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ARL Cataloger Librarian Roles and Responsibilities Now and In the Future

2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 52; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01639374.2013.859199

1544-4554

Jeanne Boydston, Joan M. Leysen,

Library Science and Information Literacy

Abstract This article details the results of a 2011 study of cataloger librarians’ changing roles and responsibilities at academic Association of Research Libraries. The study participants, cataloging department heads, report that cataloger librarian roles are expanding to include cataloging more electronic resources and local hidden collections in addition to print materials. They are also creating non-MARC metadata. The increased usage of vendor products and services is also affecting the roles of cataloger librarians at some institutions. The article explores what skills cataloger librarians will need in the future and how libraries are providing training for that future. KEYWORDS: catalogingcataloger librarianfuturemetadatarolesskills Acknowledgments © Jeanne M. K. Boydston and Joan M. Leysen Notes 1. Carla J. Stoffle and others, “Continuing to Build the Future: Academic Libraries and their Challenges,” portal: Libraries and the Academy 3, no. 3 (July 2003): 364. 2. Kathleen L. 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