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Goals and Objectives

Goals

• Provide timely pre- and post-processing, description, and classification of all materials so library patrons have access to materials quickly
• Ensure that cataloging is of appropriate caliber depending on type of material; materials that are rare or unique are given fuller cataloging
• Identify, verify, evaluate, edit, or create original bibliographic records, following national guidelines and local procedures
• Organize the library’s holdings to meet local needs and to facilitate retrieval and optimal use
• Ensure faculty articles and electronic thesis and dissertations are added to NC DOCKS and the later to the catalog in a timely matter
• Participate in digital projects especially in the areas of subject and descriptive metadata, authority control and some scanning
• Maintain records in the online catalog for accuracy of holdings and location, as well as accuracy and consistency in retrieval of name and subject information
• Contribute new records and enhanced or upgraded records to the OCLC database; maintain accurate holdings in OCLC
• Maintain and support our team of competent, knowledgeable, and committed staff
• Provide excellent service to staff in other departments and library patrons, answering questions and resolving problems
• Make effective use of OCLC, local system, vendor services, software and hardware

Objectives for 2010/11

• Respond quickly and accurately to withdraw materials approved by various liaisons, TLC (Teaching and Learning Center) and TRC (Teaching Resource Center). For materials that are used less but too valuable to withdraw, change records in a timely manner to Remote Storage location.
• Keep up to date with additions of free electronic journals and newly acquired online backfiles to maintain accuracy of online catalog and Journal Finder.
• Determine what changes will be made as a result of the retirement of the Coordinator of Media Acquisition & Circulation (Nanny Foster) and the subscription to Films on Demand streaming video. Establish working relationships with the new head of the TRC; continue to catalog their materials in a timely way
• Continue to refine work flow of cataloging music materials into the department; work with Harold Schiffman Music Library staff to transition from reliance on database housed in School of Music to files residing on library server. Assess the impact of a larger number of scores coming from T. Front.
• Continue the retrospective conversion project for the map collection and keep up with current acquisitions; explore cataloging digital maps Continue to process new material going to the stacks. Continue to train both student assistants and Acquisitions Staff to catalog first tier materials (DLC cataloging)
• Upload new electronic theses and dissertations to the Institutional Repository, providing metadata and Library of Congress subject headings; convert IR metadata to MARC records and add to international database (OCLC)
• Participate in search and training of new Electronic Resources/Metadata Cataloger
• Help solicit, acquire, determine copyright availability, scan if necessary, and reformat digital copies of faculty scholarly outputs, then load these to IR while providing appropriate and correct metadata
• Catalog Cello Music Collection’s Greenhouse scores, once processed by Special Collections, and continue cataloging Varga collection; respond to reference questions on the collections and further develop Greenhouse video and Varga memoirs.
• Have several members of the department serve on digital project teams.
• Continue the training of Catalog & Digital Projects Library Technician, especially in the areas of ContentDM and scanning
• Work closely and cooperatively with ERIT and Special Collections and Archives to develop policies and procedures to create and maximize use of shared data
• Develop SCUA/Cataloging Dept. shared spreadsheets to monitor progress in processing, preparing finding aids, EAD encoding and cataloging manuscript collections; maintain spreadsheets jointly with Archives
• Assist in EAD coding and increase number of finding aids cataloged after training staff, purchasing appropriate software, and as processed collections are available
• Explore potential special collections cataloging prospects; if identified develop procedures and train staff
• Establish procedures, identify and catalog published monographs in manuscript collections
• Continue to reclassify monographs in University Archives (including faculty publications) into LC; update description and holdings; assist in physical reprocessing of these materials
• Continue project to catalog and transfer documents to home economics pamphlets collection
• Continue to catalog United States government documents
• Continue to catalog various electronic materials, e-books, e-journals, and web sites
• Keep up to date with developments in the implementation of RDA, facilitate training in new cataloging rules and transition to new rules when appropriate