Bionic cataloger September 23, 2007
Posted by Minerva in blogs, cataloging.Tags: cataloging, cataloging blogs, library school, training
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There is a new(-ish) cataloging blog: “Cataloger 2.0: We can rebuild her. We have the technology.” The author’s latest post notes the ever shrinking number of cataloging classes offered in library schools, and suggests a change to the curriculum:
If I were teaching a “basic” cataloging course, I would teach students how to “use” a library catalog. I would teach them search strategies that can be used with all catalogs, regardless of vendor. I would teach students about controlled vocabulary and how subject headings are formed. I would teach students how to read bibliographic records. I would teach students about DDC and LC in general terms, and get them familiar with what goes where.
(I wonder if she can assign classifications at lightning speed…)
… more powerful than a full-text search engine … able to jump tall cataloguing backlogs in a single bound!
Woops, that’s Super-cataloguer not Bionic cataloguer.
(Love the Mozart K488!)
-Irvin