Library Cataloging
This month in Library Journal Michael Stephens writes in Stuck in the Past about the changing nature of the profession. He neglects catalogers. However, we can offer a few suggestions along the lines of those he suggests for reference. How about advising or offering classes for those wishing to "catalog" their collection? In metadata how about advising the town or academy in best selecting a metadata standard, standard indexing terms, and the software to use it? Just what is the benefit in filling in the info on a Word or PDF file? How could it be more useful? How should files be organized and named so that they can be easily found again? Would adding microformats to the Website of a local business reduce costs and drive more business their way? Giving a workshop, training session or just such advice might be useful. Any other suggestions?
- New Computer
Its time for a new computer for our home. Ours still works, but the kids' is just too slow and old. Cora and I are getting a new machine and the kids are getting our current one. Any suggestions? I think I'll pass on a modem, haven't used...
- Reclassification
Reclassification of Electronic Product Catalogs: The "Apricot" Approach and Its Evaluation Results by Sven Abels and Axel Hahn appears in the latest Informing Science Journal.Electronic Product Catalogs (EPCs) are becoming more and more important as businesses...
- Metadata
Enabling Metadata: Creating Core Records for Resource Discovery by Lynne C. Howarth will be presented this August to the IFLA Cataloguing Section.The proliferation in electronic resources over the past decade has been accompanied by intense activity in...
- Mets
It's Opening Day for METS by Roy Tennant discusses the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard. He concludes:But whether we use MPEG-21 or METS, a standard that provides a method to encapsulate all the information about an object?whether digital...
- Cataloging Skills
Recently on AUTOCAT, there has been discussion about the skills needed by a cataloger. Here is my 2 cents. Catalogers are concerned with national and international standards. We have MARC21, AACR, the ISBDs, Z39.50 and so on. We like standards, interoperability,...
Library Cataloging
Stuck in the Past
This month in Library Journal Michael Stephens writes in Stuck in the Past about the changing nature of the profession. He neglects catalogers. However, we can offer a few suggestions along the lines of those he suggests for reference. How about advising or offering classes for those wishing to "catalog" their collection? In metadata how about advising the town or academy in best selecting a metadata standard, standard indexing terms, and the software to use it? Just what is the benefit in filling in the info on a Word or PDF file? How could it be more useful? How should files be organized and named so that they can be easily found again? Would adding microformats to the Website of a local business reduce costs and drive more business their way? Giving a workshop, training session or just such advice might be useful. Any other suggestions?
- New Computer
Its time for a new computer for our home. Ours still works, but the kids' is just too slow and old. Cora and I are getting a new machine and the kids are getting our current one. Any suggestions? I think I'll pass on a modem, haven't used...
- Reclassification
Reclassification of Electronic Product Catalogs: The "Apricot" Approach and Its Evaluation Results by Sven Abels and Axel Hahn appears in the latest Informing Science Journal.Electronic Product Catalogs (EPCs) are becoming more and more important as businesses...
- Metadata
Enabling Metadata: Creating Core Records for Resource Discovery by Lynne C. Howarth will be presented this August to the IFLA Cataloguing Section.The proliferation in electronic resources over the past decade has been accompanied by intense activity in...
- Mets
It's Opening Day for METS by Roy Tennant discusses the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard. He concludes:But whether we use MPEG-21 or METS, a standard that provides a method to encapsulate all the information about an object?whether digital...
- Cataloging Skills
Recently on AUTOCAT, there has been discussion about the skills needed by a cataloger. Here is my 2 cents. Catalogers are concerned with national and international standards. We have MARC21, AACR, the ISBDs, Z39.50 and so on. We like standards, interoperability,...