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I feel that it is definitely an area that needs to be addressed not only by ARLIS, but also ALA. IMHO cataloging should still be a required course for an MLS, if not an MSIS. Marcia jw104 wrote: > 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 > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >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. > > > >------------------------------ > > * * * * > > 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 -- ********************************* Marcia Leah Adamy Catalog/Reference Librarian Decker Library Maryland Institute College of Art 1401 Mount Royal Avenue **Mailing Address: 1300 Mount Royal Avenue Baltimore MD 21217 Phone: (410) 225-2248 Fax: (410) 225-2316 *********************************