I agree with Roger and feel a conference session, whether discussion group
or formal presentations by catalogers who train others, would be a hit.
Anaclare Evans' article, 'The education of catalogers: the view of the
practitioner/educator', made the point in 1993, when the author was teaching
introductory cataloging at the U. of Michigan. She would be worth contacting!
>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
>
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>
>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
>
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>> 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.
>
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Julia Wisniewski catalogs art books at:
McKeldin Library Rm. 2200
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-7011
(301) 405-9331 [log in to unmask]
www.wam.umd.edu/~jwisniew/homepage.html
