cataloging: who knew it was community service? erin stalberg, head, metadata and cataloging laura...
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Cataloging: Who Knew It Was Community Service?
Erin Stalberg, Head, Metadata and Cataloging Laura Abraham, Library Technician, Metadata and
Cataloging
North Carolina State University Libraries
58th NCLA Biennial Conference
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Goals
to introduce the Metadata & Cataloging staff to Web 2.0 technologies for cataloging and to experiment with the concepts/principles of user created metadata and of tagging v. LCSH
to contribute towards increasing the accessibility of small library collections
to lend our particular expertise to a community service project
Logistics
finding a museum or small library whose materials were uncataloged
free wireless
adequate space
volunteers & laptops
publicity
• LibraryThing helps you create a library-quality catalog of your books. You can do all of them or just what you're reading now.
• And because everyone catalogs online, they also catalog together. LibraryThing connects people based on the books they share.
• Can scan the item using a barcode reader, type in the ISBN, or just type in the name and author.
• Get data from Amazon, Library of Congress, or other resources.
• Where people can find it, contacts
• The community it is a part of
• Can add upcoming events, connect to the public
Durham’s Central Park School Durham’s Central Park School for Childrenfor Children
It was so much fun, we decided to do it again!
And with more people!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/-erin/sets/72157622517667960/
Lessons Learned & Observations be prepared!
expect chaos (wireless & workflow)
know that people have way more books than they estimate
decide who to use as your record source
expect some amount of original cataloging
Lessons Learned & Observations Original cataloging
Joel Lane “manual entry”49/239 = 21%
Central Park School “manual entry”24/933 = 3%
Manual entry means that a cataloger did not find copy quickly (usually between LC & Amazon) and entered it into LibraryThing themselves. It does not necessarily mean copy does not exist.
Lessons Learned & Observations Original cataloging
Joel Lane materials not already in LibraryThing
73 books (32% of their collection), including:
○ Raleigh 1792-1992 : a bicentennial celebration of North Carolina's capital city
○ A short history : The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, The Delaware Society of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
○ North Carolina's state historic sites○ Chameleon on the Crabtree: The story of Joel Lane○ The Poems of Governor Thomas Burke of North Carolina
Lessons Learned & Observations Original cataloging
Central Park School materials not already in LibraryThing
Far fewer (so few, I stopped looking), but including:
○ Mother Teresa: A Life of Kindness○ Great American Indian leaders: Special Exhibit Catalogue○ The great Philadelphia cheesesteak book
○ And a few picture books in Spanish
Lessons Learned & Observations figure out in advance what to do about
serials/multivolume sets/duplicate copies
database maintenance