[DCRM-L] Program planning for rare materials catalogers

Thu Feb 25 13:01:40 MST 2021

It sounds like there may be interest in the topic of publicizing the interesting things we catalog (in addition to the topics already listed, all of which sound interesting to me).

A few years ago we came across a book with a nice example of fore-edge painting. We posted on our Facebook page a video of a staff member handling the book in such a way as to show the fore-edge painting clearly. The video was quite popular, much viewed and shared.

Margaret

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Margaret F. Nichols
Rare Materials Cataloging Coordinator
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-5302
Tel. (607) 255-9667

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Hello again,

A few weeks ago I gave a presentation on the organization of materials to a Museum Studies class, in which I included a segment on “The Cataloger as a Detective”. I used items lacking covers,  title pages, front matter, and colophons (hence, the most common sources for identification and basic bibliographical description) as examples of “mysteries” I’ve solved. One of the slides was a picture of my hand in a white cotton glove, holding a magnifying glass over an 18th-century book.

Felicia

Felicia Piscitelli, M.M., M.L.S.
Associate Professor
Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloger and Italian Resources Librarian
Cushing Memorial Library & Archives
Texas A&M University
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Hey Josh:

In the "before times", I took an interesting item I had catalogued that month and wrote a short blurb about it, why I found it interesting and / ot challenging and called it "Adventures in cataloguing". It went up on our website.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:00 PM Joshua Hutchinson <jchutchi at uci.edu<mailto:jchutchi at uci.edu>> wrote:
Along with what everyone else has said, I would be interested in hearing how other catalogers highlight the interesting things that they catalog. This is related to the 'selling the utility of cataloging' aspect. I'm sure my library isn't the only one where we see something cool, catalog it, and then it disappears into the stacks with only the catalog record to show for it. Do other catalogers blog about their material? Talk to the rare books outreach librarians? Host exhibits? Keep a (mental) list of cool things that you've looked at?

Additionally, re: " Tools to make working from home easier (including OpenRefine and MarcEdit)" -- I think I'd be interested in hearing about how others identify projects that don't require viewing the material. What's a catalog enhancement project that can be done remotely (either working from home or just... not accessing the rare books stacks all the time) vs one that requires individual consultation of the material.

Thanks-- looks like a great series of webinars!

Josh

Cataloging & Metadata Services Department (Monographs)
UCI Libraries
University of California, Irvine
Irvine CA 92623-9557

He/him/his
Science Library Room 327 - (949) 824-8938
jchutchi at uci.edu<mailto:jchutchi at uci.edu>

> Dear colleagues,
> The Program Planning Group of the RBMS Bibliographic Standards
> Committee is investigating the possibility of offering webinars on
> topics related to rare materials cataloging. We are still in the early
> planning stages and are seeking input from the rare materials
> cataloging community. Right now, some of the topics we're considering include:
>
>   *   Cataloging realia
>   *   Cataloging graphic novels
>   *   Tools to make working from home easier (including OpenRefine and
> MarcEdit)
>   *   Conversations between catalogers and non-catalogers
> We are especially interested in hearing if these topics would be of
> interest to you, if there are additional topics we should consider,
> and any tools you might like to see covered in addition to OpenRefine and MarcEdit.
> If you're proposing an additional topics, suggestions for presenters
> would be welcome but not required.
> Thank you!
> Elizabeth.
>
>
> --
> Elizabeth Hobart
> Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Cataloging & Metadata
> Services 126C Paterno Library University Park, PA 16801
> (814) 865-1756
> she/her/hers
>
>

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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx"

Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer

ESTC and NACO Coordinator
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
Allison_Rich at brown.edu<mailto:Allison_Rich at brown.edu>
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