Now its almost December, we can begin to think about cheery stuff like giving, sharing and helping others. One interaction that technically meets this description but may not be so cheery is your helpdesk queries and responses. After about 10 years supporting IT in libraries, I feel the festive need to spread some goodwill and have tried to … Continue reading »
Posted in November 2011 …
Cataloguing to metadata event and slides
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a fantastic ‘Cataloguing to metadata’ event at Oxford. It was hosted by the Bodleian Libraries and organised by their cataloguing team and staff development folk. I started out as a trainee at Oxford, (also thanks again to staff development there for that!) so felt personally happy to be back and catch … Continue reading »
Common sense at at last?
Good news everybody! It seems Marc21 is dead (or been told to order its last meal). Last week, the Library of Congress (LOC) working group on the future of bibliographic control has announced that: the Library community’s data carrier, MARC, is “based on forty-year-old techniques for data management and is out of step with … Continue reading »
