Cynthia Williamson wrote:
> shelves???? However the next generation catalogue finally looks and
> operates, I know my patrons will judge it by how easy it is to use not
> by how accurately we follow cataloguing rules.
>
>
Of course, the idea that these are two different things is somewhat
disastrous. The cataloging rules are supposed to be all about making the
catalog easy to use for what patrons need it for, are they not? Whether
they are currently succesful at this--and even how we know if they are,
and if we have enough and the right kind of evidence to know if they
are--is apparently a topic of great dispute.
Jonathan
> Cynthia Williamson
> Collection Management Librarian
> Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
> Hamilton, ON
> L8N 3T2
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Karen Coyle <kcoyle_at_KCOYLE.NET>
> Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:23 pm
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Calhoun at FoBC
>
>
>> Erin Leach wrote:
>>
>>> The problem, as you point out, is that the records you might buy
>>>
>> aren't> as "good" as the work you might produce. I think that
>> Calhoun would
>>
>>> argue that users want access to the information, even if the records
>>> conveying that information isn't perfect. Calhoun might say that
>>>
>> users> don't care as much about subject access as they do about
>> whether or not
>>
>>> the URL is in the record or if the record can be found at all.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Just back from the FoBC:
>>
>> Yes, this was the gist of her message, but also of the messages of
>> manyother speakers as well. If you didn't listen to the webcast
>> live, do
>> listen to Rick Lugg's intro when it gets up online. He really set the
>> tone for the meeting, and his point was that in order to function in
>> this fast-moving world we are going to have to give up on the idea
>> thatwe are creating "perfect" bib records. Many speakers made the
>> point that
>> we should accept copy from just about anywhere we can find it, and
>> onlyfix anything that we think greatly hinders access. They also
>> said that
>> we should be spending much less time on regularly published works and
>> more time on the unique items in our collections. As to Jonathan's
>> pointabout sharing, there were a few "digs" at publishers and at
>> OCLC for
>> hindering sharing. This is an underlying issue that has not been
>> broughtto the surface and I wonder when it will finally "hit the
>> fan." We
>> obviously can't rely on publisher data is a starting point for copy
>> cataloging if we can't then share versions of that record with other
>> libraries.
>>
>> I'll try to get my full notes up online shortly, but I really do
>> recommend the webcasts when they appear, which should be in a few
>> days.Especially the comments and questions, which were often more
>> pointedthan the prepared speeches.
>>
>> kc
>>
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Received on Wed Jul 11 2007 - 13:09:08 EDT