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15 November 2008 17:26

Health Sector Information Skills Training

In the 25th anniversary issue of Health Information and Libraries Journal, Margaret E.S. Forrest provides an overview of the role of informational professionals in user education. It’s particularly useful for those of us who have not been working Read More...
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11 November 2008 22:14

RDA and other Unfulfilled Promises

Well, after over a week of checking the RDA site every day, today we received the announcement on the cataloguing lists that RDA full draft has been delayed (again), until (they say) 17 November: Due to complications in software development, the Committee Read More...
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02 November 2008 23:17

Taking Liberties

Spent Friday evening at Late at the Library - an event to celebrate the opening of the British Library’s new exhibition, Taking Liberties: We take our rights for granted. Free speech. A free press. The rule of law. The power to vote in those who Read More...
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02 November 2008 21:48

Survey on Authority Control in Libraries

This week on AUTOCAT, Judith Kirk (Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo) shared the results of her recent informal survey of authority control practice. Although the opt-in sample size was small (12 libraries) and entirely US-based, it included Read More...
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24 October 2008 17:56

Three Strikes and Out?

In a recent article in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, Lynne C. Howarth and Jean Weihs provide a history of one of the hottest topics in the RDA draft - the demise of the Rule of Three. Beginning with some historical background on the main Read More...
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