Monthly Archives: December 2011
The duties and qualifications of a librarian (in the 17th & 18th centuries)
During my stint last week in SCOLAR cataloguing some of the Rare Books Collection, I catalogued a couple of books from the “Literature of libraries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries series”, published by A. C. McClurg, and printed by … Continue reading
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Copyrighting the future
Yesterday I catalogued a book with a copyright date of 2013 (its currently December 2011); I have been assured by people on Twitter that they have been receiving 2013 books for the last few months. Now, firstly, this can be … Continue reading
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Shelf-ready books – listening to experiences
On Monday of this week myself and two colleagues travelled to London to attend the Cilip Cataloguing & Indexing Group (CIG) event on “Shelf-ready in libraries“. It is an issue that has vaguely raised its head where I work and … Continue reading
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