Jeffrey Beall -- Research
Selected publications
The value of alphabetically-sorted browse displays in information discovery. Library Collections, Access, & Technical Services, vol. 31, no. 3/4, 2007, p. 184-194.
Measuring typographical errors’ impact on retrieval in bibliographic databases. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 3/4, 2007, p. 197-211. With Karen Kafadar.
Why we still need metadata in a full-text searching world. Catalogue & Index, no. 155 (Winter-Spring 2007), p. 59-62.
Discrete criteria for selecting and comparing metadata schemes. Against the Grain, vol. 19, no. 1, 2007, p. 28-31.
Search fatigue: finding a cure for the database blues. American Libraries, vol. 38, no. 3, 2007, p. 46-50.
Ethnic groups and Library of Congress subject headings. Colorado Libraries, vol. 32, no. 4, 2006, p. 37-44.
The death of metadata. The Serials Librarian, vol. 51, no. 2, 2006, p. 55-74.
Library databases and data quality. MLA News, no. 388, August, 2006, p. 26.
Stop the war on metadata. Library Journal, vol. 131, no. 12, July, 2006, p. 46.
The death of full-text searching. PNLA quarterly, vol. 70, no. 2, Winter, 2006, p. 5-6.
Some reservations about FRBR. Library hi tech news, vol. 23, no. 2, 2006. p. 15-16.
Metadata and data quality problems in the digital library. Journal of digital information, vol. 6, issue 3, 2005. Online: http://jodi.tamu.edu/Articles/v06/i03/Beall/
The proportion of NUC pre-56 titles represented in OCLC WorldCat. College & research libraries, vol. 66, no. 5, Sept. 2005. p. 431-435. With Karen Kafadar. [Corrected version of Table 2 in .doc format]
10 ways to improve data quality. American libraries, vol. 36, no. 3, March, 2005. p. 36-37.
Dublin Core: an obituary. Library hi tech news, vol. 21, no. 8, 2004. p. 40-41. ABSTRACT
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records. OCLC systems & services, vol. 20, no. 2, 2004. p. 71-75. ABSTRACT
The effectiveness of copy cataloging at eliminating typographical errors in shared bibliographic records. Library resources & technical services, vol. 48, no. 2, April 2004. p. 92-101. With Karen Kafadar. ABSTRACT
How successful is copy cataloging at catching and fixing typographical errors in records imported from bibliographic utilities: a report on the research of the 2002 Lazerow Fellowship recipient. College & research libraries news, vol. 64, no. 11, December, 2003
What OCLC and RLIN don't want you to know about the future of cataloguing. PNLA quarterly, vol. 66, no. 3, 2002.
Internet resources in rare diseases. Health care on the Internet, vol. 5, no. 4, 2001. p. 11-17. Abstract
Publishers' errors make catalogers [sic]: an analysis of the error Indicators [sic] and [i.e.] in cataloging. Cataloging & classification quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, 2001. p. 87-107. Abstract
The impact of vendor records on cataloging and access in academic libraries. Library collections, acquisitions & technical services, vol. 24, 2000. p. 229-237.
Indexing form and genre terms in a large academic library OPAC: the Harvard Experience. Cataloging and classification quarterly, vol. 28, no. 2, 1999. p. 65-71. Abstract
HTML on CD-ROM: the next generation of desktop publishing. MC journal, the journal of academic media librarianship, vol. 6, no. 2, fall, 1999. Online: http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/v6n2/beall.html
Guaranteed hits: how to make your library's Web site stand out in Web search engines. College & research libraries news, vol. 59, no. 3, March, 1998. p. 160-162.
Cataloging World Wide Web sites consisting mainly of links. Journal of Internet cataloging, vol. 1, no. 1, 1997. p. 83-92.
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