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Abstract

For at least 100 years, cataloguers have been committed to creating perfect bibliographic records of their local resources for their local users. With the advent of automation, shared cataloguing and electronic remote resources, their task has been made much more complex as their product has become universally available and visible; and, contrary to earlier naive expectations, much more expensive. As a profession, they survived automation and adapted, but now contracting out (outsourcing) has become a new threat to their very existence, or at least to their numbers working at local libraries. Based on a great number of calls for change in the library literature, appeals to cataloguers to make a concerted effort to change the way they do things as their product is still essential for good library service

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Abstract

Two interviews provided the basis for this examination of the careers and contributions of Maria Teresa Sanz Briso-Montiano and Soledad Fernández-Corugedo, major figures in the development of bibliographic control in Chile. Sanz was instrumental in introducing the use of international cataloging standards; as Coordinator at the Biblioteca nacional de Chile, she reorganized technical services, promoted the use of automated library systems, and set the stage for development of a shared network. Fernández is the current coordinator of this network, Red Nacional de Información Bibliográfíca (RENIB). Significantly changing the practice of cataloging in Chile, Fernández and her staff have worked through RENIB to integrate libraries into a cooperative network, introduce standards into library processes, and create union catalogs.

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Abstract

Cataloging managers at the University of New Mexico General Library, feeling under pressure from colleagues and administrators to become more efficient, have introduced a flexible management style in the traditional Catalog Department. Instead of pushing staff to work harder and faster, they developed a point system, or quota, for staff catalogers. This allowed them to implement flextime and other liberal options, such as working at home, or in other campus libraries. Expectations of quality and quantity of production have been clarified, and staff morale, generally, has improved, as people feel they have more control over their work. Although still cataloging in the traditional mode, managers feel that improved flexibility will allow them to become more proactive and tackle anticipated changes in a positive manner.