What does the future hold for cataloging education? Written by some of the best-known authors and most innovative thinkers in the field, including Michael Gorman, Sheila S. Intner, and Jerry D. Saye, this comprehensive collection examines education for students and working librarians in cataloging and bibliographic control, emphasizing history, context, the state of the art at present, and suggested future directions. A liberal dose of visual aids--charts, tables, etc.--makes accessing the information quick and easy. From the editor: The education of catalogers has swung pendulum-like from...
What does the future hold for cataloging education? Written by some of the best-known authors and most innovative thinkers in the field, including Mic...
Librarians entering the profession often shun the prospect of becoming catalogers because they perceive public service responsibilities as more rewarding than those of technical services. This is causing a shortage in the area of technical services in general and cataloging librarians in particular. A group of concerned professionals decided to investigate solutions to the problems, thus, the Simmons College Symposium on Recruiting, Educating, and Training Cataloging Librarians evolved. The editors have compiled papers presented at the symposium that propose solutions to the cataloger...
Librarians entering the profession often shun the prospect of becoming catalogers because they perceive public service responsibilities as more rew...