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January 30, 2012 2

Library Day in the Life: Day 1

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Well, readers, from now until the Friday, I am doing my best to participate in the Library Day in the Life, Round 8. Here’s the brief about the project, taken from their website:

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December 2, 2011 1

A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age: My Take

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At one of my committee meetings at the University of Arkansas this week, I was asked to give a brief overview of the document shared by the Library of Congress, titled A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age. I begin this post with my cover note, and then pick up with the thoughts I shared [...]

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November 9, 2011 0

Cataloging Nursery Catalogs

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Readers, I have been working on this paper about cataloging nursery catalogs for the past few weeks, and I think I am ready to share it. I would love to hear your feedback! (PS – thanks to Jen and Penny Baker for their help!) The paper is below the jump!

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September 28, 2011 3

Catalogers on the Reference Desk

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To start the post this week, I would like to start with a quote from Autocat, the cataloger’s discussion listserv: There is no question that technical services librarians who serve on the reference desk often come back with a great idea or two for improving entries in the catalog. Where the unfairness lies is that [...]

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September 21, 2011 0

OCLC WorldCat Quality Report

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My job as a cataloger (as you probably know) requires me to use OCLC’s WorldCat daily, through the Connexion Client. For you intrepid readers that skimmed that jargon-heavy first sentence, allow me to explain. WorldCat is the largest bibliographic database in the world – meaning that it has more catalog records in it than any [...]

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