Tag Archives: wikis
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
Filed under In the Cataloguing Department, The Cataloguer
Using Social Software to Build a Collection and Create a Community
Recently, a colleague of mine stumbled across North Cumberland Historical Society’s webpage while cataloguing. Rather than a static website, they’ve decided to use Wetpaint, one of the many options for wikis. I think this is a very clever idea. What … Continue reading
Filed under Discovery tool platforms, Social catalogue
Collections Access Wiki
It occurred to me that many of you may want to see what our cataloguing wiki looks like and the kind of content that we are adding. Although the “official” wiki is housed on our local intranet, my “training” wiki* … Continue reading
Filed under In the Cataloguing Department
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
Filed under Authority Work, In the Cataloguing Department, Subject Headings
Wikis and Cataloguers: Success for the First Step
Our new wiki was installed in the beginning of December. I was both nervous and excited. This is the first “big” project that could have a huge impact not only in the cataloguing department, but also throughout the rest of … 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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