Library Cataloging
An excellent article Taking Back Readers' Advisory by Barbara Hoffert appears in the current Library Journal. This is an important service to our communities.While nothing can replace reference staff trained in RA, we can ensure our records help the reader. Most cataloger users appreciate summaries or abstracts. We should try to get them for as many titles as possible. Maybe the annotation that is written for the Web site reading list should also be included in the bib record? How about linking to on-line reviews? Table of contents information can help our readers. GSAFD? These are just a few ideas off the cuff. RA responsibility does not stop at the "Staff Only" door.The Web presence for annotated lists should consider some content management systems, like Movable Type. These blogging tools can make the lists available to our patrons on the Web, via e-mail and RSS. Patrons can decide the format that suits them, which is always a good idea. The archiving function will be helpful. The creation tools make it easier to get it up and available. Could be a good fit.
- Wiki In Openworldcat
Seen on Lorcan Dempsey's weblog, always a good readWell, it has arrived! Wiki functionality has gone live in OpenWorldCat. Check out the details and reviews tab here, for example.We do not know how this will develop: we think it is really important...
- Cataloging The Net. Part 2.
I posted a while ago about an idea to turn the RSS feed of Web directories into MARC records. K.G. Schneider of LII left a comment both here and on the original site. She makes some valid points and one I'm less sure about. She invites folks with...
- Metadata
Medeiros, Norm (2004) Repurposed metadata : ONIX and the Library of Congress' BEAT Program. OCLC Systems & Services 20(3):pp. 93-95.This article reviews the ONIX-based efforts of the Library of Congress' Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team...
- Blogging
An interview with Rebecca Blood, author of The Weblog Handbook, appeared on Tech TV the other night.Librarians have taken to bloggin in a big way. Steven and Greg have started a 'blog, LIS Blogsource, just to keep up with the new ones appearing. I...
- Cross Training
I'm still reading Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process by Alenka Sauperl. One of the catalogers interviewed mentioned it is important to work a few hours a week on the reference desk. The catalog is constructed for the user, not other...
Library Cataloging
Readers Advisory
An excellent article Taking Back Readers' Advisory by Barbara Hoffert appears in the current Library Journal. This is an important service to our communities.While nothing can replace reference staff trained in RA, we can ensure our records help the reader. Most cataloger users appreciate summaries or abstracts. We should try to get them for as many titles as possible. Maybe the annotation that is written for the Web site reading list should also be included in the bib record? How about linking to on-line reviews? Table of contents information can help our readers. GSAFD? These are just a few ideas off the cuff. RA responsibility does not stop at the "Staff Only" door.The Web presence for annotated lists should consider some content management systems, like Movable Type. These blogging tools can make the lists available to our patrons on the Web, via e-mail and RSS. Patrons can decide the format that suits them, which is always a good idea. The archiving function will be helpful. The creation tools make it easier to get it up and available. Could be a good fit.
- Wiki In Openworldcat
Seen on Lorcan Dempsey's weblog, always a good readWell, it has arrived! Wiki functionality has gone live in OpenWorldCat. Check out the details and reviews tab here, for example.We do not know how this will develop: we think it is really important...
- Cataloging The Net. Part 2.
I posted a while ago about an idea to turn the RSS feed of Web directories into MARC records. K.G. Schneider of LII left a comment both here and on the original site. She makes some valid points and one I'm less sure about. She invites folks with...
- Metadata
Medeiros, Norm (2004) Repurposed metadata : ONIX and the Library of Congress' BEAT Program. OCLC Systems & Services 20(3):pp. 93-95.This article reviews the ONIX-based efforts of the Library of Congress' Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team...
- Blogging
An interview with Rebecca Blood, author of The Weblog Handbook, appeared on Tech TV the other night.Librarians have taken to bloggin in a big way. Steven and Greg have started a 'blog, LIS Blogsource, just to keep up with the new ones appearing. I...
- Cross Training
I'm still reading Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process by Alenka Sauperl. One of the catalogers interviewed mentioned it is important to work a few hours a week on the reference desk. The catalog is constructed for the user, not other...