Catalogers in Academic Libraries: Their Evolving and Expanding Roles.
Lois Buttlar,Rajinder Garcha +1 more
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In this article, a survey of catalogers in academic libraries who belong to ALA's Technical Services Division was conducted to determine if and how their job functions have changed over the past ten years.Abstract:
Catalogers in academic libraries who belong to ALA’s Technical Services Division were surveyed to determine if and how their job functions have changed over the past ten years. The 271 respondents indicated a change from print to electronic formats, involvement of nonprofessionals in higher levels of cataloging, a trend toward outsourcing (particularly, copy cataloging and foreign-language materials), and more cataloging of specialized items, audiovisual materials, and digital documents by professional librarians. The latter now use their expertise to edit problematic records, engage in managerial tasks, catalog and attempt authority control of Internet resources, do Internet training or Web page design, and use HTML. More and more catalogers are involved in activities formerly in the domain of systems librarians (selecting and implementing catalog products, database maintenance, etc.).read more
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