The Changing Face of Cataloging Positions at Academic Institutions

Glasser, Sally

doi:10.1300/j123v51n03_04

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“…Researches had shown concern at the rate which Cataloguers aged and retired without commensurable replacement. The studies by Hill & Intner (2007), Glasser, (2007) and Roberts, (1986 indicated that Cataloguers were older relative to other Librarian colleagues. Moreover, Davies (2008) Observed that Cataloguers that retired due to aging were replaced with difficulty.…”

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The Perspectives of Practitioner Cataloguers’ Interest in Information Organization

Bello

Mansour

2017

IJALIS

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Enquiring into perspective of today practitioner Cataloguers is imperative. Such an understanding of motivations and inspirations could provide the cataloguing profession a glimpse of the future. This could help to improve the profession especially in the light of Information Technology application and adoption to librarianship. To appraise opinions of cataloguers on the job, structured survey questionnaire, was used to collect data that answer questions on attitude and interest of Cataloguers towards their profession, examine the relationship between demographic variables, attitude and interest of Cataloguers towards the profession. Copies of the instrument were administered to 279 practicing Cataloguers in 48 Nigerian public University Libraries. SPSS was used for correlation analysis. The results showed enthusiasm towards the profession, analysis however indicated varied correlational relationships between the demographic variables, interest and attitude variables.

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confidence: 99%

The Perspectives of Practitioner Cataloguers’ Interest in Information Organization

Bello

Mansour

2017

IJALIS

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“…Sally Glasser studied the changes that have occurred in cataloging as a result of automation. 23 She notes that the cataloging process has grown more efficient as it has evolved from manual card cataloging to cooperative copy cataloging, but catalogers have confronted new challenges and increased responsibilities as electronic formats have become more prominent. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee examined developments in the information environment since the emergence of Google.…”

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Agile Cataloging: Staffing and Skills for a Bibliographic Future

Mitchell

Thompson

2010

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

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One of the foremost challenges facing technical services in academic libraries is integrating digital resources and services with existing work without a concomitant personnel expansion. The library's bibliographic data are manipulated and delivered through myriad systems and services, including proxy servers, electronic resource management systems, federated search and link resolver tools, integrated library systems, bibliographic utilities, and dozens of external data providers. In this increasingly complex environment, libraries require flexible data management and flexible staffing, which in turn relies on a reservoir of informed staff and managers who understand the many pieces of the technical services puzzle. This article discusses efforts at the University of Houston Libraries, a mid-size research library, to enhance organizational capacity for evolving cataloging roles and to foster organizational relationships that support progress in technical services functions.

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“…Glasser (2007)assessed some of the major changes in technical services departments in the past 15 to 20 years. In reporting on the changing roles and responsibilities of the cataloging profession from the late 1980s onward, she points out the following main factors powering change: technological advances, automation, the growth of electronic resources, increased user demands on library services, and shrinking budgets.…”

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Cataloging professionals in the digital environment: A content analysis of job descriptions

Park

Marion

2009

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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This study assesses the current state of responsibilities and skill sets required of cataloging professionals. It identifies emerging roles and competencies focusing on the digital environment and relates these to the established knowledge of traditional cataloging standards and practices. We conducted a content analysis of 349 job descriptions advertised in AutoCAT in 2005-2006. Multivariate techniques of cluster and multidimensionalscaling analyses were applied to the data. Analysis of job titles, required and preferred qualifications/skills, and responsibilities lends perspective to the roles that cataloging professionals play in the digital environment. Technological advances increasingly demand knowledge and skills related to electronic resource management, metadata creation, and computer and Web applications. Emerging knowledge and skill sets are increasingly being integrated into the core technical aspects of cataloging such as bibliographic and authority control and integrated library-system management. Management of cataloging functions is also in high demand.The results of the study provide insight on current and future curriculum design of library and information-science programs.

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The Changing Face of Cataloging Positions at Academic Institutions

Cited by 13 publications

References 6 publications

The Perspectives of Practitioner Cataloguers’ Interest in Information Organization

The Perspectives of Practitioner Cataloguers’ Interest in Information Organization

Agile Cataloging: Staffing and Skills for a Bibliographic Future

Cataloging professionals in the digital environment: A content analysis of job descriptions

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