Miscellaneous

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[|Discovering digital resources] Using RDA to improve the [|user experience] [|Library discovery systems] Five free [|cataloguing apps] Some [|cataloguing apps]
 * News in 2017**


 * News in 2016**

Fun learn to catalogue [|video!] Potentially interesting and [|useful blog] OCLC will be [|50 in 2017]
 * Latest update: 28 November 2016**

Blog about the Folger Shakespeare Library Cataloguing the artwork in Ladybird Books A cataloguing blog
 * Latest updates: 6 June 2016**

Latest issue of CILIP CIG journal, Catalogue and Index, focusses on metadata workflows, and is [|now available]
 * Latest updates: 25 April 2016**

Some theses on [|cataloguing and metadata]
 * Latest updates: 11 April 2016**

Latest issue (December 2015) of [|Catalogue and Index now available] Latest issue (December 2015) of [|Cataloging and Classification Quarterly]


 * News in 2015**

Historic West Somerset archive to be [|catalogued] Collaborative Cataloging Japan - [|cataloguing Japanese media] and moving image from 1955-1979 Manchester Guardian "Behind the Headlines" [|project complete!] Report from the CLIR Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Symposium, [|March 2015]
 * Latest updates 14 December 2015**

Latest issue of [|CCQ] [|Koha] now into release 3.22
 * Latest updates 30 November 2015**

So, you've heard of [|libhub?] [|Hands-free cataloguing?] I've probably shown this one before, but here it is again - [|history of the card catalogue!]

Not sure if I've shared this with you before, but this university cataloguing department has its own [|suite of guides].

Interested in sharing your thoughts, ideas, experience of cataloguing and related matters in a prestigious publication? CILIP CIG journal, called Catalogue and Index, is [|asking for your input]!


 * News in 2014 **

The Bodlean Library [|libguide]
 * Latest updates: 17 November 2014**

Latest edition of CCQ covers [|ISBD] Selecting [|foreign language titles]
 * Latest updates: 27 October 2014**

Funds needed to pay a library assistant to help catalogue items for the Feminist Library Some interesting links on the right-hand side of this blog! A cataloguer blogging
 * Latest updates: 10 March 2014**

Here's different kind of catalogue, a thematic catalogue of recordings made by Britten Catalogue description plagiarism Overheard in the stacks ... Oh dear ...
 * Latest updates: 3 February 2014**

Oxford Libraries online Whilst on my travels looking for content for this wiki I came across something I couldn't resist adding! The Folger Shakespeare Library and its catalogue The blog associated with the Folger Shakespeare Library If only we could use book trailers to advise our users of what's new in the library! Inscriptions in old books! Shelving by colour! Of course I was joking when I wrote that entry directly above, but ... The sheet music library at Duke University
 * Latest updates: 27 January 2014 **

Speculative cataloguing, anyone? Some members of CILIP CIG recently visited the National Fairground Archive at Sheffield An interesting cataloguing blog And another! And yet another! The FSR (Faster, smarter and richer. Reshaping the library catalogue) conference If you ever need to know what to do to successfully merge 3 different library systems, look no further!
 * Latest updates: 13 January 2014 **

Need help to weed? Cataloguing a literary archive
 * Latest updates: 6 January 2014**

**News in 2013**
Edinburgh University completes its cataloguing of the Darwin Collection. Notes from a session on book conservation Just in case you don't know about CIP! And in case you don't know what cataloguing is!
 * Latest updates: 2 December 2013**

Guide to bib data and LCSH for authors
 * Latest updates: 18 November 2013**

Cataloguing at the Smithsonian Libraries Cataloguing a textile collection Interesting cataloguing site Cataloguing on pearltrees
 * Latest updates: 14 October 2013**

Annual report from CILIP CIG Cataloguing policy presented in a libguide! A blogger blogging about cataloguing
 * Latest updates: 7 October 2013**

I'm running a bit behind the times here, but looking at the re-organisation of my own Technical Services department, the slides from the annual Spring New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) conference look highly relevant! Cataloguing in Wales!
 * Latest updates: 23 September 2013**

Some useful tips for public speaking And surviving that conference Some notes on open access policy at RCUK Have I already tol you about the British Library Medieval manuscripts blog? Community libraries and volunteers
 * Latest updates: 31 May 2013**

The Post Office archive Advice on how to get published
 * Latest updates: 21 May 2013**

Karen Blakeman on how best to use Google Search Excellent blog post from Claire Sewell on how to network effectively Oh, bookshelves on the stairs!
 * Latest updates: 2 May 2013 **

Little snippett on the creator of MARC
 * Latest updates: 22 April 2013**

Librarians on the loose!
 * Latest updates: 8 April 2013**

Discussion on library management systems Marshall Breeding's review of 2012 Arts Council report on community involvement in libraries First impressions make the lasting impression
 * Latest update: 25 February 2013**

Co-operation! Libraries on Pinterest
 * Latest update: 18 February 2013**

JSTOR makes some journals available to the public for free!
 * Latest update: 14 January 2013**

Blog from Peter Harrington, the seller of the inscribed 1st edition of Frankenstein Podcasts (and transcriptions) of thoughts on cataloguing
 * Latest update: 17 September 2012**

Detailed reports (follow links to August archive) from the ALA 2012 conference
 * Latest update: 7 September 2012**

Here are the BIC subject categories Tables of content for Catalgoing & Classification Quarterly Still time to enter for the CILIP/IFLA Aspire Award!
 * Latest update: 24 May 2012**

Report from a recent Twitter chat on cataloguing Summary of Twitter chat will be available shortly Presentation on what metadata is and how it is created and used
 * Latest update: 1 March 2012**

Crash course in law, for law librarians
 * Latest update: 20 February 2012**

Cataloguing for archives and special collections This article on ontologies, interoperability, OPACs and web 2.0 could easily go under a variety of headings, so here it is under miscellaneous!
 * Latest updates: 23 January 2012**

The LAI Cataloguing and Metadata Group on Slideshare Interesting blog with a link to an avatar-making site Find out what's going on in the University of the Arts, London, Resources & Systems team Helping "to unlock the value in the World’s data by enabling new business models for producers and consumers of data at all scales" - that's Kasabi A career development blog The ALA creates a new special interest group; Library Boing Boing! Want to learn to code? The very useful UKeIG factsheets
 * Latest updates: 22 December 2011**

Are libraries homes for books or learning spaces for students?
 * Latest updates: 28 November 2011**

Linked data from the BL Using DOIs in linked data The future's nearly here!
 * Latest updates: 21 November 2011**

CILIP have a presence on YouTube! Using BBC linked data Using Ordnance Survey linked data More linked data
 * Latest updates: 17 November 2011**

Some hints on answering reference enquiries
 * Latest updates: 14 November 2011**

Some interesting stuff on linked data from a session held in July Just in case you ever doubted why you were a librarian! Report from the new professionals conference with an emphasis on being professional A link to the RIN annual report for 2010 Statistics on librarians in the US from the census data
 * Latest updates: 7 November 2011**

I seem to have lost my repository page, but here are some interesting ideas for REF and here's some more info about the buddying concept A link to the OCLC collection and circulation analysis report, info on the aim of the project and a link to the circulation data Librarians and access to help for self-published authors WorldCat makes it in at number 10 in the Ten Most Amazing Databases! A bit of info on open bibliographic data LC authorities and vocabularies as linked data All about CURATEcamp! Lots of things happened at libcamp, and lots of cake was eaten! More on libcamp and thoughts from our very own! And yet more reflections on libcamp Discovery! (maybe I should have a new page for this topic?) You want more books like the one you're reading now? The Cambridge Open Metadata blog
 * Latest updates: 4 November 2011**

One person's account of the 2011 UK Library Camp! The future for open data in the UK
 * Latest update: 30 October 2011**

Paper on the use of Twitter in library services The importance of universities to society
 * Latest update: 19 August 2011**

What should you be reading? Links to lots of library blogs Interesting list of tecchie blogs that include our very own fulup! If you have an interest in reading lists then here's an online version of an article that appeared in Update, June 2010 And a link to some brief notes on 3 reading list systems Thoughts from UoL on reading list software A UoL slide presentation on the options for reading list software The JISC innovative library projects New professionals day report A new forum for new professionals Making sure we are cost-effective - article on patron driven acquisition or selection
 * Latest update: 8 August 2011**

More reports from the New Professionals conference And more on the New Professsionals day on the CILIP website Interesting webinars coming up; check out the calendar
 * Latest update: 4 August 2011**

This is very late news but hope you've already found and registered for cpd23! This slide presentation was created in 2009, but some of the information is still valid if you are learning about web 2.0 in libraries Blog post from a librarian in Pennsylvania at a leadership conference Interesting site on computing history, including magic words like PDP11, BBC Acorn, Atari, Commodore & much more!
 * Latest update: 2 August 2011**

Nice piece reviewing a blog post on [|why not to dispense with librarians] An Australian view of open data and mashable data Keep up-to-date with all the latest journal issues with journalTOCs Find out about University of Lincoln's Jerome Project Help on using and providing open data legally Neat way to promote libraries We must not forget that not everything is online! Reports and presentations from the ISKO UK July 2011 conference Library induction for academic staff Finding a book by its colour is possible! Mashing up data Finding and subscribing to a listserv Reports from the recent New Professionals conference Making the most of the opportunities available at and after library school Paper! The open biblio project The ISR blog Mashing up wikipedia and the library catalogue!
 * Latest update: 1 August 2011**

Interested in searching for composers across the BL, COPAC, musicbrainz etc.? Interesting possibilities Introverts can network too! Google calls a halt to its newspaper scanning project Keep up with the world of search engines
 * Latest update: 31 July 2011**

If you're interested in reading library blogs, here's a list of blogs that won the Salem Library Blog Awards, and links to many other relevant blogs.
 * Latest update: 29 June 2011**

Brief description of linked data Historical recordings available from the LC Using widgets and mashups in educational institutions Bibliometrics
 * Latest update: 22 June 2011**

Helping librarians who code, code4lib presentations and review Cloud computing in higher ed No more believe what you read on the web than you would a newspaper! Cartoons liven up training! A visual thesaurus! Some frbr humour Library humour Cataloguing and technical services humour Extract of the above for cataloguers! Humour just for cataloguers!
 * Latest update: 15 June 2011**

Watch a book being made! Small piece on digital identity Old news now, but YouTube has taken over the social bookmarking site delicious Directory of Twitter hashtags in use in US higher ed.
 * Latest update: 8 June 2011**

SkyRiver and Cassidy Cataloguing enter into an agreement Marketing the library to the users
 * Latest update: 25 May 2011**

A view of libraries in the 21st centuryfrom 2010 Another viewon what libraries are about Stuff for new professionals; this time about editing a book Voices for libraries Reduce, reuse, recycle! List of CILIP bloggers and how to become one and a list of librarians who blog Making shelving easier? On the record: Where is the Library of Congress heading over the next 4 years? The British Libraryat Boston Spa
 * Latest update: 11 May 2011**

A link to the journal TechKnow aimed at Technical Services staff in Ohio libraries.
 * Latest update: 13 April 2011**

Description of the Jerome project being run by Lincoln. A great paper on the possible application of social media sources to researchers Bibliographic data under open license A slide presentation on training cataloguersin the field National Occupational Standards for libraries, archives, museums etc.. Making use of fontsin CSS Discussion of possible professional uses for Twitter Should cataloguers keep it simple? A list of pluginsfor wordpress blogs The Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) explained
 * Latest update: 16 March 2011**

Looks like metadata articles are ending up in miscellaneous. This is an excellent slide show on metadata compared to cataloguing. How to make money from blogging! CILIP gives you access to various professional journals The BBC will be developing a permanent online archive Some of the world's most stunning library buildings A folk song written in support of libraries! Description of the JISC repositories support project Why libraries are such great places This blogger always writes some really good stuff on libraries
 * Latest update: 7 March 2011**

The controlled rolling out of social mediain your organisation Some information on the JISC Techdis, the UK's leading advisory service on technology and inclusion A wiki for teaching librarians Useful NetSkills training course list News of school librarians cultivating digital literacyin children JIBS conferenceon sharing of resources IFLA on the importance of library statistics
 * Latest update: 16 February 2011**

Bit of a cop out to put this in miscellaneous, but in truth there were a variety of places that an article on metadataand the coming together (or not!) of librarians, museum staff and metadata specialists could be put!
 * Latest update: 2 February 2011**

I'm sure I've mentioned this one before, but here's a place where you can find out what library management system different libraries are using. Report on the use of microbloggingsites Free journal TOCs trial and more on TOCs here (replacement for tictocs)
 * Latest update: 26 January 2011**

Day in the life- some of you may be aware of the Day in the life of a librarian project which aims to raise the profile of librarians. This is the list of people who are contributing - are you there? And this is my contribution. If you're a Twitteruser, check out #libday6

Also, why not join in the campaign 5th Febday?

Your chance to join in and say what you do as a librarian. Discussionon open bibliographic data An open bibliographic data challenge! Thinking of changing your LMS- see where everyone else is moving to! Top 10 favourite anti-tech words! Spend an hour on wikipedia and how much you can find out! Light-hearted look at the history of tech services
 * Latest update: 19 January 2011**

The copyright and resalestand
 * Latest update: 12 January 2011**

Repositories and learning objectsJISC report Blogsfor librarians Digital learning
 * Latest update: 20 December 2010**

FRBR - though I'm sure it had its own section rather than being placed in miscellaneous!
 * Latest update: 8 December 2010**

toc Project managementin libraries
 * Latest update: 1 December 2010**

The physical processingof books Mobile technologiesin libraries

A survey of [|Twitter use]by librarians!
 * Latest update: 29 November 2010**

Libraries without librarians; books vending machines etc..

Defining our professional future; report from [|CILIP]

Help out with a [|question and answer]website.
 * Latest update: 29 September 2010**

The [|JISC & RLUK]report "One to many ..."
 * Latest update: 20 September 2010**

[|Defining our professional future]: report ... from CILIP, 2010

[|Futures report]from the Library Association, 1995

Using Dewey to help create [|end bay guides].
 * Latest update: 10 August 2010**

A report on using a [|mobile device]to go online. A summary of the same [|report].

Information on [|qr codes].

[|Technology]and learning
 * Latest updates: 16 June 2010**

A BIC discussion on [|ISTC]

Comments on and a link to the recent [|KPMG]report on public libraries.


 * Latest updates: 28 May 2010**

*Humour
Library [|humour!]

And [|more!]

*Conference papers
pdfs of [|presentations]at the New england Library Association Technical Services conference. Covers a wide range of topics - metadata. cataloguing new objects, cloud computing, next generation OPACs, etc..

*E-books
What do users really think of [|e-books]from BISG

*Subject headings
The BISG [|subject headings]list

Latest updates: 26 April

*LIbbary of Congress to archive -
[|Twitter conversations]!


 * Latest updates: 13 April 2010**

*Wellcome conversion!
The Wellcome Trust is [|converting]its old word processed catalogue. Read about progress.

*Institutional repositories
Off-site storage for [|institutional repositories].


 * Latest updates: 8 February 2010**

*Acquisitions exchange standard
A slide [|presentation]

*Library tech
[|Link] to Library Technology Reports


 * Latest update: 11 January 2010**

*Recommended blogs
A list of 10 [|blogs]recommended for cataloguers.

*Effects of technology
[|Article]on how technology has affected us over the last 10 years.

*Facebook
Why do librarians use [|Facebook]?


 * Latest update: 1 December 2009**

*Web 2.0 and learning
A good site that explains what [|web 2.0]is all about and how ti can be applied to a learning environment.

*IT type courses
A list of free IT type [|courses]

*Draft ISO 25964-1
A [|draft]of Information and documentation — Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies — Part 1: Thesauri for information retrieval


 * Latest updates: 25 November 2009**

***23 Things**
Here's a [|site]that takes you through learning all about recent things technological, like web 2.0. by actually creating blogs, wikis etc., and another [|version] of the same thing.


 * Latest updates: 12 October 2009**

*Changing university catalogues
How universities are investing in new types of [|catalogues]to help users find what they want

*Social bookmarking
The hows and whys of [|social bookmarking]

*Scriblio
[|Scriblio]: a social library system

*Tag clouds
Remember wordles? Try this [|one]where you can create your own - even down to the colour!

*QR codes
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*UMR
Unified [|metadata]resources

*Google librarian newsletter
The [|Google librarian newsletter]is back.

*Catalogue those treasures!
An American initiative to [|catalogue]all those hidden treasures!

*Uncatalogued finds!
[|Uncatalogued]treasure uncovered.

*Google booksearch
[|Google booksearch]comes in for some stick.

*Automation
A site devoted to all things [|automation]as applied to libraries.

*Cataloguers are real people!
But what do they [|read]?

*Fedora commons
A [|blog]on Fedora/DSpace/repositories

*Blog
A [|blog]from one of the movers and shakers (see below!)

*Library Journal
The "[|movers and shakers]" of 2008-9!

*OpenURL link resolvers
A view on what an [|OpenURL link resolver]is and the potential uses.

*Computational thinking
So what exactly is [|computational thinking]? As cataloguers should we be developing more skills in this area?

*Back-ups
A blog stressing the importance of [|backing up files], here with an emphasis on digital images, in case of catastrophe, like the recent bush fires in Australia.

*Blogs
[|DigitalKoans]

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