This meeting was focused on answering the question "Is technical services being deprofessionalized?" The speakers also presented their views on the effects that recent trends are having on libraries and the library profession. ...
A presentation made at Online Northwest 2000. Part of a larger panel presentation discussing electronic journal workflow and practices of all affected departments at the University of Oregon Libraries.
Cataloging rules have long been organized according to the physical format and monograph versus serial nature of publications. This organization of the rules has resulted in the rise of several typical organizational models ...
Many technical services professionals feel that library school programs are not offering students the courses and/or content necessary to enter the profession in an entry-level technical services position. The presentations ...
Hirons, Jean L., 1948-; Hixson, Carol G.(Program for Cooperative Cataloging, 2001-10-05)
The authors presented the need for the involvement of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) in the development of general continuing education for catalogers. Citing the results of several studies, they documented ...
Sundt, Christine L., 1944-(The J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, 2002)
Users seeking images are faced with many obstacles, not the least of which is how to use words and terms to retrieve an image that resides clearly in their minds. Illustrating a series of paintings by the famous Italian ...
Libraries are beginning to use Web applications as they
grapple with sites of increasing complexity, and the move of more user
services to the Web. This article reviews the basic concepts of a Web application,
and ...
Analyzes the U.S. government's response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in terms of its effect on government information policy. Places the response in historical context and discusses the ongoing tension ...
The University of Oregon Libraries Catalog Department has exerimented in recent years with a wide variety of options for providing bibliographic access to library resources. A key strategy that the department has employed ...
A presentation made at the Oregon Library Association Annual Conference, March 25, 2001 to report on the Library of Congress Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Milennium
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The author discusses issues related to the conversion of bibliographic records for Chinese-language materials from the Wade-Giles to the Pinyin system of romanization. She discusses issues of particular relevance to libraries ...