Tag Archives: Cataloguers
A summary of the ‘Conversations with Cataloguers in Wales’ event [Part 3]
So, we come to the afternoon session of the ‘Conversations with Cataloguers in Wales’ event. For this final session we had two speakers, and then a discussion slot. The first of our two speakers, Elly Cope, was sadly unable to … Continue reading
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A summary of the ‘Conversations with Cataloguers in Wales’ event [Part 2]
After a comfort break the event continued and the second session of the day started with myself (Karen Pierce) and Ken Gibb talking about Discovering hidden gems: cataloguing the Cardiff Rare Books Collection. Cardiff University (CU) acquired the collection in … Continue reading
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A summary of the ‘Conversations with Cataloguers in Wales’ event [Part 1]
On Tuesday 6th March 2012 over 40 people gathered in a room in Cardiff to talk about cataloguing. Frankly I was amazed that so many people wanted to attend an event on cataloguing in Wales, but I was also … Continue reading
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Head juggling: preparing for a conference
In a week’s time the Conversation with Cataloguers Event that I’ve organised will be taking place. I’ve been thinking about organising such an event for a long time now, and been actively planning it since the end of the summer … Continue reading
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Thing 23: Mirror,mirror what’s in store? Time to create a Thing 24..
I hope it’s not cheating to do Thing 23 before I’ve tidied up the wasteland of missing Things left scattered around, but as I’m being computer frustrated (see previous post), it seemed wiser to get round to some reflection, and … Continue reading
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Thing 20 – Library roots/routes
Thing 20 is much like Thing 10, so you can see my previous blog entry for more details. Basically, like many librarians I fell into librarianship by accident. I was a postgraduate student doing a PhD on Helen of Troy, … Continue reading
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Shelf-ready books: an efficient LEAN way of working, or the death knell to a cataloguer?
The idea of buying in shelf-ready books has recently been aired in the hallowed halls in which I work. I have to admit that my initial reaction to this idea was to inwardly scream and run to the hills tearing … Continue reading
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Conversations with Cataloguers in Wales
I’ve been meaning to try and organise this event for well over a year; thanks to cpd23 I’m pushng ahead with it now! So, are you a cataloguer, or someone who works with metadata, in Wales? Would you like to … Continue reading
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Here are a few of my favourite Things! (Thing 19)
Thing 19 already (ahem, yes I haven’t actually done Thing 18 yet…), it doesn’t seem that long since we embarked upon the whole 23 Things journey, and look we are nearly at our destination. I’m feeling quite sad, I enjoy … Continue reading
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