Paper presented at CILIP Cymru Wales conference, Aberystwyth, 9th May 2018. #CILIPW18 Discusses colloaborative approach to cataloguing with NHS librarians in Wales.

1. Cataloguing with the AWHILES
libraries: training, sharing,
supporting, and dealing with the
obscure
Dr Karen F. Pierce
@Darklecat
CILIP Cymru Wales, Aberystwyth, 9th May 2018

2. AWHILES (All Wales Health Information &
Library Extension Service)
AWHILES is a partnership of NHS
Wales and Cardiff University
health libraries providing health
information to support patient
care, education, training and
research for NHS Wales staff, and
Cardiff University staff and
students on placement.
24 staffed
libraries

3. AWHILES Libraries
@WelshHealthLib

4. Catalogue
“Its primary achievement is
the national union
catalogue of health
resources – the only one in
the UK… It includes all the
holdings of the NHS Wales
Libraries and CU health
libraries. … and this enables
us to obtain books and
journal articles from any of
these libraries for the
benefit of our users.”

5. How do none cataloguers catalogue?
Basic AWHILES record in Voyager Upgraded record in Alma

6. Quality control check

7. Pitfalls
E-book record German language record

8. Difficult items – pamphlets, DVDs and local
material

9. Difficult items – medical board games
https://lissertations.net/post/481

10. Collaborative work
Collaborative
working at AWHILES
conferences 2016 &
2017
[photos by Nathan
Owen]

11. Training

12. Conclusions
2016 conference
2017 conference
Wendy Foster (Chair of
AWHILES, 2012-2017),
Welsh Librarian of the
Year 2017

13. Questions? - References - Credits
Bailey, Richard, Gorman, Meg & White, Siân (2012, eds.) AWHILES at
40: a history 1972-2012 : personal reflections written by AWHILES
librarians.
John, Jennifer & Wright, Helen M. (2004) Creation and development of
an All-Wales Health Library Catalogue. Health Information & Libraries
Journal 21: 33-38.
McCulloch, Alissa (2017) Cataloguing and classifying board and
tabletop games. Catalogue & Index 189: 20-24.
Thanks & photo credits: Nia Jenkins & Nathan Owen