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Interview with the Cataloger

Interview with the Cataloger. Library Tour with Lee Ann Dalzell Cataloging Librarian/Database Manager Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA Date of Interview and Tour: September 16, 2011 Interviewer: John P. Wilson. Tour of the Library. Miss Dalzell’s Background.

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Interview with the Cataloger

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  1. Interview with the Cataloger Library Tour with Lee Ann Dalzell Cataloging Librarian/Database Manager Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA Date of Interview and Tour: September 16, 2011 Interviewer: John P. Wilson

  2. Tour of the Library

  3. Miss Dalzell’s Background • Bachelors in Library Science, Western Kentucky University—with a teaching certificate • Three years with the public school system in Tucker County, West Virginia • Discovered passion for cataloging books and enrolled in graduate school at the University of Kentucky, earning her MLIS in May 1977 • Part-time cataloger at the College of Graduate Studies in Nitro, West Virginia • Joined the Technical Services staff at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, GA in 1978 • Granted tenure in 1988, Assistant Professor in 1991 • Promoted to Associate Professor in 1995

  4. Why Cataloging? • Miss Dalzell really enjoys cataloging: finding the subjects, call numbers, and making sure the database has the correct information. • Miss Dalzell considers herself to be very detail oriented, as far as the OPAC and library work is concerned.

  5. Describe a typical day as a cataloger. • Generally, Miss Dalzell has 3-4 projects going at a time to keep from tiring of one thing. • New materials are cataloged first, then gift books and materials. • Depending on her mood, she may work next on the Music CD project and the John Paul Jones vinyl record collection. • She also makes time for rush projects, like the deletion of much of the Index Table Reference books last year.

  6. What kinds of software and hardware do you use? • Ex Libris Voyager system • Dell computer with Office 2003 • Mostly uses the Voyager Cataloging module, but can use others if she chooses • Shelflist cards become useful when making sure OPAC is accurate

  7. What advice can you give me and my MLIS classmates? • Even is you don’t plan to be a cataloger, please take a cataloging class. • Learn RDA and AACR2. • Even if RDA becomes the standard, most catalogs will still have AACR2 cataloging in them. (Ours still has cataloging left over from AACR(1)!) • She finds it easy to edit old cataloging into AACR2 as she hits it when cataloging something else or when doing database cleanup.

  8. Thank You John P. Wilson MLIS 7300 September 26, 2011 jpattersonw@gmail.com

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