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Catalog Department Mission (May 2005)

To support the teaching and research mission of the university, by providing seamless integrated access to all scholarly materials held or licensed by Yale, regardless of format, script or language; to develop and implement best practices in metadata creation, record management, and cataloging standards; to maintain a leadership role in national and international associations and programs, finding ways to increase efficiency through sharing of resources and expertise.

Assumptions about collections and services delivered by the Library over the next 1-5 years.

·         Print resources will continue to be acquired a levels similar to current levels, though there may be a small decline in western resources.  It is expected that the acquisition of materials acquired from other parts of the world will continue to increase.

• Non-print tactile resource acquisition will continue at current levels.

• The acquisition of special collections materials will continue to increase, as will the number of unlocked collections.

• Staff allocations for cataloging and metadata services will remain constant.

• The Catalog Department will continue to play the lead role in developing bibliographic policies and procedures, providing training and support for other cataloging units, and facilitating cataloging and metadata creation throughout the Library and its affiliated units.

• Publication trends and patterns will develop that will require new and creative approaches to providing bibliographic control and access.

• The University’s global initiatives will have some impact on the Library’s collection development and bibliographic control programs.

Vision for the Catalog Department for the next 1-5 years.

·         Continues to create traditional AACR2 MARC cataloging for print and non-print resources

·         Creates non-AACR, non-MARC metadata for a wide-range of digital assets

• Provides training for traditional cataloging, non-AACR content and non-MARC structures

• Maintains policies, procedures, and best practices for all the standards that the Library supports

• Provides catalog management/database maintenance support for all established and library supported catalogs and databases regardless of format

• Establishes and maintains standards for authority control in Library catalogs and databases and recommend controlled vocabularies

• Provides metadata consulting and metadata production services to the Library and the University

• Plays an active role in developing approaches, implementing programs, and creating records to provide access to the Library’s ‘locked collections’

How to transform the Catalog Department

Identify and implement workflow and process efficiencies that will help the Catalog Department be more effective and make staff resources available for the cataloging of digital assets.

Staff development to support new activities  (what and examples)

Staff reallocation??? Better word

Establishes appropriate bibliographic and metadata standards for all library operations (in consultation with stakeholders)

Establishes quality standards for all levels of bibliographic and metadata records.

Establishes appropriate standards for timeliness.

Vision (May 2005)

We foster and encourage continuous improvement to cataloging and metadata standards and technology. We cultivate expertise and enthusiasm among staff, enabling them to meet the professional, technological, and organizational challenges of the future. 

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