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Building on excellence Building on excellence to improve the future: to improve the future: The expanding role of catalogers in the digital age -Angela Dresselhaus Fast Track Serials Cataloger Indiana University, Bloomington

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Expanding role of catalogers in the digital age

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Building on excellence to Building on excellence to improve the future:improve the future:The expanding role of catalogers in the digital age

-Angela DresselhausFast Track Serials Cataloger

Indiana University, Bloomington

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And four things you won’t see on my And four things you won’t see on my resume…resume…

Indiana UniversityMaster of Library Science (Expected in 28 days)

Fast Track Serials Cataloger Oct. 2006 - Current

University of LouisvilleBachelor of Arts, Music

Student Assistant, Aug. 2001 - Mar. 2005Library Assistant, Mar. 2005 - Oct. 2006

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Interbellum Generation Interbellum Generation DiplomacyDiplomacy TogethernessTogetherness JoyJoy holidaysholidays G.I. Generation G.I. Generation Work Work TrustTrust Birth Birth

FrustrationFrustration Learning Learning Patience Patience Baby Boom Generation Baby Boom Generation

deathdeath negotiation negotiation Celebration Meals Celebration Meals Generation X Generation X

ToleranceTolerance Community Community sorrowsorrow optimism optimism Millennial Generation Millennial Generation Relationships Relationships FarmingFarming healing healing

Raised in a multigenerational household

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I have a twin sister!

AnitaProcess Engineer & Design SpecialistAmerican Printing House for the Blind

• Drive to set & achieve goals• Congenial competition

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Dedicated learner, unlearner and relearner

• Ethnomusicology• Digital Entrepreneurship• Flash Animation• German • Portuguese • Spanish • American Sign Language• Archeology • A+/Net+• Microcomputer Applications

• Basic Cataloging• Advanced Cataloging• Metadata• MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)• EAD (Encoded Archival Description)• Metadata & Digital Library Development

Breadth Depth

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Risk taker

Image source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royonx_Parachute.jpg

Maybe not this kind of risk…

• Volunteer for leadership positions

• Routinely challenge personal boundaries

• Often step out of my comfort zone in order to accomplish a goal

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The enormity of the web and the vastness of online resources necessitates a change in the role of catalogers.

But how big is the web?

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Google in 1998 indexed 26 million pages

1 billion pages in 2000

1 trillion + pages: Now!

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“So how many unique pages does the web really contain? We don't know; we don't have time to look at them all! :-)” - We knew the web was big... 7/25/2008 10:12:00 AM

From

If Google doesn’t have time to index everything on the web, what are catalogers to do?

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Build PartnershipsBuild Partnerships

• Today’s library staff work with vendors to supply tools to complete our missions.

Why?

• There is simply to much information out there to go at it alone

• Collaborative endeavors will perpetuate the value of libraries and resources

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Retool for the futureRetool for the future

• Knowledge bases• Open URL• Batch Loads• Other standards & protocols

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Knowledge basesKnowledge bases

• Knowledge bases are an essential component for providing comprehensive access to electronic materials.

• Partnering with vendors is an excellent way to leverage outside expertise to further institutional goals.

• Electronic resources are expensive and we as library staff have an obligation to effectively manage subscriptions to avoid situations where we pay for resources but fail to provide a discovery mechanism.

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Batch LoadsBatch Loads

• Simply, we need to utilize vendor records to get ubiquitous titles into the catalog.

• Local cataloging efforts are best focused on collections of distinction, rare or uniquely held items, and materials of local significance.

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Open URLOpen URL

• Provides consistent and fluid linking to our resources

• In the electronic environment catalogers are responsible for bibliographic and final access to information.

• The role of the library staff involves responding to access issues and resolving problems.

• Excellent management of Open URL protocols will aid in keeping patrons within library discovery tools.

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What will happen without What will happen without functioning Open URL?functioning Open URL?

The next slide is from Peter McCracken’s ACRL presentation, “KBART: Improving Access to Electronic Resources; plus, Finding the Hidden Side of Seattle”

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Other standards & Other standards & protocolsprotocols

•SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) is a protocol standard that help libraries more efficiently collect user statistics.

• XML based Web Service built on SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) that exchanges data between machines. This eliminates labor intensive human collection methods.• Has an extension to work with COUNTER reports

• KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) is striving to create standards for data transmission between stakeholders in the knowledge base supply chain

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Build on past successes to Build on past successes to master new challenges master new challenges

“The convenience of the public is always to be set before the ease of the cataloguer ...”

--Charles Cutter

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Roles of catalogers over Roles of catalogers over the years…the years…

Charles Cutter FRBR User Tasks

to enable a person to find a book of which either the author, title, or subject is known;

to identify all the titles held by the library on a given subject or genre, or written by a given author;

or to assist in the choice of a book by edition or character

Find: “to find entities that correspond to the user’s stated search criteria”

Identify: to identify an entity

Select: to select an entity that is appropriate to the user’s needs

Obtain: to obtain a copy of a selected entity

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New RolesNew RolesElectronic resource catalogers need to:

•Be comfortable with the technologies and tools of all generations of library patrons,

•Advocate for improvements to the products provided by vendors,

• Prioritize information needs and continue to catalog high intellectual value resources,

• Embrace the idea that catalog librarians have increased responsibilities in the access of online materials,

• Increase awareness and take action to help ensure perpetual access to online materials.

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Catalogers have an excellent history of adapting and seeking ways to better serve patrons. As we move forward, we should build on this sturdy foundation, explore the new areas, and strive to meet and exceed the expectations of our patrons.

Thank You!