Managing the Catalog Department

Managing the Catalog Department

Author: Donald LeRoy Foster

Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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A standard cataloging text for several years...continues to be important reading not only for catalogers but also for department supervisors and library managers. --BOOKLIST


Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information

Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information

Author: Ruth C Carter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1317956699

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Discover how librarians around the world are responding to the new demands of a fast-changing profession! More computers and fewer staff, more types of resources to catalog and less time in which to study them--these are the problems librarians are facing at the dawn of a new millennium. Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information offers solutions from cataloging and technical services managers around the world. Contributions from Australia, Botswana, Latin America, Canada, and the United States guarantee a truly international perspective. Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information describes new and effective ways to coordinate all aspects of automation, staffing, organization, teamwork, and work flow. These techniques have been tested in libraries ranging from small college libraries to the ancient and revered Bodleian Library and the vast Library of Congress. National libraries, academic libraries, and specialized medical and law libraries are also represented. In Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information, catalogers and technical services managers will find useful suggestions in a number of areas, including: total quality management flexible strategies for cataloging local and remote resources cataloging operations, trends, and perspectives putting cataloging philosophy into practice staff assignments and workflow distribution building team spirit Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information is an invaluable resource for library administrators, catalogers, library educators, technical services managers, and information scientists.


Defining IT Success Through The Service Catalog

Defining IT Success Through The Service Catalog

Author: Bill Fine

Publisher: Van Haren

Published: 2007-02-12

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 9401801169

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The Service Catalog is a fundamental IT tool covering the services themselves, default capabilities, measures and primary means of access and provision. In short, it represents the value IT provides to facilitate business operations. Written by industry experts and using real case studies, this valuable title takes the reader beyond the theoretical to focus on the real business benefits of Service Catalogs and how to implement them successfully within an organization: Services are made standard and rational, leading to lower costs and increased service availability Standard service products enable forecasting of demand, leading to better volume discounts from vendors and improved inventory and capacity planning Controls over consumption of services are enhanced The fulfillment of IT services is improved with the catalog. Standardization of services leads to recurrent workflows, rather than relatively expensive one-off projects


Practical Strategies for Cataloging Departments

Practical Strategies for Cataloging Departments

Author: Rebecca L. Lubas

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-02-22

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1598844938

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Cataloging managers will find this book a valuable road map for navigating the metadata needs of the 21st-century library. Demand for instant access, 24/7. Outsourcing issues. Constantly evolving standards. How can catalogers create a flexible, Web 2.0-compliant, flexible, multi-metalingual cataloging department? A daunting challenge, definitely; but with the right guidance, any cataloger can get up to speed and handle these common and confusing problems. Each chapter of Practical Strategies for Cataloging Departments is authored or coauthored by a leader in cataloging, metadata practice, or education in these specialties. This book offers practical advice—based on direct experience—for facing the challenges of organizing information today. Topics include training, collaborating across the library, coping with changes in standards, making strategic selections of vendor cataloging products, developing cooperative organizations, and more. The specific techniques that will help catalogers meet the needs of 21st century patrons are emphasized.


Requiem for the Card Catalog

Requiem for the Card Catalog

Author: Associated Colleges of the Midwest

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1979-04-20

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13:

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Collection and resource data bases in bibliographic management; The effects of automation on organizational change, staffing, and human relations in catalog departments; The disposable catalog; The automated catalog and the demise of the cataloging mystique or, here comes the catalog the people always wanted ... maybe; Effect of national networking on catalog management decisions; The flexibly automated catalog: budgets, services and the varied catalogs at the Los Angeles county public library; Management experience with COM catalogs in a large academic library; Constituency concerns in OCLC management: user, library, network, OCLC; Shelf-list conversion: management pitfalls and opportunities.