期刊名称：DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
电子版ISSN：0976-4658
出版年度：2016
卷号：36
期号：6
DOI：10.14429/djlit.36.6.10608
语种：English
出版社：DESIDOC, Ministry of Defence, India
摘要：Accuracy in cataloguing records is of paramount importance in catalogues. It is not difficult to imagine that errors in the metadata hamper the retrieval of bibliographic records. The present study attempts to investigate the error rate found in the metadata records of the Mysore University Library (MUL). The MUL is one of the oldest university libraries in the country, India. The study selected and analysed the accuracy of 624 metadata records of the Mysore University Library along with 491 records of Library of Congress (LoC). The assessment of the selected records discerned two main types of errors notably: Major and Minor errors. These findings illustrate and prove that the percentage of error rate in MUL is higher than that of LoC. Consequently, the study highlighted that the prevailing error ratio between both institutions reaches almost up to 5:1 (MUL: LoC).
其他摘要：Accuracy in cataloguing records is of paramount importance in catalogues. It is not difficult to imagine that errors in the metadata hamper the retrieval of bibliographic records. The present study attempts to investigate the error rate found in the metadata records of the Mysore University Library (MUL). The MUL is one of the oldest university libraries in the country, India. The study selected and analysed the accuracy of 624 metadata records of the Mysore University Library along with 491 records of Library of Congress (LoC). The assessment of the selected records discerned two main types of errors notably: Major and Minor errors. These findings illustrate and prove that the percentage of error rate in MUL is higher than that of LoC. Consequently, the study highlighted that the prevailing error ratio between both institutions reaches almost up to 5:1 (MUL: LoC).
关键词：Metadata records analysis;Metadata quality;Metadata evaluation;Metadata records investigation;Metadata creation;OPAC quality;Mysore University Library;Library of Congress
