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This document summarizes the efforts of a library to update and improve its catalog and book collection. It describes issues with the pre-2015 collection such as lack of weeding, incomplete catalog records, and poor subject headings. The library's solutions included ongoing weeding, developing cataloging and subject heading norms, and reorganizing the physical collection. This led to improvements like collections flowing historically, easier navigation, and gaps being easier to identify. The process of improvement is ongoing and iterative. The key takeaways are to make changes manageable and useful for patrons.
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- 1. Tweaking the Catalog and Collection Meeting Students Where They Are: AISL Conference 2021
- 2. Pre-2015 collection ⚫ 44,000 books ⚫ No weeding for min. 10 years ⚫ Cataloging issues: ⚫ MARC records missing information ⚫ Haphazard Dewey #s ⚫ Subject Headings – poor navigation Context Academic realities
- 3. Pre-2015 collection ⚫ 44,000 books ⚫ No weeding for min. 10 years ⚫ Cataloging issues: ⚫ MARC records missing information ⚫ Haphazard Dewey #s ⚫ Subject Headings – poor navigation ⚫ Research projects given limited research time (2-3 weeks) ⚫ High priority placed on text sources ⚫ No school-wide Info. Literacy education Context Academic realities
- 4. 1. Ongoing weeding and inventory 2. Development of “Cataloging Norms” 3. Physical re-organization of books 4. Development of “Subject Heading Norms” Solutions
- 5. Initial weeding: • What we have • What we need to update • What we should replace/lose • What may need to be moved
- 6. Experience with student research interests Moved from 248.146092 Moved from 378.1981095199048
- 7. Creating Cataloging Norms 326.0973? 815.008? 973.68? 332.63 737.4 Don’t they belong together?
- 8. • Gorbachev • Soviet Union • Socialism • Perestroika • Romanovs • Russia history • USSR history • Kings & rulers Example of 1 shelf in our Russia section *As part of collection of approximately 168 books covering the former Soviet Union and Russia • Romanies • Eastern Europe • Russia • Ethnic relations • Cuba • Soviet Union • International relations 947 DUN 947 C87 947 CRO 947 C67
- 9. ⚫ Doesn’t flow historically ⚫ Different truncation styles lead to confusion ⚫ Difficult to find items easily ⚫ Gaps in collections are hard to identify • Gorbachev • Soviet Union • Socialism • Perestroika • Romanovs • Russia history • USSR history • Kings & rulers • Romanies • Eastern Europe • Russia • Ethnic relations • Cuba • Soviet Union • International relations 947 DUN 947 C87 947 CRO 947 C67
- 10. ◆ Topic flows historically ◆ Subtopics are collected together, easier to find ◆ Gaps in collection are easily spotted 947.0843 SAK 947.085 PLO 947.085 COH 947.0843 ZUB
- 12. ⚫Limit of subject headings per book, thereby making them both useable and useful to the students ⚫ Use broader descriptors ⚫ Create uniformity in language and format *Although in some cases we needed to add Subject Headings. Cataloging Norms: overall goals
- 13. Subject Headings issues ❑ Too many ❑ Too few
- 14. Too specific = way more than needed 65 Subject Headings with child or children 41 of which only are only used 1 0r 2 times = nearly 65% of those link to only one book Subject Headings issues cont.
- 16. Unnatural language Not English No uniformity/consistency Scary stats ❑ 27, 304 total ❑ 14, 208 used only in one book
- 17. Subjects that are located in several places
- 19. ⚫It is an iterative process. ⚫ Finding the perfect number of useful Subject Headings. ⚫Spelling errors! Name and date inconsistency! Requires constant reviewing and editing. Cataloging Norms: experience so far
- 20. ⚫ Don't make it complicated ⚫ Do what works in your library with your patrons ⚫ It’s a good opportunity to weed old/unused/falling apart and update End result? ⚫Easy access ⚫Happy patrons Key Takeaways
- 21. What’s Next?
- 22. It’s not just non-fiction!
- 25. Laura Pearle Director, Cox Library Milton Academy Cox_library@Milton.edu Joanna Novick Upper School Librarian Milton Academy Cox_library@Milton.edu Thank you!