Growing Our Own: Mentoring the Next Generation of Catalog Librarians

DeZelar-Tiedman, Christine A.; Camden, Beth Picknally; Uhl, Rebecca

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“…DeZelar-Tiedman, Camden, and Uhl reported on a project to address concerns regarding recruiting catalogers into professional librarian positions. 114 They traced the development of a mentoring program for aspiring catalogers, sponsored and administered by the ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section Committee on Education, Training, and Recruitment for Cataloging. The authors provided background information on the program as well as results and an assessment on the pilot programs.…”

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Cataloging and Classification

El-Sherbini¹

2008

Library Resources &Amp; Technical Services

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This paper reviews library literature on cataloging and classification published in 2005-06. It covers pertinent literature in the following areas: the future of cataloging; Functional Requirement for Bibliographic Records (FRBR); metadata and its applications and relation to Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC); cataloging tools and standards; authority control; and recruitment, training, and the changing role of catalogers. The literature published in 2005 and 2006 devoted to cataloging and classification reveals a profession in transition. The future of the catalog and cataloging in the Web environment was the focus of several important discussions, presentations, white papers, reports, conferences, and articles. Another topic attracting attention was the emerging new cataloging standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA). The great importance of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) was emphasized in a number of scholarly publications. Classification schemas, such as the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and the Library of Congress Classification (LCC), continued as a topic in library literature. Other areas of interest included metadata, Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) and the flexibility of Extensible Markup Language (XML), authority control, recruitment, training, and the changing role of catalogers.

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Cataloging and Classification

El-Sherbini¹

2008

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“…The following example from DeZelar-Tiedman, Camden, and Uhl (2006) illustrates the need for mentoring in the library. The Committee on Education, Training, and Recruitment for Cataloging (CETRC) which is under the umbrella of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) planned to announce its pilot mentoring program to a select group through the ALCTS Newsletter Online.…”

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Training cataloguing professionals at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine: part 2

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Bowen-Chang

2011

Library Review

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of cataloguing training for professionals at the St Augustine Campus Libraries of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, with emphasis on the cataloguing of special formats and the overall importance of continuing education. Design/methodology/approach -The research methodology is based on a questionnaire which involved the use of a rolling survey for the periods 2005-2007 and 2007-2010, and utilized a five-point Likert scale. Findings -The findings clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of cataloguing training in the quest for professional development amongst librarians and also serve to highlight the need for greater collaboration between libraries, library schools and library associations. Practical implications -The paper considers effectiveness of training in cataloguing and thus of the skills adopted in practice. Originality/value -The study brings to the fore the importance of structured training for cataloguing professionals over a five-year period. It also provides further insights into bridging the gap between entry level and working cataloguers in a developing country.

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Growing Our Own: Mentoring the Next Generation of Catalog Librarians

Cited by 9 publications

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Cataloging and Classification

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Training cataloguing professionals at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine: part 2

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