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The Impact of Social Cataloguing Sites on the Public Library Catalogue: Patrons, Social Tagging and the New Face of the Catalogue
Dr. Louise Spiteri and I will be presenting on the above topic at both the Canadian Library Association Conference in Montreal as well the Atlantic Provinces Library Association Conference in Halifax. I’ve attached a short conference summary about this presentation.
Cataloguing component in RA training course
Last week our library held a Readers’ Advisory training session for those staff members new to RA work, or new to the library and interested in RA work. For the first time, a cataloguing component was introduced into this training. … Continue reading
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“Standards are like toothbrushes, a good idea but no one wants to use anyone elses”
So quoted Anita Golderba during her presentation at the Cataloguing session at IFLA. My remaining session notes are posted below. I am extremely late in posting them, but there are so many good ideas and points that were made by … Continue reading
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Another Library Ditches Dewey
The Frankfort Public Library in Illinois is yet another library, in the growing list of libraries, choosing to break free of the Dewey Decimal Classification System.In an interview with Melissa Rice, head of adult services and reference librarian Joanna Kolendo … Continue reading
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Berman’s Plea to ALA’s Executive Board
I recently had a chance to read the latest issue of The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D Librarian [Issue number 148 (2008)]. Sandford Berman’s plea to ALA’s Executive Board is found on page 25. As Berman begins, he states: Beginning years ago with the … Continue reading
IFLA 2008: Session on Bibliographic Control
I’ve finally had a chance to summarize some of the sessions that I attended while at IFLA. The Bibliographic Control session is summarized below. Biblographic Control New challenges in bibliographic control in North America Presenter: Liz McKeen, LAC Challenges Amount … Continue reading
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LC merging Acquisitions and Cataloguing
In June, 2007, Library Journal published the article LC merging cataloging and acquisitions by 2008 When I was at IFLA, Beacher Wiggins mentioned this merger in one of his presentations. In fact, it may have already taken place just prior … Continue reading
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IFLA 2008 and RDA
As most of you know from reading my blog, I was able to attend the IFLA conference. However, I was unfortunately not able to attend the RDA satellite session that took place on Friday, August 8th in Quebec City. However, The … Continue reading
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