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EDITORIAL:
“Cooperative Cataloging”
SCCTP Basic Serials Cataloging: A Manager’s Perspective
Abstract.
This article describes one manager’s experience in hosting a Basic Serials
Cataloging Workshop, sponsored by the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training
Program. SCCTP provides an effective yet economical way for library staff to
receive authoritative training in this most essential aspect of library service.
The Serials
Cataloging Cooperative Training Program: a trainer’s perspective.
Abstract. The Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program (SCCTP) is a
cooperative program that provides standardized training materials and trained
trainers in the field of serials cataloging.
The SCCTP was created under the auspices of the Cooperative Online
Serials (CONSER) Program, a component of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging
(PCC). In this paper, the author
describes his reasons for volunteering to become a trainer for the SCCTP, his
experiences at a SCCTP “train the trainer” workshop, and describes the first
SCCTP workshop, the Basic Serials Cataloging Workshop, that he and a colleague
conducted for the Harvard University Libraries.
A Trainee Perspective on the Basic Serials Cataloging Workshop. By
Patricia A. Headlee
Abstract. This
article is a trainee’s perspective of the Basic Serials Cataloging Workshop,
the first course in the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program (SCCTP).
A brief description of the course is offered as well as a discussion of
the program goals. The emphasis of
this course was the need to maintain CONSER standards in creating serial records
and this article offers one person’s view of how the trainers presented
material from the CONSER Editing Guide
and CONSER Cataloging Manual to guide
participants in following those standards.
(Re)Making the Serials Cata
Abstract:
While the Internet has expanded the volume and range of multimedia
resources available to end-users, the ability to precisely identify and retrieve
relevant information has not kept pace. The
demand for those with expertise in information organization and management, in
both traditional library settings, and in emerging web-enabled enterprises, is,
once again, on the rise. Education and training of catalogers, in areas related
to the description of, and the access to, digital resources, has assumed both a
priority, and an urgency. This is
particularly applicable to the serials arena.
Recognizing the need to increase the pool of knowledgeable serials
catalogers, as well as to enhance the quality of serials records contributed to
shared databases, the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program, or SCCTP,
was developed and launched in 1998. As
a program of continuing professional education and training for both entry-level
and advanced catalogers responsible for print and electronic serials, it has
proved exemplary. Its success in
(re)making serials catalogers with leading edge knowledge and skills, deserves
replication in other areas of cataloging education and training where the need
is equally pressing.
International
Cooperation in the Program for Cooperative Cataloging: Present and Prospects.
By Anthony R. D. Franks,
with
contribution by Ana Cristán
Abstract. The past ten
years have seen an expansion in participation by non-U.S. institutions in what
were once solely American cooperative cataloging programs. Overlaying older
bilateral relationships between national libraries, membership in the Program
for Cooperative Cataloging has come to include willing institutions in a variety
of organizational models: single membership, participation in a group
“funnel” specially formed for the purpose, or as an outgrowth of a local
bibliographic network. The resulting dispersion of bibliographic and authority
work among many institutions gives rise to a welcome participatory model in
standards and rule-setting.
The Catalog as Barrier to Retrieval. Part 2:
Forms of Name. By J. H. Bowman, Lecturer, School of Library, Archive & Information Studies,
University College London
Abstract. Continues the results of the Iternet survey of 38 different OPAC
systems, this part looking at forms of name and cross-references. Tests were
conducted to examine the results of searching for a personal name, Leonardo da
Vinci, and a corporate name entered subordinately, under parts of the name which
were not the leading element. Many libraries provide no cross-references, and in
many cases the presence or absence of punctuation in the search string has a
significant effect. The effect of the variation when combined in an Author/Title
search is also considered. The survey also considers the special filing of names
beginning Mc, which is almost confined to some British systems, and the
interfiling of subject with author entries for personal names. A number of
recommendations conclude the article.
Serials
Cataloging Handbook: An Illustrative Guide to the Use of AACR2R and LC Rule
Interpretations,
by Carol Liheng and Winnie S. Chan.
Reviewed by Deborah J. Karpuk
Riflessioni
su Principi, Standard, Regole e Applicazioni: Saggi Di Storia, Teoria E Technica
Della Catalogazione,
by
Mauro Guerrini.
Reviewed by Eugenie Greig
Catalogazione.
Enciclopedia tascabile, 16,
by Mauro Guerrini.