hi,
one must not forget that catalogers just happen to be one of the
principal and heaviest "users" or "patrons" of library catalogs.
why not cater to their needs?
--ralph p.
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:20:55 +0000, Kathy Glennan <kathyglennan_at_COMCAST.NET>
wrote:
>Please do not generalize for all catalogers based on your experiences. For
many of us, cataloging is the ultimate public service -- we provide the
metadata that enables resource discovery. As a cataloger, I am especially
interested in how my institution's cataloging records are used by our
patrons, and I have made suggestions for improvements in OPAC displays and
search options in the two university libraries in which I have worked.
>
>Kathy Glennan
>Music Cataloger
>University of Maryland
>kglennan_at_umd.edu
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: Deb Bergeron <bergeron_at_MACALESTER.EDU>
>> Deb,
>>
>> To add a little spice to this, from my point of view, that is not the
>> case. They are involved in changes, but want to make only changes that
>> are good for them, not the patron or other users. They think in terms
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Received on Mon Sep 17 2007 - 07:05:33 EDT