Tag Archives: Cataloguing
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
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Jack Of All Trades, Master of None
Our cataloguing department had a chance to sit down this past Friday and listen to ALA’s super debate “There’s no catalog like no catalog”. Highlights 1. How does a library catalogue get better every time it is used? 2. What … Continue reading
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
What’s the big deal, you just import it, right?
It never ceases to amaze me that some new librarians (and not so new) continue to believe that cataloguers just import and “dump” records into the catalogue, without any editing. After all, who gives a fig about uniformity, misspellings, local … Continue reading
Readers’ Advisory Services: In the Backroom
As a member of our Readers’ Advisory Team at HPL, I’ve become interested in what the catalogue can do to assist and promote RA services while at the same time, maintaining the integrity of the catalogue. While I don’t mind … Continue reading
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
The Virtual Museum of Cataloging and Acquisitions Artifacts
With all of the grumbles about how slow we are to embrace change and new technology, I thought this site is a nice reminder of just how far we’ve come. It’s really very interesting.
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BISAC to replace Dewey in the future?
The buzz surrounding the replacement of Dewey seems to be growing louder. Many librarians are saying that BISAC (Book Industry Standards and Communications system of classification) may take Dewey’s place. I cringe to think of a world without the Dewey … Continue reading
Filed under Access Issues, Authority Work, future of cataloguing, Subject Headings
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
