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Moving The Marc: Transitioning Workflows To Target Digital Resources, Susan A. Massey
Moving The Marc: Transitioning Workflows To Target Digital Resources, Susan A. Massey
Susan A. Massey
Catalogers Unite! Creating Documentation Through Collaboration, Patricia K. Falk, Elizabeth Hertenstein, Stefanie Hunker
Catalogers Unite! Creating Documentation Through Collaboration, Patricia K. Falk, Elizabeth Hertenstein, Stefanie Hunker
Libby Hertenstein
Recent changes have forced Bowling Green State University (BGSU) to reevaluate our documentation, workflows, and communication. There have been staff retirements, changes in staff responsibilities, and a new faculty cataloger. Additionally, BGSU is implementing a discovery layer, purchasing shelf-ready books, and adding more electronic resources. It has become apparent that documentation needs to be updated and, in many cases, created from scratch. Collaboration is critical as catalogers are currently few in number and are seeing the need to work with other departments in ways unheard of previously. The creation of a new cataloging manual is vital to the success of …
Report Of The Alcts Cataloging And Metadata Management Section Cataloging And Classification Research Interest Group Meeting, American Library Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, June 2011, Susan A. Massey
Susan A. Massey
The ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group (CCRIG) met at the 2011 American Library Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans for an e-forum summary, a research presentation, and a research blitz involving seven speakers.
Traditions And Transitions In Batchloaded Catalog Data, Susan A. Massey
Traditions And Transitions In Batchloaded Catalog Data, Susan A. Massey
Susan A. Massey
A Report of The ALCTS Cataloging & Metadata Management Section Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group, American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Dallas, Texas, January 2012 The ALCTS Cataloging & Metadata Management Section Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group (CCRIG) met at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas for three presentations on the topic of “Traditions and Transitions in Batchloaded Catalog Data,” followed by a panel discussion by the speakers addressing audience questions.
Beyond ‘2010 The Year Of Cataloging Research’, Susan A. Massey
Beyond ‘2010 The Year Of Cataloging Research’, Susan A. Massey
Susan A. Massey
Based on a motion initiated by the Implementation Group on the Library of Congress Working Group Report, at ALA Midwinter 2010 the ALA and ALCTS Boards of Directors passed a resolution designating 2010 as the Year of Cataloging Research. The Report of the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control addressed several goals, including “Work to develop a stronger, more rigorous culture of formal evaluation, critique and validation, and build a cumulative research agenda and evidence base. Encourage, highlight, reward and share best research practice and results.”
Moody Blues: The Social Web, Tagging, And Nontextual Discovery Tools For Music, Susannah Cleveland, Gwen Evans
Moody Blues: The Social Web, Tagging, And Nontextual Discovery Tools For Music, Susannah Cleveland, Gwen Evans
Susannah Cleveland
A common thread in discussions about the Next Generation Catalog is that it should incorporate features beyond the mere textual, one-way presentation of data. At the same time, traditional textual description of music materials often prohibits effective use of the catalog by specialists and nonspecialists alike. Librarians at Bowling Green State University have developed the HueTunes project to explore already established connections between music, color, and emotion, and incorporate those connections into a nontextual discovery tool that could enhance interdisciplinary as well as specialist use of the catalog.