http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2006/07/17/ala2006-teaching-cataloging-to-school-librarians/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2006/07/17/ala2006-teaching-cataloging-to-school-librarians/#comment-3239 Susan Fletcher Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:14:42 +0000 http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2006/07/17/ala2006-teaching-cataloging-to-school-librarians/#comment-3239 This sounded like a conference I needed to attend. I'm writing a paper on the future of cataloging for the school librarian. While it has been a little difficult finding material, I have run into some very strongly held opinions--seems like very few librarians are sitting on the fence on this issue. Some feel that the information age is still in transition, with many communities not ready for the "big technology step." These librarians feel it is our job to bridge the gap for these communities and that includes knowing about cataloging. Others feel that without knowing cataloging and how information is organized, how can we research? How can we access information? Then the other end of the spectrum--I contacted a college that has cataloging as an elective, and teaches vocabulary control, metadata, and digital assets management instead. I'm really interested in what others think on this issue--do we need to know cataloging? Why or why not? This sounded like a conference I needed to attend. I’m writing a paper on the future of cataloging for the school librarian. While it has been a little difficult finding material, I have run into some very strongly held opinions–seems like very few librarians are sitting on the fence on this issue. Some feel that the information age is still in transition, with many communities not ready for the “big technology step.” These librarians feel it is our job to bridge the gap for these communities and that includes knowing about cataloging. Others feel that without knowing cataloging and how information is organized, how can we research? How can we access information? Then the other end of the spectrum–I contacted a college that has cataloging as an elective, and teaches vocabulary control, metadata, and digital assets management instead.
I’m really interested in what others think on this issue–do we need to know cataloging? Why or why not?

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