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This was distressing news about cataloging courses being dropped from the library school curriculum in Michigan -- though I think in some cases the traditional cataloging course is restructured as "the organization of information" (my wife's experience at the University of Maryland being the most recent example). A few years ago the Cataloging Section proposed a conference session on appropriate training for this. Is Rebecca's example indicative of a trend that might be examined by ARLIS/NA's Cataloging Section, perhaps in conjunction with the Standards and Professional Development Committees? Roger Lawson National Gallery of Art Library >>> Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]> 07/21/98 12:06am >>> Topic of the day: 1. Job opening ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 09:24:08 -0400 From: "Rebecca D. Steel" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Job opening Get your cataloger pronto! The Library Schools are dropping the courses (in Michigan anyway)! Sincerely, Rebecca D. Steel, Librarian Kalamazoo Inst. of Arts Library 314 S. Park St. 97-98 temp. address: KIAnnex, 458 W. South St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5102 (616) 349-7775 FAX: 349-9313 email: [log in to unmask] http://www.kia.iserv.net ---------- > From: Ann Abid <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Job opening > Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 9:58 AM > > HEAD CATALOGER > > The Cleveland Museum of Art's Ingalls Library seeks an experienced Head > Cataloger to supervise and perform original and copy cataloging of art > historical monographic and serial materials in all formats. Interested > applicants should be committed to the function and importance of a > state-of-the-art cataloging operation in the context of an automated, > independent research library that serves a curatorial and academic > community. The Cataloging Department environment includes individual, > networked workstations. In addition to traditional cataloging procedures, > the Head Cataloger is expected to oversee the Library's ArtNACO > participation, accommodate the duties and procedures of the Cataloging > Department to periodic software and network upgrades. The position > reports to the Head Librarian, supervises 1.5 FTE professionals and 2 FTE > paraprofessionals, and provides the opportunity to interact with other > librarians who specialize in acquisitions, systems, public services, > serials, archives and visual materials. > > Qualifications: Candidate must have an accredited MLS; an undergraduate or > graduate major in art history is desired but significant cataloging > experience in the humanities will be considered; a minimum of 5 years of > experience in a research library with at least 3 years of recent cataloging > experience including staff supervision and evaluation; departmental budget > preparation; thorough knowledge of cataloging principles and procedures > including AACR2, USMARC, LCSH; and experience with automated library > systems. Experience with online bibliographic utilities (RLIN preferred); > integrated library systems (Ameritech Library Services preferred); and the > Windows environment is desired, as are the working knowledge of 2 or more > Western European languages and familiarity with the literature of art history. > > Salary: From $33,000, commensurate with experience; 35 hour work week; > excellent benefits. > > Applications will be considered until position filled. Send letter of > application, resume, transcripts, salary history, and 3 references to: > Nancy Foster, Manager of Human Resources, The Cleveland Museum of Art, > 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106. EOE, M/F/D/V. > > Environment: Cleveland is located on the southern shore of Lake Erie. The > area offers a quality and depth of culture and entertainment that few > cities can match. The Cleveland Museum of Art houses distinguished > collections of more than 30,000 objects from a wide range of cultures and > art historical periods. It is located in University Circle, home to other > renowned institutions such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve > University, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Cleveland Clinic. The > museum's 230,000 volume Ingalls Library is among the 5 largest art museum > libraries in the country and is nationally and internationally acknowledged > as a major research collection. In addition to supporting research and > publication on the museum's collections, the library serves the art history > graduate students and faculty at Case Western Reserve University as well as > other students, scholars, and museum members. ------------------------------