Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:31:59 -0500
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Please excuse duplicate posting ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Cataloging Colleagues, With rapidly changing technology, more and more libraries are building digital collections and shifting focus to online discovery environment. More and more resources are published in electronic format, which leaves libraries with less and less physical material to catalog and process. Cataloging practice is experiencing big changes as we respond to the new trends of digitization, multiple metadata schemas, outsourcing, batch processing, next-generation catalog, and new standards and concepts for information organization. This research intends to explore new trends and future outlooks and plans in the cataloging practice of libraries of all kinds. There are 25 questions in this survey. Your responses to this survey are voluntary and completely confidential. Please submit your survey responses by March 31st, 2012. The search result will be shared at the ARL LCDP (Leadership and Career Development Program) poster presentation session at 2012 ALA Annual and via other venues. No participants or institutions will be identified in presentation or publication of this research. I appreciate your input and support and looking forward to sharing the research result with you. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact me at awu_at_uh.edu<mailto:awu_at_uh.edu> Please click the following link to open the survey: https://www.research.net/s/cataloging_new_trends Thanks in advance! -- Annie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Annie Wu Head of Cataloging Services University of Houston Libraries 114 University Libraries Houston, TX 77204 Phone: 713-743-9678 Fax: 713-743-9748 Email: awu_at_uh.edu<mailto:awu_at_uh.edu> [cid:image004.png_at_01CD0137.32949600]
