Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information

Contents



FOREWORD: Managing Cataloging and the Organization of Information
PREFACE: Chaos, Convenience, and Catalogers
NATIONAL LIBRARIES
Managing Cataloging and Cataloging Operations-2000 and Beyond at the Library of Congress
LIBRARIES AROUND THE WORLD
The National Library of Canada: Organizing Information for the New Millennium
Defying Conventional Wisdom: Innovation and Culture Change from Down Under
Emerging from the Bibliographic Wilderness: Catalogue Automation in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Technical Processes and the Technological Development of the Library System in the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Role Changes: Cataloguing, Technical Services and Subject Librarianship at the University of Botswana Library
The Organization of the Cataloguing Function at McMaster University
Classification Systems Used in Latin American Libraries
Specialized Libraries
Bibliographic Access Management at Lane Medical Library: Fin de Millennium Experimentation and Bruides-Edge Innovation
Technical Services in Twenty-First Century Special Collections
Cataloging @ 2000: Over 100 Years of Change at The University of Colorado Law Library
Information Resource Management: Transitions and Trends in an Academic Law Library
Academic Libraries
Exploding Out of the MARC Box: Building New Roles for Cataloging Departments
Cataloging at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Library
Pursuing the Three Ts: How Total Quality Management, Technology, and Teams Transformed the Cataloging Department at Penn State
Flexibility in the Management of Cataloging
Management by Action: How We're Embracing New Cataloging Work at Tufts
Cataloging in Three Academic Libraries: Operations, Trends, and Perspectives
Cataloging Plus: Philosophy and Practice at a Small College Library
Staff Assignments and Workflow Distribution at the End of the 20th Century: Where We Were, Where We Are, and What We'll Need to Be
The End of an Era Builds New Team Spirit: Team Playing at Its Best
Cataloging at Yale University in 2000: Challenges and Strategies
Index
Reference Notes Included