORUM 2011

eBooks and Library Catalogs

Author

Barbora Drobíková, Charles University in Prague - Protestant Theological Faculty and Faculty of Arts - Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Czech Republic

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Abstract

PTF CU is a subscriber of several electronic book collections. The contribution focuses on a practical use of ebooks on PTF CU. It compares the coverage of ebooks and the printed collection. The statistical usage is presented aswell. A small probe into abroad experience is considered which show that the import of bibliographic records of ebooks into library catalogs improves their usage. We can meet a refusal or record import in the Czech Republic. The problem is seen in the access points and their incompatibility with the national authority file. We ask questions about the subject access in the Czech language too. The contribution touches therefore the theoretical problem of an imported bibliographic record of an ebook and the goal of a library catalog in the heterogenous environment of electronic information resources and its marketing potential.

Author's professional CV

Barbora Drobíková

1. librarian PTF CU – administration of electronic information resources and publishing activities of PTF CU scholars
2. assistant on Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship on Charles University, member of the librarian section – cataloging courses