Resource discovery in employment law: searching library catalogues and library stock

1. Resource discovery in employment law:searching library catalogues and library stock Graham Ford British Library

2. Library catalogues • Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) have, in most libraries, replaced the traditional card catalogue • The catalogue describes what the library owns • The catalogue tells you where the items are • OPACs are accessible via your home computer • http://library.parklanecoll.ac.uk/opac/

3. Library catalogues • Give you access to library materials chosen by librarians • Books, official (government) publications, journals, electronic resources, CDs and videos

4. The World Wide Web (WWW) • In contrast: • Contains billions of web pages • Has no quality control – nobody checking whether information is correct or misleading, up-to-date or outdated, useful or offensive

5. World Wide Web (WWW) • However, the WWW continues to grow as an important information source • Some library catalogues have links to websites selected by librarians (quality control) • Many government publications concerning employment law are now available via the WWW e.g. legislation (Acts) available from opsi.gov.uk)

6. The card catalogue The past?

7. Searching the card catalogue

8. Author, Title and Subject

9. The OPAC The present and future?

10. Searching a catalogue: basic • There are 4 common ways to search: • Author • Title • Subject • Keyword

11. Author search • Definition: the person/people (personal) or organisation/s (corporate) who created the item • Personal author: Selwyn, Norman M. • Corporate author: Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform • Used to find all the books a particular author has written • Personal author: search by surname first i.e. Selwyn, Norman

12. Title search • Used when you know the title in full or some words of the title • Example: Selwyn’s law of employment • However, the title presented on a work can vary: • Law of employment

13. Subject search (1) • Subject headings are chosen by librarians as a way to organise large amounts of information • Subject headings are words or phrases used to define the topic • Librarians use Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) which is a controlled vocabulary i.e. the use of a heading is authorised by the Library of Congress (US)

14. Subject search (2) • LCSH is American and problems can arise with the use of American English. Different words are used to describe the same thing: • UK : Employment law • UK : Labour Law • US : Labor Law • UK : Trade unions • US : Labor unions • You may need to consider the search terms to be used although many are the same

15. Subject search (3)Some titles and subject headings • Honeyball & Bowers’ textbook on labour law • Labor laws and legislation – Great Britain –Textbooks • Selwyn’s law of employment • Labor laws and legislation – Great Britain • Labor contract – Great Britain

16. Keyword search • Matches words in the title, author or subject • Be specific e.g. collective agreements not agreements • A search using agreements alone will result in too many matches • Don’t use long sentences • Do not use the words a, an, the (initial definite/indefinite articles) and, for, of

17. Searching a catalogue: advanced • A combination of author, title, subject and keyword • Use of Boolean operators and/or/not • Use of wildcards * e.g. Selwyn Nor* • Permits truncation of words

18. Searching (1)

19. Searching (2)

20. Searching (3)

21. Finding the book:Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) • In 1876, Melvil Dewey developed a number system, the Dewey Decimal Classification system, to arrange library books by subject • The Dewey number allows you to find a book on a specific subject on a shelf in the library • All books on that subject will be found in the same place on the shelf

22. Locating

23. Books on the shelf DDC call numbers DDC followed by first three letters of the author surname

24. Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)Overview 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy & psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences * 400 Language 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 600 Technology (Applied sciences) * 700 The arts 800 Literature & rhetoric 900 Geography & history

25. Labor economics - 331 300 Social sciences 330 Economics 331 Labor economics 331.1 Labor force and market 331.2 Conditions of employment* 331.3 Workers by age group 331.4 Women workers 331.5 Special categories of workers 331.6 Categories of workers by ethnicity/nationality 331.7 Labor by industry and occupation 331.8 Labor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputes*

26. Conditions of employment – 331.2 Topics: Hours (workweek) Flexible hours/working Leave and rest periods Discipline Dismissal Example: Hours and holidays 2006. Income Data Services HR Studies. No. 830 (331.257)

27. Labor unions, labor management bargaining and disputes - 331.8 Topics: Labor union organization Grievance procedures Contracts Mediation/arbitration Strikes Picketing Example: The Trade Union and Employment Rights Act 1993: a guide … 331.8 EMP

28. Labor law – 344.01 (1) 300 Social Sciences 340 Law 344 Labor, social service, education, cultural law 344.01 Labor law Note: academic libraries may place jurisdiction first: 344.4 - Europe, followed by 01 344.41 - Great Britain, followed by 01 344.42 - England and Wales, followed by 01 344.73 - United States, followed by 01 Park Lane College - all at: 344.01 (i.e. all UK law)

29. Labor law – 344.01 (2) 300 Social Sciences 340 Law 344 Labor, social service etc. law 344.01 Labor law 344.012 Conditions of employment 344.018 Labor unions etc. In academic libraries jurisdiction will precede 01 However, at Park Lane College, all at 344.01 Example: Selwyn, Norman. (344.01)

30. Personnel Management (HRM) – 658.3 600 Technology (Applied sciences) 650 Management & auxiliary services 658 General management 658.3 Personnel management 658.302 Supervision 658.312 Conditions of work 658.313 Separation from service 658.314 Discipline 658.3145 Harassment and bullying 658.315 Employer/employee relations 658.38 Health, safety, welfare Vetting and monitoring employees. Aldershot : Gower, 2006. (658.302) Harassment and bullying. London : IDS, 2006. (658.3145)

31. Personnel Management (HRM) – 658.3 (Geographical) • DDC number is followed by 09 • Geographical subdivision is added to 09 • 09 4 Europe • 09 41 Great Britain • 09 42 England and Wales • 09 73 United States • Example: Duncan, Lewis. Workplace bullying and harassment: building a culture of respect. London: Acas, 2006. • DDC = 658.31450941

32. Conclusion • You should now be able to search a library catalogue using basic and advanced methods and find what you want on the shelves • Practice makes perfect – do some searches using the Leeds City College OPAC or • Browse the shelves at 331.2, 331.8, 344.01 and 658.3

33. If in doubt - Ask a librarian! A band of musical librarians from 1963-64!

34. Acknowledgements • Facility time to attend the Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety and Employment Law courses • Facility time and support without which this presentation would not have been possible

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36. Connections Trade union representatives to knowledge http://catalogue.bl.uk

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38. The End Thanks for listening Any questions?