The game's afoot with the BHCTI Catalog

Closing in at last on the proposed BHCTI Library Catalog through American Biblical Higher Education's ABHE Solutions, though I've yet to have a clickable link for the stinker; The first iteration will feature individual links to all the items in both of our affliated GoogleBook libraries, BHCTILibrary 'Proper,' and BHCTILibraryToo, as well as Logos Bible Software's stand-alone website of full text ebooks at Books.Logos.com, and in addition all the content of ebook vendor Questia (and not only the 5,000 or so free full text items).

Those who recall our long relationship at BHCTI with Questia will remember that though the company sells individual accounts, Carroll has set these up for our students through student fees. The catalog will still require an individual login for any Questia content outside their 5,000 freebies; but Carroll students will know their accounts, or can ask...

A part of our 20,000 or so print collection (approximately 4,000 MARC records) will also be included. I hope in time to coordinate those catalog records with my available print items.

All in all, having author, title, and subject access to 75% or so of our items across vendors and platforms is a serious improvement, and (with apologies to Samurai Jack) 'an historic victory most worthy of our logs.' Or blogs. We should have the bugbots dispensed with before the month is out, so keep watching this space (and my wiki)...

More missions

Not quite played out, BHCTILibraryToo's Missions materials (Area of Concentration WMMIS) grew a bit today.

Looks good from a distance

Still climbing the hill on BHCTILibraryToo (Too for short), adding titles in our Area of Concentration Missions. Have a peak at the latest...

Too long gone

...but I'm back in the saddle with some additions to Too under our Missions area of concentration (WMMIS). Documentation for accreditation has my focus, but I don't want to neglect our growing Google Book libraries...

3.5K combined

The 3,500 reviewed mark was reached today in the combined BHCTILibrary collections; 2.5K remains in "Proper," and there are now 1.K in "Too." As previously noted, the "reviews"consist primarilly of OCLC data and LCCN placements; but the latter is important to SACS, and when coordinated with labeling (our existing 16 BHCTI subject areas and 4 subject "clusters," which all extant entries already enjoy- the LC class is being added to the labels as each are found), I think it gives a good indication why entries fit their subjects- that they are relevant for us. The bulk of "Too" items are in the Worship and Church Music Areas of Concentration, and will grow to a similar number of Missions entries moving forward.

Church Music plays out

Still a bit under 4K, but all my initially identifed Google Books for Church Music area of concentration (cluster WM) have been added to BHCTILibraryToo as of today. Stay tuned for my next target!

3K combined

Unless I miss my count, BHCTILibrary proper is full and fully accounted for. Whew! Analysis to date of the combined collections tomorrow.

2.5K combined

Progress spead up over the weekend; only 500 or so to be complete with OCLC data in BHCTILibrary proper....

2K combined reviews

The next mark of 1,500 "reviewed" in BHCTILibrary proper was reached today; when added to the 500 in BHCTILibraryToo, that reachs the 2K mark in the combined collections. As previously noted, the "reviews"consist primarilly of OCLC data and LCCN placements; but the latter is important to SACS, and when coordinated with labeling (our existing 16 BHCTI subject areas and 4 subject "clusters," which all extant entries already enjoy- the LC class is being added to the labels as each are found), I think it gives a good indication why entries fit their subjects- that they are relevant for us. I can't promise I'll keep on the retroactive reviewing of the 2.5K in BHCTILibrary proper without adding more Church Music entries to the 500 in BHCTILibraryToo; but I might. Only 1K left needing retrospection in "Proper" now.... As you may remember, "proper" is now stuffed full; once "too" is filled, I'll be placing another Google Library until all previously located (and subsequently identified) finds are accessable....

1.1K reviews combined

Just realized I'd crossed the 600 "reviewed" mark in BHCTILibrary proper; when added to the 500 in BHCTILibraryToo, that reachs the 1K mark in the combined collections. Admittedly, the "reviews"consist primarilly of OCLC data and LCCN placements; but the latter is more vital to SACS, and when coordinated with labeling (our existing 16 BHCTI subject "clusters," which all extant entries already enjoy- the LC class is being added to the labels as each are found), I think it gives a good indication why entries fit their clusters- that they are relevant for us. I can't promise I'll keep on the retroactive reviewing of the 2.5K in BHCTILibrary proper without adding more Church Music entries to the 500 in BHCTILibraryToo; but I might. As you may remember, "proper" is now stuffed full; once "too" is filled, I'll be placing another Google Library until all previously located (and subsequently identified) finds are accessable....

Temporarily arrested development

Glad I've been checking my ceiling- nothing I've tried adding today in excess of 2.5K into BHCTILibrary has taken. No documentation found that says this is a ceiling- but I've emailed the Google Book techies to see what's up. Several getarounds are possible, if needed.

Meantime, I'm gilding my lillies by finding OCLC #s, LCSHs, and LCCNs for found items (and when available, HathiTrust links) and squirreling them away in my "Review" section. Only the LCCNs are being turned into Tags; SACS will want to know what size the collection is, and percentages of the total being applicable to BHCTI by LCCN.