Collaborative Cataloging• joint action of a group makes bibliographic

records accessible to group members

• implies working together for common purpose

• working for the goals of each member library

• realization of those goals are attained through the combined efforts of the participants

Collaborative Cataloging

Online cataloging• Computers

• networks

Acceptance of MARC format• ANSI Z39.2

OCLC RLIN WLN UTLAS

Collaborative Cataloging

Europe• REBUS

• BIBOS

• LIBIS-Net

• Herbis

• Sirbil

Latin America• Projects Bibliodata

Collaborative Cataloging

Consortium Union Catalogs• School System

• Ateneo Libraries Union Catalogs

• Area or Region

• PULSE or Philippine University Library Search Engine

• Private or government projects

• Philippine e-lib project

Subject• Library Link

Why Collaborative Cataloging?

Cost-effectiveness Availability of a ready model Ready infrastructure

What’s New? Social Cataloging

• makes use of a web site to help people catalog their own books

• connects people with the same books

• comes up with suggestions for what to read next

• primary feature is the automatic cataloging of books by importing data from booksellers and libraries through Z39.50

Characteristics of Social Catalogs

2.0 environment, has the social functionalities that allows users to: • be interactive

• tag

• be notified

• Run software applications Provides links to related topics Users can own and control data

Social Cataloging

LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/• A prominent cataloging site

• Connects people based on books they share

• information from 80 libraries are available

WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/ • searches many libraries at once for an item and

then locate it in a library nearby

Social Cataloging

Biblios.net https://biblios.net/• Allows access database available online that

supports Z39.50

• Possesses the social cataloging features like real-time embedded chat, built-in forums, email integration

Social Cataloging

Livingsocial http://livingsocial.com/• social discovery and cataloging network that allows

people to review and share their favorite movies, books, games and music

Advantages of Social Cataloging

Users• Easy to use

• Responsive to user’s needs

• Catalog whenever, wherever

• Freebies

• Higher retrieval rate

• Increased love for reading

Advantages of Social Cataloging

Libraries/Librarians• Heightened creativity and ingenuity

• Discovery of actual user behavior needs

• Wider scope of service

• Faster cataloging/higher output

• Multiplication of resources

• Higher regards for libraries/librarians

Disadvantages of Social Cataloging

Lack of vocabulary control• adhoc coined words

• Retrieval role of terms

• Conveyance of right information

• Spelling problems Non-inclusion of relationships of terms Bias in assigning tags Diminishing precision in organization

Rising Concerns:

Will the cataloging functions of the libraries vanish?

What will happen to catalogers?

Answers:

The cataloging functions of the Library will never vanish; it will only be changed to keep track with the current trends happening globally.

Catalogers will have to be guardians of the social catalogs as far as organization is concerned; they have to be extra vigilant in maintaining the quality, consistency and organization of today’s catalogs.

“Organizing the universe of knowledge into some

systematic order has been considered the most

fundamental activity of the human mind. “

-"Cataloguing and Classification: An Introduction" Lois Mai Chan

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