cataloguing in wales: are there professional benefits to exploring regionality
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Cataloguing in Wales: Are there professional benefits to exploring
regionality?
Karen F. PierceCardiff University
CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group Conference 2012
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Group social identity
• “…a social category…into which one falls, and to which one feels one belongs, provides a definition of who one is in terms of the defining characteristics of the category – a self-definition that is a part of the self-concept.” Hogg, Terry & White (1995, 259)
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“A manifestation of cataloguers”
@Heather_Jardine
“An authority of cataloguers”
@HelBader
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Cataloguing in Wales
Wales
Population: 3, 063,500
Approx 20 % Welsh speakers
How many cataloguers…?
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Geographical problems
• Mountain ranges dividing country
• Travel North to South by train via England
• Rural areas• Travelling to sessions
in England/Scotland not always practical
Llandrindod Wells – awkward for everyone!
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Conversations with Cataloguers in Wales Conference
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All Wales cataloguing group?
• Regular meetings
• Training sessions held in Wales
• Bi-annual conference
• Social events
• E-mail discussion list
• Exchange of ideas
• Visits
• Support network
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AWHILES partnership (location of libraries)
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AWHILES cataloguing (1)
Cataloguing Issues
• 27 libraries + university libraries
• Lack of cataloguing knowledge
• Only one AWHILES library has cataloguing staff
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AWHILES cataloguing (2)
Cataloguing solutions
• AWHILES cataloguer• Training sessions• Support via email and
phone• Monthly reports to
check
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AWHILES cataloguing summary
• 27 NHS libraries + university libraries on one catalogue
• Wide geographic spread of libraries
• Quality control maintained by university
• Close working relationships and support
• Benefits for roving user groups (students and doctors on placement)
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All-Wales higher education LMS
• JISC-funded Library Systems Shared Services Feasibility Study
http://blogs.cf.ac.uk/sharedlms/
• 12 Universities plus National Library of Wales as supporting member
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To conclude…
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