Catalogers Unite! Creating Documentation through Collaboration |
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Authors: | Patricia K Falk Elizabeth Hertenstein Stefanie Dennis Hunker |
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Institution: | 1. Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives and Browne Popular Culture Library , Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green , Ohio , USA;2. Bowling Green State University Libraries , Bowling Green , Ohio , USA;3. Browne Popular Culture Library , Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green , Ohio , USA |
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Abstract: | Recent changes have forced Bowling Green State University (BGSU) to reevaluate our documentation, workflows, and communication. There have been staff retirements, changes in staff responsibilities, and a new faculty cataloger. Additionally, BGSU is implementing a discovery layer, purchasing shelf-ready books, and adding more electronic resources. It has become apparent that documentation needs to be updated and, in many cases, created from scratch. Collaboration is critical as catalogers are currently few in number and are seeing the need to work with other departments in ways unheard of previously. The creation of a new cataloging manual is vital to the success of cataloging at BGSU. |
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Keywords: | cataloging manuals collaboration special collections technical services |
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