Annabelle P. Acedera Lourdes College Cagayan de Oro

1. PAARL
National Summer
Conference 2015
April 22-24
Cagayan de Oro City
catalogers
in the midst of digital
development:
challenges & opportunities
Transcending Roles of
Information Professionals:
Going Beyond Concepts,
Exceeding Expectations
presented by Annabelle P Acedera

2. changing cataloging landscape
(last 12-15 years)
late 1990’s – push to get internet
resources into the library catalog
early 2000 – FRBR became buzzword
2003 (or later) – AACR3 or RDA
2007 – decision to organize RDA
according to FRBR
LoC transitioning away from MARC
2012 – Linked data?

3. getting internet resources into the catalog

4. FRBR –entity relationship model
FRBR user tasks:
• to find;
• to identify;
• to select;
• to acquire or
obtain access

5. FRBRized WorldCat

6. BFL Resolution no.
04, series of 2012
Now, therefore, the
Board resolves, as it
hereby resolved, to
prescribe and adopt
the “International
Cataloging Principles”
… and the “Resource
Description and
Access”…
http://pcsweeney.com/2014/01/07/meh/

7. linked data

11. how is this brave new data recorded?
•No “hand-hewn” records
•No “entry screen” in
BIBFRAME
•BIBFRAME experiments
to date use existing
MARC data, and dumping
it in

12. likewise …
emergence of institutional
repositories
metadata goes
mainstream

14. Metadata goes mainstream

15. Digital library collections
Digitized text
• Books, newspapers, journals …
Digitized images
• Photos, drawings, posters …
• Sheet music
• Maps
Sound and moving images
• Recordings, oral histories
• Film
Born digital material
Scholarly preprints, data sets, dissertations
Archived Web sites

16. emerging …
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cataloguing-made-easy-scan-your-media-books-
more-into-your-library-with-your-iphone/
cataloging apps with your iPhone

17. online survey
• March 15 – April 12
• 63 responses out of 100 sent
• Challenges & opportunities of catalogers
in the digital environment

18. as to challenges …
•To what extent has technology usurped
the need for catalogers and the catalog
•How do you view catalogers in today’s
digital environment
•What are the most useful new technologies
(hardware and software, etc.) in cataloging
and metadata today.
•What are the challenges associated with
cataloging electronic/digital resources.

19. Extent to which technology has usurped
the need for catalogers & the catalog
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
No extent at all
Less extent
Some extent
Great extent
A very great extent
0%
17%
17%
25%
38%

20. How (Philippine) catalogers are viewed in
the digital environment
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Not needed
Somewhat needed
Needed
Essential
0%
0%
6%
94%

21. Challenges associated with cataloging
electronic/digital resources
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Unstable power supply/electricity
Other
Inadequate workflow
Lack of adequate physical/bibliographic…
Copyright challenge
Lack of basic infrastructures
License agreement
Insufficient number of professional catalogers
Lack of adequate ICT skills on the part of the…
Web resources difficult to catalog
Lack of understanding of computer language
0%
11%
24%
27%
27%
29%
30%
44%
44%
51%
67%

22. Preparedness of cataloger in
metadata competencies and practices
•Not at all prepared or minimally
prepared
• Metadata standards
• Java and PERL script applications
• Computer languages
• Cataloging digital/online/electronic
resources

23. How catalogers acquire skills that help
in cataloging electronic/digital resources
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Institution allows short term trainings both in
and out of the country
Institution grants permission to obtain degrees
in related courses
Library engages in personnel sharing with
other libraries
Library organizes in-house trainings for
catalogers
Prefer to learn on the job
Interacting with other catalogers from other
institutions
Engage in self development by reading related
literature and constant practice
Attending seminars, workshops and
conferences regularly
25%
25%
51%
52%
52%
54%
56%
63%

24. about RDA
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Yes, using RDA Toolkit online
Yes, using the RDA Toolkit print
Use documentation taken…
No, haven't yet
61%
9%
27%
9%
48%
53%
13%
Is your library implementing RDA
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
No, haven't seen
Yes, in other libraries
Yes, my library creates records
0%
33%
67%
Have you seen RDA records

25. Is cataloger using RDA Toolkit
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Yes, but unable to understand some
content
Yes, but unable to use at certain
times because of power failure
No, haven't yet
Yes, using the RDA Toolkit print
Use documentation taken online or
from semianrs
Use PAARL's RDA Handbook
Yes, using RDA Toolkit online
9%
9%
13%
27%
48%
53%
61%

26. “analog people for digital dreams”
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27. putting an end to a long discourse…
http://s8.photobucket.com/user/chicwit/media/MadHattersTeaParty.jpg.html#

29. References
Cerbo, Michael A. (2011). “Is there a future for library catalogers,”
Technical Services Department Faculty Publications, paper 41.
http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/lib_tspubs/41
Chesler, Adam (2006). “Meeting the challenges of change,”
Against the grain. v. 10, issue 2, article 10.
Mitchell, Anne M., Thompson, J. Michael & Wu, Annie (2010).
“Agile cataloging,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 48:6-7,
506-524.
Rose, Mary Z. (2012). “The ship has sailed and we aren’t on it:
how catalogers could support user tasks and why we won’t,”
Journal of Library Metadata, 12:127-139.
The Survey of Academic Library Cataloging Practices, 2013
edition. Primary Research Group, 2013. 226 pages.

30. some questions to ponder
on
1. Is it possible that increasingly powerful search and
browsing tools, automated indexing tools, and
"intelligent agents" will obviate the need for
catalogs?
2. What sort of digital materials should be cataloged?
3. How will digital catalogs differ from those we have
today? Will these catalogs be based on existing
standards such as MARC and RDA?
4. Will digital catalogs be maintained by professional
catalogers or by laypeople? What skills will be
needed to create these new catalogs? How will
such skills be acquired?