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ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group ALA Annual Conference June 24, 2011 Angela Kinney

ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group ALA Annual Conference June 24, 2011 Angela Kinney Chief, African, Latin American & Western European Division Library of Congress. Acquisitions & Bibliographic Directorate 600 staff in 9 divisions (paraprofessionals and professionals)

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ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group ALA Annual Conference June 24, 2011 Angela Kinney

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  1. ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group ALA Annual Conference June 24, 2011 Angela Kinney Chief, African, Latin American & Western European Division Library of Congress

  2. Acquisitions & Bibliographic Directorate 600 staff in 9 divisions (paraprofessionals and professionals) Nearly all staff perform copy cataloging Technicians perform at point of acquiring materials Use Z-processor (search, match, overlay, download)

  3. Goal: make more effective use of copy cataloging Traditional data gleaned from OCLC ONIX data from publishers Two year pilot: automated capture of ONIX data 2011: Pilot transitions into production program

  4. Current copy cataloging 20-23 percent Component in technicians’ individual development plans Twice yearly evaluations Divisions have annual targets for copy cataloging reported quarterly/annually

  5. Copy cataloging training Descriptive aspects Subject aspects Copy cataloging production (Oct 2010-March 2011) 31,000 records/27.5 percent of bibliographic production Highest foreign language copycat count ever Oct 2009-Sept 2010: 65,000 or 23.7 percent U.S. publications this year to date: 21 percent

  6. Workflow within processing divisions 6 production divisions serials and monographs Acquire, search, copy catalog, shelflist, label, move to shelving or binding Validate descriptive and subject aspects Oct 18, 2010 implementation of PCC BIBCO Standard Record Copy cataloging now receives encoding level blank or 7 Professionals perform authority control, including NARS and subject authority records

  7. Overseas copy cataloging India, Egypt, Rio, Nairobi, Islamabad, Jakarta Work directly in ILS Voyager FY2010 produced almost 9,000 titles, 23 percent of total cataloging production FY2011 (first 6 months), 580 titles produced, 16 percent of total production Decrease due to temporary closing of Cairo Office during political transition in winter and disruptions in obtaining materials in some countries like Pakistan

  8. RDA Testing LC, NAL, NLM will implement Jan 2013 at earliest Some improvements to readability of instructions and functionality of online Toolkit 5 staff from each ABA division participated in test LC intends for testers to resume cataloging in RDA starting Nov 2011 to advance to full implementation LC to wait until Nov 2011 for scheduled ILS upgrade and acquisitions module fiscal rollover in mid Oct 2011 Several ILS Test partners continue to catalog in RDA before national libraries implement Copy catalogers refer RDA records to testers

  9. QUESTIONS? http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/ anki@loc.gov

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