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Interview with Lee Ann Dalzell
Cataloging and Bibliographic Database Manager Librarian
Georgia Southwestern State University
Americus, Georgia
Date of Interview & Tour: February 24, 2012
Interviewer: Valarie Anthony
James Earl Carter
Library
 Named after President Jimmy Carter’s father
 190,000 volumes
 Serves more than 3000 students, faculty, staff &
the surrounding community
 9 full-time Faculty/Staff
 11 Student Assistants
 Website
 http://gsw.edu/Library/index
Education
 Bachelors in Library
Science, Western
Kentucky University—
with a teaching certificate
 Discovered passion for
cataloging books and
enrolled in graduate
school at the University
of Kentucky, earning her
MLIS in May 1977
Experience
 Three years with the public
school system in Tucker
County, West Virginia
 Part-time cataloger at the
College of Graduate Studies in
Nitro, West Virginia
 Joined the Technical Services
staff at Georgia Southwestern
College in Americus, GA in
1978
 Granted tenure in
1988, Assistant Professor in
1991
 Promoted to Associate
Professor in 1995
 Plans to retire in the next 2 to
3 years
Why she chose
cataloging?
 Really enjoys
cataloging
 finding the subjects, call
numbers, and making
sure the database has
the correct information
 Considers herself to
be very detail-
oriented, as far as the
OPAC and library work
is concerned
 Catalogs her books at
home
Daily Activities
 3-4 projects going at a
time to keep from tiring of
one thing
 New materials are
cataloged first, then gift
books and materials
 Makes time for rush
projects, like the deletion
of much of the Index Table
Reference books
 Serves on various library
and university committees
(LibAdmin, Graduation, etc
.), attends
conferences, webinars, &
workshops
Hardware/Software Used
 Ex Libris Voyager
system
 Dell computer with
Microsoft Office
2003/Internet
Explorer
 Label Printer
 Shelflist cards
become useful
when making sure
OPAC is accurate
Relationship With the Rest of
the Library
 Daily interaction with other departments is
minimal
 Works periodically with the
Circulation, Collection Development and
Government Documents departments on
processing books for the collection
 Discarding books
 Stamping, stripping, gift plating
Advise for VSU's MLIS
Students
 Take a cataloging class
 Learn RDA and AACR2
 Even if RDA becomes the
standard, most catalogs will still
have AACR2 cataloging in them
 Easy to edit old cataloging into
AACR2 as she hits it when
cataloging something else or
when doing database cleanup
Thank You!
Valarie Anthony
vnanthony@hotmail.com

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Library Tour Assignment

  • 1. Interview with Lee Ann Dalzell Cataloging and Bibliographic Database Manager Librarian Georgia Southwestern State University Americus, Georgia Date of Interview & Tour: February 24, 2012 Interviewer: Valarie Anthony
  • 2. James Earl Carter Library  Named after President Jimmy Carter’s father  190,000 volumes  Serves more than 3000 students, faculty, staff & the surrounding community  9 full-time Faculty/Staff  11 Student Assistants  Website  http://gsw.edu/Library/index
  • 3. Education  Bachelors in Library Science, Western Kentucky University— with a teaching certificate  Discovered passion for cataloging books and enrolled in graduate school at the University of Kentucky, earning her MLIS in May 1977
  • 4. Experience  Three years with the public school system in Tucker County, West Virginia  Part-time cataloger at the College of Graduate Studies in Nitro, West Virginia  Joined the Technical Services staff at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, GA in 1978  Granted tenure in 1988, Assistant Professor in 1991  Promoted to Associate Professor in 1995  Plans to retire in the next 2 to 3 years
  • 5. Why she chose cataloging?  Really enjoys cataloging  finding the subjects, call numbers, and making sure the database has the correct information  Considers herself to be very detail- oriented, as far as the OPAC and library work is concerned  Catalogs her books at home
  • 6. Daily Activities  3-4 projects going at a time to keep from tiring of one thing  New materials are cataloged first, then gift books and materials  Makes time for rush projects, like the deletion of much of the Index Table Reference books  Serves on various library and university committees (LibAdmin, Graduation, etc .), attends conferences, webinars, & workshops
  • 7. Hardware/Software Used  Ex Libris Voyager system  Dell computer with Microsoft Office 2003/Internet Explorer  Label Printer  Shelflist cards become useful when making sure OPAC is accurate
  • 8. Relationship With the Rest of the Library  Daily interaction with other departments is minimal  Works periodically with the Circulation, Collection Development and Government Documents departments on processing books for the collection  Discarding books  Stamping, stripping, gift plating
  • 9. Advise for VSU's MLIS Students  Take a cataloging class  Learn RDA and AACR2  Even if RDA becomes the standard, most catalogs will still have AACR2 cataloging in them  Easy to edit old cataloging into AACR2 as she hits it when cataloging something else or when doing database cleanup