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 Copy Cataloguing: Where is it Taking Us On Our Quest for the Perfect Copy?
A little [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Copy cataloguing’
July 18, 2008
Speaking of copy cataloguing…
July 14, 2008
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 subject headings and access issues? Oh wait, they do – but only when faced with [...]
November 27, 2007
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 doctor was able to see me.
She was running late, but I didn’t mind. I usually [...]
