Documents Without
Shelves:
Links from your catalog to US
government documents
Joan Chapa
Documents Without Shelves
What message is your catalog giving patrons
about government documents?
Provide access to timely government
information
…without having to shelve a thing!
• All MARC records containing URLs or
PURLs
• Can receive any record with a URL or limit
to “Internet-only” titles
• General (all titles) or law library (subset)
• Backfile available
What is covered in Documents Without
Shelves?
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Agriculture
Business
Commerce
Consumer information
Medicine
Defense
Criminal justice
Education
National parks, maps, foreign relations,
taxation…and lots more
Who gets Documents Without Shelves?
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Academic libraries
Public libraries
Corporate libraries
Law libraries
Governmental libraries
Libraries with a need for government
information but without the shelf space to
store them
How many records would you
receive?
• Backfile available
• As of December 2009 are 122,575 records with
URLS. 59,186 are “Internet only” titles
Standard Service:
Average # of
records per month
Law Subset: Average # of
records per month
934
375
Online only, new & changed
1,227
561
All URLs/PURLs, new only
1,027
400
All URLs/PURLs, new & changed
1,403
623
Ongoing service
Online only, new only
Sample record
Wind power [electronic resource] ; today & tomorrow / produced for the U.S. Department
of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, by the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory.
MOCAT # / REC #: 99154340
OCLC #: ocm55858161
ITEM #: 0429-A (online)
SUDOCS #: E 1.2:2004023750
TITLE: Wind power [electronic resource] : today & tomorrow / produced for the U.S.
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, by the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory.
PUBLICATION INFO: Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program, [2004]
NOTE: Mode of access: Internet from the NREL web site. Address as of 7/7/04:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti /34915.pdf; current access available via PURL.
NOTE: Title from title screen (viewed on July 7, 2004).
SUBJECT: Wind power - United States.
SUBJECT: Wind power industry - United States.
SUBJECT: Wind Energy Program (U.S.)
OTHER AGENCY: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
OTHER AGENCY: Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program (U.S.)
WEB ACCESS: http://purl.access.gpo.gov /GPO/LPS51287
Why load these records into your
catalog?
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More access points
No need to bookmark websites
No need to download one by one and edit
ARL libraries can include them in statistics
Inexpensive way to add a lot of resources
Cost of Documents Without Shelves
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Backfile available at $0.05/bib record
Consortium pricing available
Options include matching authority records
Ongoing subscription is charged at
$1,525/year or $1,575/year with a report
Let MARCIVE help
you provide better
access to government
information!
For more detailed information, contact
[email protected] or 1-800-531-7678.