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Resuscitating the catalogue: next generation strategies for keeping the catalogue relevant2 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 4 months ago: Now that things have settled down after ALA, I’ve had a chance to go through the rest of my notes fr … more →

Tags: Conferences, Discovery tool platforms, future of cataloguing, Social catalogue, The Library Catalogue, ALA 2009, ALA Chicago, Beth Jefferson, David Flaxbart

Social Catalogues - Slides in a more compatible format1 comment

Laurel Tarulli wrote 5 months ago: In my last blog post, I uploaded the Powerpoint slides in the .pptx format, which opens easily only … more →

Tags: Discovery tool platforms, Social catalogue, The Cataloguer, The Library Catalogue, Canadian Library Association, CLA 2009, CLA session, Louise Spiteri, Social Software

CLA: Slides to the Social Catalogue Session

Laurel Tarulli wrote 6 months ago: For those of you who are interested, here are the slides from the Social Cataloguing presentation th … more →

Tags: Access Issues, Discovery tool platforms, Social catalogue, The Library Catalogue, Canadian Library Association, CLA 2009, Discovery tools, Louise Spiteri

Seeking Your Advice: Physically Reorganizing Technical Services to Increase Workflow and Productivity5 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 8 months ago: As many of you may know, the Library of Congress recently underwent a reorganization of their catalo … more →

Tags: Workflow Solutions

The End-Of-The-Year Rush

Laurel Tarulli wrote 8 months ago: March is the end of our library’s fiscal year and, the busiest time of year for our Collection Acces … more →

Our wiki celebrates it 1st anniversary2 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 10 months ago: We celebrated the passing of our wiki’s  first anniversary by making it available to all Halif … more →

Tags: The Cataloguer, collaborative tools, Social Software, Wiki, Wikis

Cataloguers' Picks Reading Lists3 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: We’re trying a new project here at Halifax Public Libraries.  The cataloguers are creating boo … more →

Tags: Access Issues, The Cataloguer, The Library Catalogue, Booklists, reader's advisory services, Wiki

Berman's Plea to ALA's Executive Board

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: I recently had a chance to read the latest issue of The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D Librarian [Issue number 14 … more →

Tags: The Cataloguer, Our profession, The Library Catalogue, future of cataloguing, Future of Cataloging, Thomas Mann, Crisis in cataloguing, Sandford Berman, Cataloguing and Acquisitions

To bind or not to bind?3 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: We’ve decided to review the book binding policy at our library.  Should we be setting aside a … more →

Tags: bindery, Binding books

What’s the big deal, you just import it, right?21 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: It never ceases to amaze me that some new librarians (and not so new) continue to believe that catal … more →

Tags: The Cataloguer, Our profession, The Library Catalogue, future of cataloguing, Future of Cataloging, Cataloguing, Copy cataloguing

Readers’ Advisory Services: In the Backroom2 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: As a member of our Readers’ Advisory Team at HPL, I’ve become interested in what the catalogue can d … more →

Tags: Access Issues, The Library Catalogue, Cataloguing, Library catalogue, narrative nonfiction, reader's advisory services, CLA session, RA services, Conference Sessions

Tag of the Month2 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: This is a quote from a site that my practicum student showed me today.  Tag of the Month is very pop … more →

Tags: Cataloging Tools, Cataloguing resources, Cataloguing tools, Cataloguing websites, Marc, Tag of the month

Collections Access Wiki

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: It occurred to me that many of you may want to see what our cataloguing wiki looks like and the kind … more →

Tags: Wikis, the cataloguing department, mediawiki

Thoughts on Chad Abel-Kops’ paper2 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: Now that most of you have had an opportunity to read Mr. Abel-Kops’ paper, I thought it was time to … more →

Tags: Our profession, The Library Catalogue, future of cataloguing, Library catalogue, Chad Abel-Kops

Focus Group: The Results1 comment

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: The focus group was a bit different than I expected but it was extremely informative. I would like t … more →

Tags: future of cataloguing, Our profession, The Cataloguer

Using our in-house Wiki to keep cataloguers aware of subject heading changes1 comment

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: We recently received our hard copy of the Cataloging Service Bulletin from the Library of Congress. … more →

Tags: Authority Work, Subject headings, Wikis, collaborative tools, Library 2.0, Wiki, cataloging department, Web 2.0

Wikis and Cataloguers: Success for the First Step2 comments

Laurel Tarulli wrote 1 year ago: Our new wiki was installed in the beginning of December. I was both nervous and excited. This is the … more →

Tags: The Cataloguer, Wikis, cataloguers, collaborative tools, Library 2.0, web 2.0. cataloging department


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