Carolynne Myall

Copy Cataloging for Print and Video Monographs in Two Academic Libraries: A Case Study of Editing Required for Accuracy and Completeness

SUMMARY This article presents the results of a case study of editing required on OCLC bibliographic records for print monographs and video/DVD monographs during a three-month test at two mid-sized academic libraries. First, the authors reviewed the literature of cataloging/catalog quality and consider the problems this literature presents in terms of creating meaningful and measurable standards of “quality.” Next, they define “quality” for the purposes of the case study and describe case-study procedures for determining and comparing extent of editing required for records to meet comparable standards. They then present results indicating that records for print monographs acquired at the two institutions usually required little or no editing (many of these records were U.S. national-level records), while records for video/DVD monographs required considerably more editing (U.S. national-level records for this category of acquisition were not available). Finally, the article proposes establishment of a coope...

An Interview with Lynne Howarth

ABSTRACT Lynne Howarth discusses her career as a cataloguer and educator. Topics covered include important issues facing cataloguers today; exciting trends–and also some discouraging developments–in librarianship, cataloguing, and bibliographic control during the last ten years, and the future of bibliographic control in the next ten years; the challenges in overcoming the traditional view of librarians; and potential fields of employment for those with cataloguing skills.

An Interview with Filiberto Felipe Martínez Arellano

ABSTRACT Dr. Filiberto Felipe Martínez Arellano, Director of the University Center for Library Science Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), discusses his career in library technical services, library education, and library science research. Other topics in this interview include librarianship and library education in Mexico, cataloging practice in Mexico, and the role of the University Center for Library Science Research at UNAM.

An Interview with Michael Kaplan

ABSTRACT Michael Kaplan discusses his academic library career at Harvard University and Indiana University and his current position at Ex Libris. Topics include the following: individuals who have influenced his career, as well as those who have made significant contributions to technical services librarianship; the Program for Cooperative Cataloging; technical services workstations; library-vendor relations, and Kaplans plans to use what he has learned as an academic librarian in his new role as a vendor; attempts to harness the World Wide Web; bibliographic control of aggregated databases; the problems of thousands of uncataloged items in the nations libraries; and the future of cataloging and classification.