Relevance Recognized: Value-Added Cataloging for Departmental and Digital Collections
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Mary Jane Conger, Head of Cataloging Department (Creator)
- Anne Marie Taber, Former Electronic Resources and Metadata Cataloger (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: A medium-sized academic library's cataloging department describes the strategies employed when requests for materials-cataloging services from university departments outside the library, followed by the initiation of an Institutional Repository (IR) project, brought opportunities to redefine its perceived role. A service-oriented mindset facilitated the creative repurposing of staff, students, and skills in order to integrate these new formats and processes (both physical and digital) into departmental workflows. Cataloging staff rose to the challenges, gaining satisfaction with new skills learned and a sense of accomplishment at creating order from chaos.
Relevance Recognized: Value-Added Cataloging for Departmental and Digital Collections
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 48:6, 585 – 601
- Language: English
- Date: 2010
- Keywords
- academic libraries, cataloging, service, value, staff, re-purposing, institutional repositories, digital, departments, workflows