One and One is Three: A Team Approach to Outreach

In the spirit of the theme Coming Together, two embedded liaison librarians with outreach responsibilities will describe our collaborative approach to the outreach and advancement of our library. We will share how our library, as one of several branch libraries, comes together with the main campus library to share responsibility for social media and support one another\u27s marketing efforts. This sharing and support requires considerable planning and thought about target audiences and message scope. We will talk about how we cultivate and strengthen our relationship with the main library and others to provide our students and faculty with personalized assistance in addition to an extensive array of library services. In this session, we will share two case studies to illustrate how we have targeted science-minded students and faculty with outreach activities at our institution. First, we will talk about our recent event called Chemists Celebrate Earth Day! and the associated challenges and opportunities. This event was designed in cooperation with a chemistry faculty member and her graduate students to align with the campus-wide theme semester Climate for Change. Second, we will discuss how we worked with campus partners to attract hundreds of visitors to the library in the weeks leading up to and culminating in the 2017 solar eclipse. We will show how our events have tied in with our exhibits and social media presence, and how we have coordinated these activities to promote scientific literacy, information literacy, and awareness of library services

The Professional Discussions of Catalogers: A Content Analysis of AUTOCAT

This study reports on a content analysis conducted on AUTOCAT, an electronic mailing list dedicated to cataloging. The study was conducted to determine the trends and patterns that exist among the discussions occurring on AUTOCAT. This was done by analyzing the email messages posted on AUTOCAT according to topic, function, job title of message author, and institutional affiliation of message author. A systematic random sample of 567 messages was chosen from an estimated total of 10,300 messages posted to AUTOCAT during 2007. The findings of the study indicate that AUTOCAT is being used by cataloging professionals as a valuable resource for solving immediate cataloging questions, especially for message posters who are affiliated with academic libraries that are not members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Also, the study suggests that message posters who are affiliated with ARL libraries tend to use AUTOCAT as a discussion forum for general cataloging standards and policies. Other cataloging topics that appear to be heavily discussed on AUTOCAT are professional concerns and technology issues

Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21

Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21 builds upon the work of the 2008 Guide to Cataloging DVD and Blu-ray Discs Using AACR2r and MARC21, which in turn updated the 2002 Guide to Cataloging DVDs Using AACR2r Chapters 7 and 9 created by the DVD Cataloging Task Force of OLAC. The focus of this new document is to provide a set of “best practice” recommendations rather than a step-by-step instruction manual for cataloging DVD-video and Blu-ray Discs. One reason for this shift is that RDA cataloging practice is far from settled, particularly in regard to special format materials. Best practice recommendations will likely be easier to manage as RDA instructions evolve. This document is intended for use with Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the MARC21 Format for Bibliographic Data. It should not be considered a substitute for the RDA Toolkit. The best practice recommendations and cataloging examples presented in the document are intended only to clarify RDA principles and instructions used in cataloging DVD-video and Blu- ray Disc formats

Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21 Version 1.1

Purpose Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21 builds upon the work of the 2008 Guide to Cataloging DVD and Blu-ray Discs Using AACR2r and MARC21, which in turn updated the 2002 Guide to Cataloging DVDs Using AACR2r Chapters 7 and 9 created by the DVD Cataloging Task Force of OLAC. The focus of this new document is to provide a set of “best practice” recommendations rather than a step-by-step instruction manual for cataloging DVD-video and Blu-ray Discs. One reason for this shift is that RDA cataloging practice is far from settled, particularly in regard to special format materials. Best practice recommendations will likely be easier to manage as RDA instructions evolve. This document is intended for use with Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the MARC21 Format for Bibliographic Data. It should not be considered a substitute for the RDA Toolkit. The best practice recommendations and cataloging examples presented in the document are intended only to clarify RDA principles and instructions used in cataloging DVD-video and Blu- ray Disc formats. The opening section provides a general overview of DVD and Blu-ray technology, disc characteristics, plus a comparison with compact disc (CD) technology. A brief introduction to RDA follows, to provide a basic frame of reference for the document. Since most libraries are still encoding data in MARC21, the main part of the document is generally arranged by RDA element in the order they are encountered in a MARC21 record. Each section includes examples that reflect the principles outlined in the document. Examples use ISBD as the presentation format. A table outlining recommended description and encoding of DVD-Video and Blu-ray Disc attributes is given in the appendix. A list of resources and a selection of full MARC21 record examples illustrating common situations encountered in DVD-Video and Blu-ray Disc cataloging completes the document