Perceptions of the Future of Cataloging: Is the Sky Really Falling?

Ivey, Robert T.

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“…They should also consider the growing expectations from employers. As Ivey (2009) notes, "although library science programs will need to train students in the new cataloguing tools, they must also prepare them to be effective teachers and researchers." He continues: "The cataloguer of the future must be visible, be a good communicator, and be capable of performing many different library functions.…”

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“…Cataloguing and classification as a subject area in universities has been dramatically affected by rapid changes in Library and Information Science (LIS) or iSchool education (see Wiegand 1999, Blankson-Hemans & Hibberd 2004, Gerolimos 2009, Ivey 2009, Al Hijji 2013. The most recent reports, largely from the USA (Blankson-Hemans & Hibberd 2004, Hill 2004, Davis 2008, Bowen-Chang & Hosien 2009, Pattuelli 2010, Shongwe & Ocholla 2011, confirm a shortage of cataloguers in libraries and information centres and strongly support their education and training.…”

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Cataloguing and Classification Education (CCE) and Training in Library and Information Science/ Studies Departments in South Africa

Ocholla

2014

South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science

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Cataloguing and Classification Education (CCE) and Training in Library and Information Science/ Studies Departments in South Africa

Ocholla

2014

South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science

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“…Ivey also considered changes related to financial constraints, including having paraprofessional staff perform complex copy or original cataloging. 11 He noted that although there has been much discussion, and perhaps some controversy, on this topic, "this practice . .…”

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What is a Professional Cataloger?

Cox

Myers²

2010

Library Resources &Amp; Technical Services

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LRTS 54(4)T he roles of professionals and paraprofessionals within libraries have been in flux for more than a decade. Advances in technology have streamlined workflows, allowing staff at all levels to engage in higher-level work. Reduced budgets and the reduced staff levels that go along with them have required reshuffling of job duties and shifts in department priorities. Some of these changes have blurred the lines between professional and paraprofessional staff. Despite these shifts, the library profession still defines employees and the work they do in terms of professional librarians, requiring a master of library and information science (MLIS), and paraprofessional staff, who typically hold at least a bachelor's degree. 1 Perhaps nowhere in the library has the effect of technology on library staff been more pronounced than in technical services. As clerical tasks have increasingly been taken over by automated systems or student workers, paraprofessional staff have been assigned higher-level functions, freeing professional librarians to focus on the big picture of the cataloging department, the library, and the profession. However, these shifts have not occurred uniformly across the profession, leading to disparities in how paraprofessionals' higher-level work is regarded and whether they are compensated adequately for their new roles. This paper will examine how professional and paraprofessional catalogers view their work, drawing on findings from a survey sent to cataloging department staff in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries. By looking at performance expectations for these two groups, how their work is evaluated and their productivity measured, and their perceptions of the value assigned to their work, this study provides a snapshot of cataloging and catalogers at this point in time.

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“…Recent additions to the literature have contributed to the debate on the future of cataloguing, including Byrd [4], Calhoun [5], Gorman [6], and Marcum [7], and reports from the Library of Congress [8] and the University of California Libraries [9]. Ivey [10] offers an articulate account of the issues at stake in the debate. The 'catalogue discussion' continues to be at the forefront among the LIS community in its effort to identify new models and strategic directions to provide access to recorded information.…”

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Knowledge organization landscape: A content analysis of introductory courses

Pattuelli

2010

Journal of Information Science

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This paper presents the results of a study examining the subject content of knowledge organization courses taught in ALA-accredited LIS programs. Close to 2,000 course readings of introductory-level knowledge organization courses from 34 Library and Information Science (LIS) schools in the U.S. and Canada were analyzed and indexed. Results indicate that traditional bibliographic methods and practices remain at the core of knowledge organization courses. Findings also show that metadata has become a central component of course content and new topics from information architecture to markup languages and semantic web are becoming part of introductory-level knowledge organization education.

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Perceptions of the Future of Cataloging: Is the Sky Really Falling?

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Cataloguing and Classification Education (CCE) and Training in Library and Information Science/ Studies Departments in South Africa

Cataloguing and Classification Education (CCE) and Training in Library and Information Science/ Studies Departments in South Africa

What is a Professional Cataloger?

Knowledge organization landscape: A content analysis of introductory courses

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