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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. It explores the ways professionals view the place, nature, and necessity of cataloging education; the professional, demographic, and academic context within which cataloging education is delivered; education relating to special types of materials and specialized aspects of cataloging; and alternatives to traditional modes of education. A liberal dose of visual aidscharts, tables, etc.makes accessing the information quick and easy.
List of contents
- Pitfalls and the Pendulum: Reconsidering Education for Cataloging and the Organization of Information: Preface
- A MATTER OF OPINION
- Why Teach Cataloging and Classification?
- Persistent Issues in Cataloging Education: Considering the Past and Looking Toward the Future
- Why Does Everybody Hate Cataloging?
- Cataloging: An Exciting Subject for Exciting Times
- THE CONTEXT
- Demographic Trends Affecting Professional Technical Services Staffing in ARL Libraries
- A New Look at US Graduate Courses in Bibliographic Control
- Textbooks Used in Bibliographic Control Education Courses
- Where Are We and How Did We Get Here? or, The Changing Place of Cataloging in the Library and Information Science Curriculum: Causes and Consequences
- If I Knew Then What I Know Now: UNCG LIS Graduates' Perspectives on Cataloging Education
- Cataloging or Knowledge Management: Perspectives of Library Educators on Cataloging Education for Entry-Level Academic Librarians
- EDUCATION FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
- Format Integration and the Design of Cataloging and Classification Curricula
- Cataloging and Metadata Education: Asserting a Central Role in Information Organization
- On Teaching Subject Cataloging
- Education for Authority Control: Whose Responsibility Is It?
- What Else Do You Need to Know? Practical Skills for Catalogers and Managers
- ALTERNATIVES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY
- Innovations in Standard Classroom Instruction
- Online Mentoring: A Student Experience at Dominican University
- Online Distance Learning with Cataloging Mentors: The Mentor's Viewpoint
- When Donkeys Fly: Distance Education for Cataloging
- An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of OCLC Online Computer Library Center's Web-Based Module on Cataloging Internet Resources Using the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules and MARC21
- Cataloging Internet Resources Using MARC 21 and AACR2: Online Training for Working Catalogers
- The Program for Cooperative Cataloging and Training for Catalogers
- Catalog Training for People Who Are Not Catalogers: The Colorado Digitization Project Experience
- The Community of Catalogers: Its Role in the Education of Catalogers
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
About the author
Janet Swan Hill
