Library Cataloging
At last, at Library Stuff, I've heard a good use for a Wiki on a library site. Pathfinders, or finding aids could benefit from corrections, annotations and additions from the public. This makes sense. Local experts or fans of a topic could very well have useful knowledge and the desire to share that information. Users might discover broken links or newer editions and wish to save others from the pain they experienced.Until now I thought Wikis only had a place in the back office. They make perfect sense for new employee orientation material. As employees are hired they can add materials that would have helped them understand things better. In the cataloging department a Wiki is a good tool to record local cataloging decisions. Not being a reference librarian, I had not thought they could be used for the pathfinders, another valid use.
- Electronic Resources And Libraries 2009
The Conference is over. Some excellent content and good presentations. The conference committee should be proud. Also a good group of attendees. Plenty to learn just talking to others between sessions. Some takeaways.Check into having our catalog hosted,...
- End Users
I've been listening to a talk Bill Moen gave at the TLA 2004 conference on my MP3 player. (TLA makes CDs of the conference with MP3 files of the talks available for a very reasonable sum.) In it he talks about our end users. Those are the folks walking...
- Shifted Wiki
The Shifted Librarian is back and using a Wiki. A Wiki is a Web page that anyone can edit and change. If you have been curious or this is totally new, check this out and add links and suggestions. The Shifted Wiki isa place to put your ideas for RSS feeds...
- Cross Training
The article The Renaissance Librarian: Catalogers Working in Public Services by Douglas King has been published at LISCareer.com He discusses the benefits of working the reference desk and issues to consider before taking the plunge.I've always found...
- Metadata Portal
The Wiki page MetadataTaxonomiesAndVocabularies is a good portal to the topic. Not much content but plenty of links. Since it is a Wiki, if you notice an article that should be there, just add it....
Library Cataloging
Wikis
At last, at Library Stuff, I've heard a good use for a Wiki on a library site. Pathfinders, or finding aids could benefit from corrections, annotations and additions from the public. This makes sense. Local experts or fans of a topic could very well have useful knowledge and the desire to share that information. Users might discover broken links or newer editions and wish to save others from the pain they experienced.Until now I thought Wikis only had a place in the back office. They make perfect sense for new employee orientation material. As employees are hired they can add materials that would have helped them understand things better. In the cataloging department a Wiki is a good tool to record local cataloging decisions. Not being a reference librarian, I had not thought they could be used for the pathfinders, another valid use.
- Electronic Resources And Libraries 2009
The Conference is over. Some excellent content and good presentations. The conference committee should be proud. Also a good group of attendees. Plenty to learn just talking to others between sessions. Some takeaways.Check into having our catalog hosted,...
- End Users
I've been listening to a talk Bill Moen gave at the TLA 2004 conference on my MP3 player. (TLA makes CDs of the conference with MP3 files of the talks available for a very reasonable sum.) In it he talks about our end users. Those are the folks walking...
- Shifted Wiki
The Shifted Librarian is back and using a Wiki. A Wiki is a Web page that anyone can edit and change. If you have been curious or this is totally new, check this out and add links and suggestions. The Shifted Wiki isa place to put your ideas for RSS feeds...
- Cross Training
The article The Renaissance Librarian: Catalogers Working in Public Services by Douglas King has been published at LISCareer.com He discusses the benefits of working the reference desk and issues to consider before taking the plunge.I've always found...
- Metadata Portal
The Wiki page MetadataTaxonomiesAndVocabularies is a good portal to the topic. Not much content but plenty of links. Since it is a Wiki, if you notice an article that should be there, just add it....