Cataloging

About: Cataloging is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4770 publications have been published within this topic receiving 32489 citations.

A Bibliographic Metadata Infrastructure for the 21st Century

Abstract: The current library bibliographic infrastructure was constructed in the early days of computers ‐ before the Web, XML, and a variety of other technological advances that now offer new opportunities. General requirements of a modern metadata infrastructure for libraries are identified, including such qualities as versatility, extensibility, granularity, and openness. A new kind of metadata infrastructure is then proposed that exhibits at least some of those qualities. Some key challenges that must be overcome to implement a change of this magnitude are identified. Without question, the development of the Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) standard in the 1960s was a revolutionary advancement in modern librarianship. It formed the foundation for moving libraries into the computer age by providing a common syntax for recording and transferring bibliographic data between computers. In association with the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR), MARC allowed libraries to share cataloging on a massive scale, and thus greatly increase the efficiency of the cataloging task as well as set the stage for the creation of centralized library databases such as those managed by OCLC and RLG that are now major worldwide resources. But that was then. This is now. The technical environment has completely changed from the first days of MARC. When MARC was created, computer storage was very expensive ‐ so expensive that every character was treasured. Very few people had access to a computer ‐ not at work, and most certainly not at home. The Internet was no more than an idea. XML was decades away from being an idea.

Recruiting, educating, and training cataloging librarians : solving the problems

Abstract: Preface Introduction Keynote Address The More Things Change ... Session on Recruiting Cataloging Librarians Session Keynote Address Recruitment: The Way Ahead Recruiting, What Next? Recruitment, a Positive Process Are We Teaching Dinosaurs to Forage: Recruiting Catalogers to the Profession A Network of Professionals Recruiting (In Lieu of a Staff of Professional Recruiters) Recruiting Catalogers: Three Sets of Strategies The Evolving Public/Technical Services Relationship: New Opportunities for Staffing the Cataloging Function Beneath the Stereotyping: Matching Recruitment to Reality Recruiting Catalogers at the Louisiana State University Libraries Session on Educating Cataloging Librarians Session Keynote Address Educating Cataloging Librarians: Its Art and Craft Making Cataloging Interesting Preaching to the Unconverted: The Cataloging Educator's Challenge The Crisis in Cataloging: A Feminist Hypothesis Responding to Change: New Goals and Strategies for Core Cataloging Courses Alternatives for Educating Catalogers: A Small Library School Perspective Using Computers to Enhance Cataloging Productivity Cataloging Education in the Library and Information Science Curriculum Session on Training Cataloging Librarians Session Keynote Address Developing Catalogers for the Nation: Problems and Issues in Training Cataloging Librarians for the Future The Role of Training in the Changing Cataloging Environment Training and Continuing Education for Catalogers: The Electronic Environment of the 1990s Training the Cataloger: A Harvard Experience Standards, Volume, and Trust in the Shared Cataloging Environment: Training Approaches for the Smaller Library Dollars and Sense: Training Catalogers Using Management Tools for Cataloging Discussions Selected Bibliography Index

Experiences of Newly-Graduated Cataloging Librarians

Abstract: This study presents the results of a survey that addressed the experiences of newly-graduated cataloging librarians. Focusing on qualitative rather than quantitative data, the survey gathered information about their position responsibilities, what new catalogers liked and disliked about their jobs, the need for on-the-job training, whether they felt prepared to take on their responsibilities, whether they had any preconceptions about what a cataloging job would be like, and whether their experiences confirmed those preconceptions.

Implementing FRBR in Libraries: Key Issues and Future Directions

Abstract: This book is ideal for anyone who aims to obtain an overview of the current status of Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) development. It helps identify the key FRBR issues that need to be addressed and investigates the future directions of FRBR development. Implementing FRBR in Libraries: Key Issues and Future Directions is the first book to address the theory and implementation of FRBR in a unified discussion. Authors Yin Zhang and Athena Salaba, winners of the 2009 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition Award," give readers a clear framework for understanding FRBR's current and potential implications on library catalogs. They provide a thorough introduction to the history of FRBR and its possible benefits, a detailed description of the FRBR model and its components, and a discussion of its practical influence in transforming description standards, cataloging and metadata practices. The book includes examples of how professionals are successfully applying FRBR in real-life library settings, and explores various methods for effectively implementing the FRBR model. Each chapter includes illustrations to help reinforce fundamental concepts. The book contains a comprehensive appendix of key terms and acronyms to aid readers new to the field and a list of projects and software to showcase practical FRBR applications. Library catalogers, indexers, metadata creators, reference librarians, researchers, and LIS educators and students who need to know, or know more about, FRBR will find this refreshingly straightforward book invaluable.

Tracking the use of e‐journals: a technique collaboratively developed by the Cataloging Department and the Office of Libraries Technology at the University of Louisville

Abstract: Tracking electronic journals to collect usage statistics is not an easy task. E‐journal publishers and aggregators are using various standards to create e‐journal usage reports. This situation has created many problems for libraries that use those reports. For e‐journal collection development, it is essential for libraries to know exactly who is using their e‐journals, how often their e‐journals are being used, and how their e‐journals are being accessed. Although several methods have been used in the library community, this article focuses on a method cooperatively developed by the cataloging department and the office of libraries technology at the University of Louisville to take control of collecting and generating e‐journal usage statistics. This method involves the use of a CGI script, AXS shareware. The success of this method in fact is built on cooperative efforts between the two departments.