Richard R. Guajardo

@utexas.edu

University Libraries
University of Houston (Ret.)



                 

https://researchid.co/rguajardo
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Scopus Publications

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Scholar Citations

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Scopus Publications

  • What You Can Do to Help Promote Content Discovery and Why
    Teresa Hazen, Julie Zhu, and Richard Guajardo
    Informa UK Limited
    ABSTRACT The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) recently revised the Open Discovery Initiative Recommended Practice (https://www.niso.org/publications/rp-19-2020-odi), which outlines best practices for discovery service providers. It streamlines the process by which libraries, content providers, and discovery service providers work together; defines models for “fair” linking; and suggests usage statistics that should be collected for libraries and for content providers. The recommendations in this document, created by members of the Open Discovery Initiative Standing Committee, enable libraries, discovery service providers, and content providers to work together to the full extent of their abilities – thus providing an effective and rich experience to end users.

  • MARC metamorphosis: Transforming the way you look at e-book records
    Jeannie Castro, Richard Guajardo, Matthew Ragucci, and Melissa Randall
    Informa UK Limited
    ABSTRACT The world of e-book records can be quite divergent, depending on the source of those records. Record content and quality can vary greatly. An engaging session about Metadata 2020 at the 2017 NASIG Annual Conference led the authors to wonder: is there a way to assess how libraries, publishers, and vendors are currently operating in this space for e-book records? This article will provide comparative data from two libraries and include a publisher’s workflows and perspective on the subject. This library and publisher partnership highlights these differences and posits suggestions for collaboration and improvement.

  • Partnering with vendors to limit compromised user accounts
    Richard Guajardo, Don Hamparian, and Peter Katz
    Informa UK Limited
    ABSTRACT This conference report relates a librarian’s, a publisher’s, and a vendor’s experiences with compromised user accounts and describes what can be done to minimize the incidence of abusive downloading of e-resource licensed content. Richard Guajardo, Head of Resource Discovery Systems at the University of Houston, discusses how phishing attempts can lead to compromised user accounts, and how the library determined that the activity was not conducted by university affiliates. Peter Katz, Vice President, Customer Lifecycle Solutions Support at Elsevier, provides background information on how the issue of compromised user accounts is an international problem and how it continues to spread. Don Hamparian, Senior Product Manager Identity Management at OCLC, discusses what can be done to manage the issue, and how libraries can participate in developing future solutions. Readers will leave with a variety of potential solutions for detecting and preventing similar activity at their libraries.

  • ER Sleuths are on the Case: Best Practices for E-Resource Acquisitions
    Susan Davis, Deberah England, Tina Feick, and Richard Guajardo
    Informa UK Limited
    ABSTRACT This conference report describes a discussion about e-resources acquisitions work from the perspectives of a continuing resources acquisitions librarian, an electronic resources librarian, and a subscription agent. Topics addressed include the use of ticketing systems to track e-resources problems, the role of the subscription agent in the e-resources lifecycle, and best practices for communication in e-resources workflows. The presenters used real life situations as case studies to share tips, tricks, successes, and pain points in the e-resource lifecycle. They emphasized setting realistic expectations and employing effective communication strategies to solve e-resource cases with more success and less stress.

  • The evolution of discovery systems in academic libraries: A case study at the University of Houston libraries
    Richard Guajardo, Kelsey Brett, and Frederick Young
    Informa UK Limited
    ABSTRACT For the past several years academic libraries have been adopting discovery systems to provide a search experience that reflects user expectations and improves access to electronic resources. University of Houston Libraries has kept pace with this evolving trend by pursuing various discovery options; these include an open-source tool, a federated search product, and two index-based discovery systems. In our pursuit of better options for users and improved access to electronic resources, important criteria for evaluating discovery systems have been identified, as well as valuable lessons that may be applied during future system-evaluation processes and implementations.

  • Large- scale RDA enrichment of legacy data at the university of houston system libraries
    Annie Wu, Richard Guajardo, and Stephanie Rodriguez
    Informa UK Limited
    ABSTRACT University of Houston (UH) Libraries, along with three other UH Systems libraries, took the initiative to implement Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new resource description standard, across their shared library database. An RDA Implementation Task Force was established to develop a plan and a strategy for the implementation process. The task force targeted a major goal of retrospective enrichment of all existing bibliographic records with RDA elements. This article discusses the RDA implementation planning, systems configuration, vendor collaboration, local RDA guidelines, training, and communication. Authors also identify challenges, benefits, and lessons learned from this process.

  • Converting Your E-Resource Records to RDA
    Richard Guajardo and Jamie Carlstone
    Informa UK Limited
    The presenter describes the process of successfully implementing a full-scale Resource Description and Access (RDA) conversion and authority control project in the midst of migrating to a new integrated library system at the University of Houston Libraries. This presentation focuses on the impact on electronic resources, although the project was a full-scale conversion. The project allowed the library to create more granularity with the material type codes, which had an impact on both the Online Public Access Catalog and the discovery layer. The goal for the project, while time consuming, resulted in the conversion of RDA records to be done in a large batch project rather than record by record over the course of several years.

  • Technical services report
    Richard Guajardo
    Informa UK Limited


RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • CC: DA/TF/Digital Online Repository/4 Report on Task Force Activities, Feb.-June 2024
    RR Guajardo
     2024

  • CC: DA/TF/Documents Online Repository/3 CC: DA Documents Online Repository Task Force: Interim Report
    RR Guajardo
     2024

  • What You Can Do to Help Promote Content Discovery and Why
    T Hazen, J Zhu, R Guajardo
    The Serials Librarian 82 (1-4), 77-82 2022

  • Primo MARC Advisory Group Report
    A Hussain, R Guajardo
    IGeLU (International Group of Ex Libris Users) 2021

  • MARC metamorphosis: Transforming the way you look at e-book records
    J Castro, R Guajardo, M Ragucci, M Randall
    The Serials Librarian 76 (1-4), 213-219 2019

  • Partnering with vendors to limit compromised user accounts
    R Guajardo, D Hamparian, P Katz
    The Serials Librarian 74 (1-4), 119-127 2018

  • Discovery systems and organizational impact: Preliminary survey results
    R Guajardo, F Young, K Brett
     2017

  • ER Sleuths are on the Case: Best Practices for E-Resource Acquisitions
    S Davis, D England, T Feick, R Guajardo
    The Serials Librarian 72 (1-4), 201-206 2017

  • The impact of Discovery Systems on Libraries' Organizational Structures and Staffing
    K Brett, F Young, R Guajardo
    Electronic Resources and Libraries, 12th Annual Conference, April 2-5, 2017 2017

  • The evolution of discovery systems in academic libraries: A case study at the University of Houston libraries
    R Guajardo, K Brett, F Young
    Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship 29 (1), 16-23 2017

  • Navigating the Primo Resource Type Jungle: Connecting Resource Types to RDA and Local Collections
    R Guajardo, F Young
    Ex Libris Users of North America, Annual Meeting, May 3-6, 2016 2016

  • Large-Scale RDA enrichment of legacy data at the University of Houston System Libraries
    A Wu, R Guajardo, S Rodriguez
    Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 54 (3), 159-178 2016

  • Next Steps in Discovery Implementation : User‐Centered Discovery System Redesign
    R Guajardo, K Brett, F Young
    Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference, 2015 2016

  • Converting your e-resource records to RDA
    R Guajardo, J Carlstone
    The Serials Librarian 68 (1-4), 197-204 2015

  • Developing Best Practices for Implementing a Web-Scale Discovery System
    K Brett, R Guajardo, F Young
    "Discovery Tools Now and in the Future," Amigos Online Conference, November 2014

  • RDA Is Here: Full Scale Implementation of RDA at UH System Libraries
    R Guajardo, A Wu
    "Is RDA on Your RaDAr?," Amigos Online Conference, February 20, 2014 2014

  • Rediscover Discovery: Evaluating Web‐Scale Discovery Platforms
    R Guajardo, A Wu
    Electronic Resources in Libraries, 8th Annual Conference, March 19, 2013 2013

  • Leading Technical Services in 2011. A Report of an ALCTS Program Held at The American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 2011
    R Guajardo
    Technical Services Quarterly 29 (3), 229-230 2012

  • Is It Already Too Late for the Catalog? A Report of the ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Interest Group Meeting, American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans
    R Guajardo
    Technical Services Quarterly 29 (3), 222-228 2012

  • Web-Scale Discovery: Post Implementation
    R Vacek, R Guajardo
    Texas Library Association, Annual Conference, April 20, 2012 2012

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The evolution of discovery systems in academic libraries: A case study at the University of Houston libraries
    R Guajardo, K Brett, F Young
    Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship 29 (1), 16-23 2017
    Citations: 21

  • Large-Scale RDA enrichment of legacy data at the University of Houston System Libraries
    A Wu, R Guajardo, S Rodriguez
    Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 54 (3), 159-178 2016
    Citations: 9

  • Partnering with vendors to limit compromised user accounts
    R Guajardo, D Hamparian, P Katz
    The Serials Librarian 74 (1-4), 119-127 2018
    Citations: 6

  • MARC metamorphosis: Transforming the way you look at e-book records
    J Castro, R Guajardo, M Ragucci, M Randall
    The Serials Librarian 76 (1-4), 213-219 2019
    Citations: 5

  • Converting your e-resource records to RDA
    R Guajardo, J Carlstone
    The Serials Librarian 68 (1-4), 197-204 2015
    Citations: 4

  • Next Steps in Discovery Implementation : User‐Centered Discovery System Redesign
    R Guajardo, K Brett, F Young
    Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference, 2015 2016
    Citations: 1