Re: [LM_NET] Destiny Union Catalog Rules

[Lisa Hunt <lisa3moon@YAHOO.COM>]

We've been with Destiny since 2004.  29 collections, 31 district librarians, 5 CORE 
team members and thousands of titles!!!!  Our first training was 3 years ago.  Our 
last district training about cataloging policies was over 10 years ago.
   
  Our CORE team (the 5 district librarians who have Destiny Administrative control) 
met today for a cataloging policy planning session.  We will deliver training to 
our district librarians the first part of Feb.  Today's meeting was planned for 3 
hours, and within 45 min we changed it to continue all day.
   
  What a snarly mess of records!!  Since 2004 anyone can add a title, or even do 
original cataloging, but only CORE team members can edit records.  This was a 
difficult district decision, but it keeps "junk" to a minimum.  However, since 2004 
we've had a 30% turn over rate, and some of our new librarians came in under 
emergency certification which meant they hadn't completed all classes.
   
  Today we decided step-by-step methods to add records.  The policy to keep 
individual records to a minimum.  Equipment cataloging rules for our district's 
purposes.  And, finally we are beginning some ideas about call number standards.
   
  We walked out with many notes, assigned jobs to type and prepare our training 
materials, and full support of our district media-administrator to create a 
standard for union cataloging.
  I'll try to post again in 3 weeks.

Robin Weber <Robin.Weber@STFRANCIS.K12.MN.US> wrote:
  I am sitting in training for Destiny and I am concerned about our Union
Catalog. We have no policies for cataloging and each site catalogs
their own records.

Does anyone or District have policies for how cataloging is handled?

Robin Weber
Media Director
St. Francis High School
St. Francis, MN 55070
763-213-1606

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        Lisa Hunt, NBCT 2005
  School Library Media Specialist
  Apple Creek Elementary
  Moore, OK
  lisa3moon@yahoo.com 





       
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