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Cataloguing Department in the Wind of Changes

Cataloguing Department in the Wind of Changes. Mirjam Piik Cataloguer of Cataloguing Department, TUT Library. What does Cataloguing Department do?. Cataloguing Department is responsible for cataloguing and classifying library materials and ensuring access through e-catalogue ESTER

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Cataloguing Department in the Wind of Changes

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  1. Cataloguing Department in the Wind of Changes Mirjam Piik Cataloguer of Cataloguing Department, TUT Library

  2. What does Cataloguing Department do? • Cataloguing Department is responsible for cataloguing and classifying library materials and ensuring access through e-catalogue ESTER • Department handles: • printed materials • CD-ROMs • electronic resources

  3. What does Cataloguing Department do? • Department catalogues and classifies: • new items and retrospectively old books and journals • articles in Database of Estonian Articles ISE • dissertations, textbooks and library publications in Digital Library Collection

  4. Basic information about Cataloguing Department • Integrated library system Millennium • International Cataloguing Rules AACR II • Marc format • Cataloguing on the 4th level • Bibliographic description: author, title, publisher, publication date, pagination, ISBN etc. • Estonian UDC • Estonian Subject Thesaurus • Security features

  5. Personal of Cataloguing Department • 13 people working: • Head of the Department • Supervisor • 5 Cataloguers • 5 Classifiers • Person, who takes care of the security features

  6. Past of Cataloguing Department: card catalogue

  7. Past of Cataloguing Department • TUT Library had 2 sets of card catalogues – in Cataloguing Department and in Service Department • Library had: • Main catalogue • Systematical catalogue • Alphabetical catalogue • Periodicals • Sorted by languages

  8. Example of Cards Põhitekst

  9. Computer era • 1996 was founded Estonian Libraries Network Consortium • 7 libraries, including TUT Library were members • 1997 was made a contract with American software manufactor Innovative Interfaces Incorporated • 1997 were bought 2 central servers – one for Tallinn, one for Tartu

  10. Computer era • Integrated library system was called INNOPAC • The first bibliographic record was entered on February, 2nd, 1999 • In 1999 was final card added to our card catalogue • In 2000 was created e-catalogue ESTER • Membership of Consortium has grown to 13 libraries

  11. Computer era • 1999 was published first Estonian UDC • 1999 was published first Estonian Subject Thesaurus • 2003 INNOPAC was replaced by web-based Millennium • 2010-2011 were developed new Marc manuals for cataloguing

  12. Future of Cataloguing Department • There are a lot of questions: • Will Consortium buy a new library system Sierra? What will happen if Consortium can't buy 2 servers? Can Tallinn's and Tartu's databases be united? • Will the new database of authorities NABA be developed? • Will TUT want to retain its students' master thesises?

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