Cataloging quality as a communicative process

dc.contributor.author	Matveyeva, Susan J.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-11-25T21:26:26Z
dc.date.available	2006-11-25T21:26:26Z
dc.date.issued	2004-06-26
dc.identifier.citation	Matveyeva, Susan J. Cataloging quality as a communicative process. Presented at the ALA Annual Conference, June 26, 2004.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/299
dc.description	Presented at the ALA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL	en
dc.description.abstract	The presentation discusses the usage of the online catalog by library staff, and showed the impact of staff's needs on quality of cataloging, in her remarks, "Cataloging quality as a communicative process." The presentation focused on methods of quality improvement of OCLC member records. Records have a communicative nature: in the contemporary era of copy cataloging, records are crafted for copying. Peers in OCLC and public services staff in a local library are two important groups that motivate a cataloger, by performing an informal control of his/her work. A cataloger, like the mythological Janus, is faced in opposite directions: toward peers in OCLC who motivate him/her to create a perfect record, and toward local public services staff who control consistency of records and labels. In a cooperative environment, more active communication often has the result of better cataloging quality. Two methods of quality control are suggested for smaller libraries where no professional reviewers are available: indirect communication with PCC catalogers via a record (later analysis of changes that have been made by OCLCQ and PCC libraries), and a non-PCC quality program targeted for new catalogers: OCLC members that can communicate electronically with experienced catalogers by using the new OCLC Connexion Browser Review File.	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	American Library Association	en
dc.subject	Peers' pressure	en
dc.subject	Cataloging quality	en
dc.subject	Professional catalogers	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Cataloging	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Catalogers	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Library employees	en
dc.title	Cataloging quality as a communicative process	en
dc.type	Presentation	en

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