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Education for Cataloging and the Organization of Information - Pitfalls and the Pendulum (Paperback)
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Education for Cataloging and the Organization of Information - Pitfalls and the Pendulum (Paperback)
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What does the future hold for cataloging education? Written by some
of the best-known authors and most innovative thinkers in the
field, including Michael Gorman, Sheila S. Intner, and Jerry D.
Saye, this comprehensive collection examines education for students
and working librarians in cataloging and bibliographic control,
emphasizing history, context, the state of the art at present, and
suggested future directions. A liberal dose of visual aidscharts,
tables, etc.makes accessing the information quick and easy. From
the editor: The education of catalogers has swung pendulum-like
from on-the-job training to graduate education and back again. The
place of cataloging in the library school curriculum has swung from
one of near pre-eminence to one of near extinction, and has begun
to swing back again. The durability of education for cataloging has
swung from 'In getting your degree you will learn everything you
need to know in your career,' to 'You will have to engage in
continuing education throughout your career, beginning virtually as
soon as you have your degree.' Making informed decisions about how
(and how much) cataloging education is to be provided is full of
pitfalls, some of which the profession has fallen into already.
What is needed now is a reconsideration of how education for
cataloging and bibliographic control is provided. Education for
Cataloging and the Organization of Information: Pitfalls and the
Pendulum addresses four main areas: the ways professionals perceive
the place, nature, and necessity of cataloging education; the
professional, demographic, and academic context within which
cataloging education is provided; education regarding special types
of materials and special aspects of cataloging; and alternatives to
traditional modes of education for cataloging, including: distance
education online mentoring Web-based instruction continuing
education training for (and via) cooperative projects the role of
the community of catalogers in the continuing education of those
who provide intellectual access to the world of information and
much more!
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