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Our wiki celebrates it 1st anniversary

We celebrated the passing of our wiki’s  first anniversary by making it available to all Halifax Public Library staff.  We call the “public” side of our wiki, CataWiki.  This has been a work in progress for over 8 months.  It began to … Continue reading

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Cataloguers’ Picks Reading Lists

We’re trying a new project here at Halifax Public Libraries.  The cataloguers are creating booklists based on set criteria, set out and reviewed by myself or my supervisor, for placement on our catalogue’s main page.  The topics tend to be timely, … Continue reading

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Using our in-house Wiki to keep cataloguers aware of subject heading changes

We recently received our hard copy of the Cataloging Service Bulletin from the Library of Congress. Our usual practice is to circulate this bulletin among all of the cataloguers so that they can make changes or add new subject headings … Continue reading

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A Wiki in our cataloguing department

You won’t find any Star Wars characters in our department, but you will soon find a Wiki. When you enter your cataloguing department every day, you bring with you information that cannot be found in AACR2 or MARC. In addition … Continue reading

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