Hello again!
This is a follow-up reminder about the survey I posted on Feb. 9 (survey below).
Thanks to the many school librarians who took the time to fill out the survey! If
you have not yet had time to do this, we would appreciate your help as we try to
form a current picture of school library cataloging and to determine what help
school catalogers need. There is space for comments, in addition to the survey
questions. You should be able to fill out the survey in 15-20 minutes.
Please do not reply to the list. Hit Reply, and then copy our e-mail addresses into
the "To" line:
MarilynMcCroskey@MissouriState.edu<mailto:MarilynMcCroskey@MissouriState.edu>
RWiechert@MissouriState.edu<mailto:RWiechert@MissouriState.edu>
Again, thanks to all who have already sent us your completed surveys. Feel free to
send the survey to colleagues who are not on the LM_NET listserv. We would like as
much input as possible. We plan to start compiling the results March 1, 2010.
--Marilyn McCroskey
Marilyn McCroskey
Professor of Library Science
Head of Cataloging, Meyer Library
Missouri State University
901 S. National
Springfield, MO 65897
Ph. 417-836-4541
Fax 417-836-4764
MarilynMcCroskey@MissouriState.edu<mailto:MarilynMcCroskey@MissouriState.edu>
Greetings!
My name is Marilyn McCroskey. I am a former school librarian, now a cataloger and
professor of Library Science at Missouri State University (MSU) in Springfield, Mo.
For several years, I have represented the American Association of School Librarians
on the CIP (Cataloging-in-Publication) Advisory Group to the Library of Congress
(LC). I am also a member of the ALA ALCTS Committee on the Cataloging of Children's
Materials, sponsor of the book many of you may use, Cataloging Correctly for Kids.
This committee has sponsored cataloging workshops for school librarians in the
past. Both of these groups are interested in school library cataloging and how they
might help you with this task.
In 2006, I sent a quick survey to school librarians to get information for the CIP
Advisory Group above. Many of you responded to it-thanks! Soon afterward, the
Library of Congress also posted a survey, primarily on the use of CIP. Many of you
responded to that survey also, as well as to an LC survey in 2009. Thanks for your
willingness to provide information about cataloging in school libraries!
A colleague, Raegan Wiechert, a cataloger and Assistant Professor of Library
Science at MSU, helped me compile the responses to the 2006 MSU survey for reports
to the CIP Advisory Group and the Committee on the Cataloging of Children's
Materials. Both groups found this information very helpful. Now my colleague and I
have developed another survey designed to get more specific information about
cataloging in school libraries. This information may be valuable to the field of
librarianship. Some survey questions are similar; some are new. The new survey
includes some questions about the new cataloging rules, RDA (Resource Description
and Access), which are to be implemented in 2011. We especially encourage comments
on any of the questions, or general comments at the end.
We hope that many school librarians will respond to our new survey. No recent
studies of school library cataloging have been done, and perhaps it is time to let
the library world know about the efforts of school library catalogers. In part, we
hope that the survey results will show training needs for school library
catalogers. We hope the survey results will be of use to library organizations and
to library educators who are providing continuing education and/or are preparing
school librarians.
What do you NEED? This is your chance to make your needs known!
Following is the new MSU survey about school library cataloging. You should be able
to complete it in 15-20 minutes. Your responses to the survey will remain
anonymous, although written comments might be quoted without names or other
identifying information. Participation in the survey is voluntary; therefore, omit
questions that you do not wish to answer, though full responses would be helpful.
There are no known risks for participating in this survey. The act of responding to
the survey will mean that you have read this informed consent statement, and your
response implies informed consent to use the data. The data and anonymous comments
will be used to write at least one journal article. Also, the survey data may be
reported to various professional groups interested in school library cataloging and
in providing training for school library catalogers. Return e-mails will be stored
on private office computers, and any printouts will be stored in our private files
only. Neither will be shared with anyone else.
Please do not reply to the list. To send us the completed survey, hit Forward, fill
it out, and send it to both of us at the e-mail addresses below. Let us know if you
have questions.
MarilynMcCroskey@MissouriState.edu<mailto:MarilynMcCroskey@MissouriState.edu>
RWiechert@MissouriState.edu<mailto:RWiechert@MissouriState.edu>
Thank you for your help with this! If possible, please send back the survey by
March 1, 2010.
2010 Missouri State University Cataloging
Survey for School Librarians
Thanks for your input!
Check the grade level span that best characterizes the grades your library serves.
_____K-12
_____PK-elementary
_____Middle school
_____Secondary
SECTION I. DO YOU USE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION CATALOGING
RECORDS? HOW DO YOU USE THEM?
Question I-1. Until now, were you aware that most of the Library of Congress (LC)
MARC records for books you catalog were first Cataloging-in-Publication (CIP)
records?
_____Yes _____No
Comments:
Question I-2. When obtaining MARC records from vendors, do you receive records
that you recognize as LC CIP records?
_____Yes, some are LC CIP records
_____No, vendors do not send me LC CIP records
_____I can't tell whether the vendor records are LC CIP records
Comments:
Question I-3. For your local catalog, do you change or add cataloging information
to the LC MARC records that you get from vendors or databases?
_____Seldom or never _____Occasionally _____Often
Comments:
Question I-4. When you catalog books, how often do you use information from the
CIP block found on the copyright page of the book?
_____Seldom or Never _____Occasionally _____Frequently
Comments:
Question I-5. In the future, what continuing practices or changes would you like
to see in CIP records for the books you catalog? (Check all that apply; list others
in Comments)
_____No changes needed
_____Continue to provide summaries for all juvenile materials
_____Continue to provide juvenile Annotated Card (AC) subject headings for all
juvenile materials.
_____Provide Sears subject headings
Comments:
Question I-6. What other formats would you like LC to catalog for the CIP program,
as they now do for books, so that the item includes Cataloging-in-Publication and
has a CIP MARC record in the LC online catalog? (Check all that apply; list others
in Comments)
_____Mass market paperbacks
_____DVD videos
_____VHS videocassettes
_____Music sound recordings (CDs)
_____Spoken sound recordings (CDs)
_____Audio books
_____Playaways
_____Computer discs (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.)
_____Kits (multimedia, or printed materials that must be kept together)
_____Games
_____Toys
_____Posters
_____Realia
_____Maps
Comments:
Question I-7. Do you use MARC records directly from the Library of Congress online
catalog, other Z39.50 online catalogs, or OCLC in preparing your own MARC records?
(Check all that apply; list others in Comments)
_____No
_____I download MARC records from LC online catalog
_____I download MARC records from Z39.50 online catalogs other than LC
_____I use bibliographic information from the MARC record in the LC online catalog
to prepare the local MARC record
_____I use bibliographic information from the MARC record in Z39.50 online catalogs
other than LC to prepare the local MARC record
_____I use subject headings from the MARC record in the LC online catalog to
prepare the local MARC record
_____I use subject headings from the MARC record in Z39.50 online catalogs other
than LC to prepare the local MARC record
_____I download OCLC MARC records (my library is an OCLC member)
_____I use bibliographic information from public OCLC WorldCat (non-MARC) records
_____I use subject headings from public OCLC WorldCat (non-MARC) records
Comments:
SECTION II. WHAT SUBJECT HEADINGS DO YOU USE, AND HOW DO YOU USE THEM?
Question II-1. What subject headings list do you use? (LC juvenile Annotated Card
(AC) subject headings are in brackets on the book's CIP block, or have second
indicator 1 on MARC records.) Check all that apply.
_____Sears subject headings
_____Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH)
_____LC juvenile Annotated Card (AC) subject headings
_____Locally made-up subject headings
Comments:
Question II-2. If you use more than one type of subject heading on your MARC
records, what appears on each record in your catalog?
_____Headings from each list appear on most of the MARC records in my catalog
_____I just use the subject headings that are already on the MARC record I purchase
or download
_____N/A
Comments:
Question II-3. Do you check (verify) the subject headings on cataloging copy you
receive by checking a standard subject headings list or authority file?
_____I usually do verify the subject headings on the cataloging copy I get for my
library materials.
_____I usually don't verify the subject headings on my cataloging copy due to lack
of time.
_____I usually don't verify the subject headings on my cataloging copy, because I
don't have access to the needed subject list.
_____I usually don't verify the subject headings on my cataloging copy, because I
have an authorities module for my catalog that checks for subject heading errors
and gives me reports.
Comments:
Question II-4. Do you have an authorities module for your online catalog?
_____Yes ______No _____I am not
sure what this is
Comments:
Question II-5. If you currently use Sears subject headings, do you have plans to
switch to Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH) or LC juvenile Annotated Card
(AC) headings in the near future?
_____Yes (please explain why below) _____No
Comments:
Question II-6. If you used Sears subject headings in the past, but no longer use
Sears now, why did you discontinue use? (Check all that apply)
_____MARC cataloging records that I obtained from vendors or other sources used LCSH
_____MARC cataloging records that I obtained from vendors or other sources used AC
headings
_____Other reason you discontinued using Sears headings (please explain)
Comments:
Question II-7. (Answer only if you answered Question II-6) If Sears headings had
been available from vendors for the MARC records you obtained, would you have
continued to use Sears headings?
_____Yes _____No
_____N/A
Comments:
Question II-8. (Answer only if you answered Question II-6) If the list of Sears
headings had been available online at the time you stopped using Sears, would you
have continued to use Sears headings?
_____Yes _____No
_____N/A
Comments:
Question II-9. Even if you do not use Sears subject headings now, can your MARC
record vendor(s) supply MARC records with Sears headings?
_____Yes _____No
_____Not sure
Comments:
Question II-10 Now that Sears subject headings are available in an online version
(see H.W. Wilson Web site, http://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/sears.htm ), would you
consider switching from LCSH/AC to Sears?
_____Yes _____No
_____N/A
Comments:
SECTION III. ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEW CATALOGING RULES (RDA)?
Question III-1. Are you aware that a new set of cataloging rules (known as
Resource Description and Access, or RDA) has been written, but is not yet in use?
_____Yes _____No
Comments:
Question III-2. Do you plan to use the new RDA cataloging rules?
_____Yes, once I have training
_____Yes, but not for a year or more
_____No
_____I would like to, but doubt I will be able to have access to it and/or receive
training
Comments:
Question III-3. Do you plan to purchase online access to the new RDA cataloging
rules?
_____Yes
_____No
_____No, but I would purchase it if it were a print product
Comments:
Question III-4. Do you plan to seek training to learn to use the new RDA
cataloging rules?
_____Yes
_____Yes, but only if it is local and has no or very little cost
_____Yes, but only online tutorials, webcasts, etc.
_____No, I don't think I will need training to use RDA
_____No, budget and work considerations will not allow me to get RDA training
Comments:
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT SCHOOL LIBRARY CATALOGING? ADD THESE BELOW:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL
4) SET LM_NET DIGEST
* LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
* LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
* EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
* LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LM_NET
Mailing List Home