03/12/2026
Cassidy MARC records vs. crowdsourced databases β why libraries are choosing professional metadata. Professional MARC records deliver consistent, quality-controlled metadata that reduces duplicate records, prevents dead links, and improves catalog discoverability. A must-read for library managers and metadata teams. Read the full post:
1. Accuracy You Can TrustCrowdsourced database records, such as those coming from Alma's Community Zone, are contributed by libraries of varying expertise, often without centralized quality control. While the intent is collaboration, the result is inconsistency: duplicate records, dead links, outdat...