Judging the Relevance and worth of ideas part 2.pptx
Cataloging Future
1. A Has-Been Cataloger
Looks at What Cataloging
Will Be …
(after her next retirement)
Diane I. Hillmann
Director of Metadata Initiatives
Information Institute of Syracuse
2. Converging Trends
More catalogers work at a support staff level than as
professional librarians
More cataloging records are selected by machines
More catalog records are being captured from publisher data
or other sources
More updating of catalog records is done via batch processes
Libraries continue to de-emphasize processing of secondary
research products (books serials) in favor of unique,
primary materials
ALA 2008 Anaheim 6/29/08
3. What Are Our Choices?
Door #1
ALA 2008 Anaheim
Door #2 6/29/08