The Heads of Cataloging Interest Group will meet on Monday, January 23, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. (Dallas Convention Center, D-171). The theme for our discussion is "Developing Service-Oriented Models for Cataloging and Metadata," and we are delighted to be joined by a distinguished panel of speakers:
Jee Davis (University of Texas) & Jina Wakimoto (University of Colorado, Boulder), "Cataloging IS a Public Service: Repositioning Cataloging and Metadata Services": The current environment of library cataloging and metadata services is one of constant change and adaptation in face of changing standards and technologies, staffing reductions, budgetary constraints, and shifting priorities, to name but a few. The speakers will discuss various challenges they have confronted as heads of cataloging and metadata services departments and turning them into opportunities: dealing with change in their institutions; repositioning their departments through assessment and redesign of workflows; overcoming resistance by cataloging staff and motivating them to adapt; and building relationships with other areas of the library. The speakers will also identify what they perceive as future challenges and will discuss their ideas to meet the new demands on cataloging and metadata services.
Teressa Keenan (University of Montana), "Charting a Course with NOMAP: Integrating Metadata Workflows into a Traditional Cataloging Unit": Recent collaboration between the Department of Native American Studies and the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana and the Smithsonian Institution to digitize primary source documents related to the various tribes of Montana created an opportunity for expanding the scope of work done by catalogers at the library. To date there have been more than 35,000 documents digitized and made available on the Montana Memory Project, Montana's Digital Library and Archives website (http://cdm16013.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15018coll44). This presentation will focus on the metadata creation portion of the project. It will describe how metadata creation was integrated into the daily workflows of traditional catalogers; the additional training that was required for staff; and the impact of the project on the productivity of the department. There will be an analysis of what worked well and what didn't as well as plans for improving the process and better integrating both traditional and non-traditional cataloging practices within the department.
Jennifer O'Brien Roper (University of Virginia), "Envisioning Culture Shift: Building a Strategic Framework for Service Oriented Cataloging": Identification of mission, vision and goals are the basis for creating a strategic framework for any organization. Use of these tools can help traditional cataloging units to articulate current services and identify future directions. The speaker will discuss the use of strategic framework to shift the focus of the Cataloging and Metadata Services department at the University of Virginia from record creation and correction to a broader level of involvement in data selection, ingestion, curation and display in a manner that both establishes a vision for the future as well as concrete tasks for the present.
Sharon Wiles-Young (Lehigh University), "Technical Services Involvement with New Service: Are there Silos Within the Library?": As libraries implement new technologies and provide access to digital and electronic content, Technical Services staff has become more involved with user services. Lehigh University Libraries are currently developing and implementing a new user interface, VuFind, for the online catalog and the Libraries are in the process of creating an Institutional Repository. The Institutional Repository Team is suddenly becoming aware of needs for metadata skills, organizational skills, and inventory control skills, and as a result the client services librarians are now asking for more assistance from the Technical Services staff. The relevance of Technical Services skills needed for these projects and changes in responsibilities of the staff will be discussed. As libraries implement these ambitious projects, a reevaluation of library process will have to take place and traditional staffing should be re-aligned to involve staff with different skill sets in order to optimize efficiencies within the library.
Presentations will be 20-25 minutes each, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A. Please contact Chris Cronin (croninc_at_uchicago.edu<mailto:croninc_at_uchicago.edu>), Chair of the ALCTS Heads of Cataloging Interest Group, with any questions.
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Christopher Cronin
Director of Metadata & Cataloging Services
University of Chicago Library
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-8739
Fax: 773-702-3016
Skype: christopher-cronin
E-mail: croninc_at_uchicago.edu<mailto:croninc_at_uchicago.edu>
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