Is there a Catalog in your future

Is there a Catalog in your future? : 

By Alison Ruckert Is there a Catalog in your future?

The Catalog : 

The Catalog What do you want from your library Catalog?

Brief history of library catalogs : 

Brief history of library catalogs Types of Catalogs Book Card Microfilm Online CD-ROM

LC, AACR2, MARC21, FRBR: together creating Bibliographic Records : 

LC, AACR2, MARC21, FRBR: together creating Bibliographic Records Bibliographic Description: all elements of data necessary to identify a document in a record Descriptive Data controlled by a Standard Description of info package Choice of access points Form of access points 100 1_ |a Garland, Michael, |d 1952 245 10 |a Miss Smith and the haunted library / |c Michael Garland. 250 __ |a 1st ed. 260 __ |a New York : |b Dutton Children’s Books, |c c2009. 300 __ |a 1 v. (unpaged) : |b col. ill. ; |c 27 x 28 cm. 520 __ |a When Miss Smith brings her students to the public library, they not only meet Virginia Creeper, the librarian, but also a host of frightening creatures that emerge from the pages of the "Incredible Storybook" as Ms. Creeper reads her favorite tales

LC, AACR2, MARC21, FRBR: together creating Bibliographic Records : 

LC, AACR2, MARC21, FRBR: together creating Bibliographic Records Library of Congress Subject Headings AACR2 31 editions 6 volumes in print Over 308, 000 total headings Additions and changes Weaknesses 3 levels of description -minimal, standard (used by most libraries), full AACR2 steps: identify format, components, source, transcribe properly Criticism: does not contain information useful to today’s user Magic—Juvenile Fiction Libraries—Juvenile Fiction Teachers—Juvenile Fiction

LC, AACR2, MARC21, FRBR: together creating Bibliographic Records : 

LC, AACR2, MARC21, FRBR: together creating Bibliographic Records MARC21 FRBR Machine Readable Catalog Records MARC21 Parts of a MARC record Leader Directory Control Fields Variable Fields Entity-attribute relationship Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records 3 Groups Based on four tasks performed by users Find Identify Select Obtain

RDA: what is it? How is it different from AACR2? : 

RDA: what is it? How is it different from AACR2? Available June 2010 Emphasis on the user Structure: Recording attributes and relationships Why is RDA better than AACR2 What about MARC21?

What do you want from your catalog? : 

What do you want from your catalog? Do you first look for information using the internet performing keyword searches before searching a library catalog? Do you search other websites including Google or Amazon to find more information on a book, movie, or CD? Are you a member of Social Cataloging Websites? If so what do you like/dislike? Do you prefer library catalogs that are more visual? When conducting research do you first look for online electronic sources?

Today’s catalog user: a profile : 

Today’s catalog user: a profile Self-sufficient Want sources primarily online “Google” searching Different levels of Users

What should be found in the catalog? : 

What should be found in the catalog? Links to outside sources-summaries, reviews Visuals-book covers Tag clouds Subject headings closer to the natural language of the profession (1) characters come to life (1) children (2) children's picture book (1) elementary picture book (2) halloween adventures (1) imagination (2) libraries (2) library tales (1) picture book (3) picture book halloween (1) picture book/ beginning reader (1) read in 2010 (1) reading aloud (1) scary stories in fiction (1) storybook characters coming to life (1)

Social Cataloging Websites : 

Social Cataloging Websites What are Social Cataloging Sites? -Catalog & share media owned, watched, listened to, and read. Post reviews Participate in discussion groups Specialized

Social Cataloging Site: a part of the library catalog? : 

Social Cataloging Site: a part of the library catalog? “These sites serve as a user-designed, interactive, and shared catalog.” Drawbacks: Privacy issues Bibliographic information

Next Generation Catalogs : 

Next Generation Catalogs Characteristics Pull visual information from outside sources Link to other websites/sources of information for reviews and summaries Features: tagging “Not having to search like a librarian” Example: Akron-Summit County Public library

Cooperative Cataloging : 

Cooperative Cataloging Program for Cooperative Cataloging: an international effort to expand access to library collections SACO BIBCO CONSER Expanding the local catalog OCLC WorldCat Holdings of 71,000 libraries Link from Google books to WorldCat

The Catalog Librarian: Today and Tomorrow : 

The Catalog Librarian: Today and Tomorrow Expanding the role of the catalog librarian Teaching classes Publish Interdisciplinary “the cataloger of the future must be visible, a good communicator, a capable of performing many different library functions.”

Resources : 

Resources Banush, David. 2010. “Cooperative cataloging at the intersection of tradition and transformation,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 48:247-257. Chan, Lois Mai. 2007. Cataloging and Classification: an introduction, 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Hillman, David I. 2009. “View from a parallel universe: Getting There,” Technicalities. 29:6-9 Ivey, Robert T. 2009. “Perceptions of the future of cataloging: is the sky really falling,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 47:464-482. Spiteri, Louis F. 2009. “The impact of social cataloging sites on the construction of bibliographic records in the public library,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 47: 52-73. Turner, Amy H. 2010. “OCLC WorldCat as a cooperative catalog,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 2010:271-278. Wakimoto, Jina Choi. 2009. “Scope of the library catalog in times of transition.,”Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 47:409-426. Websites: http://www.shelfari.com/ http://www.aacr2.org/about.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/ http://www.worldcat.org/whatis/default.jsp http://rdaonline.org/rdaDraft.html http://www.akronlibrary.org/ http://www.librarything.com/