Tag Archives: cataloging
CCQ Research and Opinion: Cataloging Blogs
In CCQ’s recent issue, there’s a brief article on Cataloging Blogs. This article talks about the growth of cataloging blogs since 2007 and why listservs still appear to be more popular than blogs that deal with cataloging. While I am … Continue reading
Filed under future of cataloguing, Our Profession
What comes after IFLA…
As I’m getting ready to leave for IFLA, I’m already thinking ahead to future blog posts. There’s one area of cataloguing that has really grabbed my attention: the debate between outsourcing and in-house cataloguing. In addition to what I come … Continue reading
Filed under future of cataloguing
Speaking of copy cataloguing…
In my post of July 14th, much of what we discussed involved copy cataloguing. Mitch Turitz brought up an interesting comment regarding the history of copy cataloguing. By chance, I also stumbled across this paper by Moya K. Mason called … Continue reading
Filed under The Cataloguer, The Library Catalogue
Narrative Nonfiction – A New Genre Heading?
With the growing popularity of Readers Advisory Services, it is to be expected that skills and expertise will grow to incorporate nonfiction as well. We are starting to see this trend in Canada. Not only are patrons happy to seek … Continue reading
Filed under Access Issues, Subject Headings, The Library Catalogue
Quality v. Quantity
I had an appointment with my doctor the other day. When I arrived several minutes before my scheduled appointment, I checked in and was told to take a seat. I ended up waiting about a half an hour before the … Continue reading
Filed under Professional Ethics, The Cataloguer
HPL’s Indigenous Peoples v. Native Peoples Cataloguing Guidelines
I’ve had several responses regarding my post Native Peoples v. Indigenous Peoples, etc. As such, I decided to post the cataloguing “cheat sheet” that we developed at HPL to help with cataloguing these items. It may not be perfect, but … Continue reading
Filed under Authority Work, Subject Headings
Cataloguing Graphic Novels and Graphic Non-Fiction, Part I
I thought I’d write about cataloguing graphic novels and graphic non-fiction today. This is an issue that was raised in our department recently and involved the addition of subject headings to our records to identify fiction and non-fiction graphic novels. … Continue reading
Filed under Access Issues, Subject Headings
