Perceptions of the Future of Cataloging: Is the Sky Really Falling?

Cataloging procedures have evolved in many academic research libraries over the past 10 years. Some predicted trends—outsourcing, original cataloging by paraprofessionals, more digital material—have been borne out. Others, such as a decline in the amount of material to catalog or in the number of professional catalogers, have not. Changes have been mostly procedural and have not affected the catalog itself. Recently, however, the emergence of powerful Internet search engines has allowed researchers to bypass the catalog. This has led some to question the wisdom of continuing it and others to vigorously defend current practice. In 2005–2007 this debate became especially heated, but a consensus appears to be emerging that although the character of the professional cataloger's job will continue to evolve over the next 5 to 10 years there will not be a revolution. The cataloger's basic skills will still be needed and the fundamental nature of cataloging will remain much as we know it.     

物联网与Web3.0交互作用下的图书馆

论文阐述物联网概念的内涵及其演进,讨论物联网与Web3.0技术的联系与区别,提出未来的图书馆将处于物联网技术与Web3.0交互作用之下,并分析了图书馆由此引发的深层次变革。     

广东科研系统图书馆信息资源整合设想

阐述了广东科研系统图书馆概况；论述了对广东科研系统图书馆的信息资源进行整合的动因及目的意义提出了整合需要解决的几个问题。     

李华伟图书馆学术思想研究

李华伟是享誉世界的杰出华美图书馆专家和图书馆学家.他的图书馆学术思想主要包括图书馆管理观、图书馆技术应用思想、图书馆事业建设理论、图书馆交流与合作精神、信息资源共享与文化推广理念等,这些学术思想不仅对美国东亚图书馆事业具有重要的现实意义,而且对于当今中美乃至世界图书馆事业的建设和发展有着深远的历史意义.     

How Much Does It Cost to Catalog a Document? A Case Study in Estonian University Libraries

In the current socioeconomic climate, efficiency and performance have become very important in libraries. The need for library managers to justify their costs to their parent organizations has become particularly important. Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) helps libraries to get a better picture of the cataloging activities that they are actually engaged in, and their costs. This article reviews the relevant literature to provide an overview of different cost accounting methods suitable for the measurement of the cataloging process. Then, through a case study conducted among Estonian university libraries, the TDABC approach was used to analyze the activities of cataloging process in two university libraries.     

Motivations for Library Use: Dover,Delaware, Library User Identity‐Motivation Pilot Study,December 2005

Under State Librarian Annie Norman, the Delaware Division of Libraries (DDL) has made notable progress in planning, measuring and advocating for programs and funds that have improved the libraries of that state. A visit to the state library's homepage (http://state.lib.de.us) immediately demonstrates the DDLS sense of purpose in the tagline motto, Delaware Libraries: Infrastructure + Capacity = Sustainability. DDL planning is ongoing, including a 2008 plan to move all the state's libraries forward in the critical areas of economic development, lifelong learning and health information. One document in this planning process was the 2005 pilot study to examine and categorize the motivations for why individuals use the public library. It is that study, a market segmentation study of the reasons why people use the library, that is published here. The study that is the basis for this report was produced under contract by the Institute for Learning Innovation (http://www.ilinet.org/display/ILI/Home). DDL would like to give a special thank you to Dr. John Falk of the Institute for Learning Innovation for his significant help with this study. Presented here in its entirety, the study report can be found on the Delaware Division of Library Services Web site at http://state.lib.de.us/For_libraries/planning/Dover%20Library%20Pilot%20Study%20Final%20Report1.pdf. The editors gratefully acknowledge the willingness of Delaware State Librarian Annie Norman and the Delaware Division of Libraries for the right to reprint this significant methodological example for PLQ readers.

The study is based on two surveys: the first a “user interception survey” of 113 pre and post interviews collected at the Dover Public Library across 20 hours through one week in November of 2005. The second part of the study involved follow‐up telephone interviews with over 25 percent of those who had participated in the first study.     

Listening to Our Users

Abstract

At Penn State, a “Tell Us What You Think” user feedback button on the Libraries home page provided a convenient mechanism for users to respond to our system migration and the changes they saw in The CAT, our library catalog. The immediate impact of the new system on our users was dramatic, and included strong criticism from a small, but vocal, minority. Within a few months, however, the complaints and comments about the new catalog moderated and the majority of the e-mail traffic coming into the library switched into questions about library services and requests for assistance.     

《图书馆学情报学硕士学位认可标准》介绍

美国图书馆协会是美国教育部批准的唯一的图书馆学情报学学位认可机构,美国图书馆协会制定的相关认可标准《图书馆学情报学硕士学位认可标准》自1925年发布第1版以来,经过7次修订,已成为图书馆学情报学教育发展与质量评估的依据。美国图书馆学会制定该标准的目的在于指引图书馆学情报学硕士学位教育的方向,并保证其教学质量。     

Engagement of Academic Libraries and Information Science Schools in Creating Curriculum for Sustainability: An Exploratory Study

In 2010, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education released, “Sustainability curriculum in higher education: A call to action,” encouraging infusion of sustainability topics into universities' teaching and research. Since then, academic programs and research related to social, economic, and environmental sustainability have enriched university curricula. An exploratory study was conducted to determine the position and engagements of academic libraries and information science schools in their contributions to scholarly sustainability activities and curricular initiatives. This article presents the results of the study which reveals a number of engagements by library professionals in the areas of sustainability, such as increasing open access to research, building sustainability-related collections and research guides, and incorporating sustainability content into information literacy. While academic libraries and information science schools are engaged in a broad spectrum of initiatives that support their institutions' sustainability research and curricular functions, this study indicates that such activities require a more targeted approach.     

Library Networks

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Rebirth of library and information science education in Ethiopia: Retrospectives and prospectives

This paper traces the history of Library and Information Science (LIS) education in Ethiopia, since its inception in 1959, reviewing both the retrospective (historical background) and prospective (rebirth and future direction). A comparison of the curricula of Jimma and Haramaya Universities demonstrates the transition from a traditional, closed model of librarianship to the contemporary, open model and the changes in programs’ names from Library Science to Information Science. Internationalization of the programs, incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) related courses, and information literacy programs are enhancing the transformation of LIS education. The author recommends continued reorienting of programs to meet rapidly changing needs, expanding the academic as opposed to vocational only dimensions, and increased marketing.     

ALA关于RFID技术的隐私保护政策研究

本文介绍了美国图书馆协会中关于图书馆实施RFID技术的指导性文件,即《关于RFID技术和隐私权原则的决定》和《图书馆中的RFID技术：隐私保护指南》。从隐私政策制定原则、政策制定的技术因素、对图书馆员的要求以及技术供应商四个方面,介绍了该指导性文件。并以旧金山公共图书馆为例,分析了在图书馆引进RFID技术过程中保护用户隐私的重要性。最后对我国的图书馆提出了建议：充分发挥图书馆学会的作用;加快隐私保护的立法进程;完善RFID的技术标准。     

学科特色文献资源的建设方法——以国家纳米科学中心为例

结合建设国家纳米科学中心纳米文献资源的实例,探讨了以满足科研用户信息需求为导向的学科文献资源的建设原则,在学科领域文献资源文献计量学分析的基础上,设计学科文献资源保障方案,提出e-science环境下构建学科资源和学科化服务无缝链接的学科文献资源的建设方法。     

Biographical Sketch of Frederick G. Kilgour Librarian,Educator, Entrepreneur, 1914–2006

The article traces the career of Frederick G. Kilgour (1914–2006), who is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in 20^th-century librarianship. He founded the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) and from 1967 to 1981 was its first president and chief executive officer, presiding over OCLC's rapid growth from an intrastate network to an international network. In 1971, under Kilgour's leadership, OCLC introduced an online shared cataloging system and an online union catalog (WorldCat) that is today the world's foremost bibliographic database. In 1978, he created the OCLC Office of Research, and in 1979, under his direction, OCLC launched its online interlibrary loan system. The author of 205 scholarly papers, Kilgour received numerous awards and honors over the course a career that took him from Harvard University Library, to the Office of Strategic Services in World War II, to Yale Medical Library, to OCLC, and finally, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he spent his final years on the faculty of the School of Information and Library Science as a Distinguished Research Professor.