[Apologies for cross posting]
Nga Upoko Tukutuku/Maori Subject Headings
E nga Matawaka o te motu tena koutou katoa.
After some unexpected delays, we are pleased to announce that the Working Party will once again be actively expanding the thesaurus of Nga Upoko Tukutuku.
The Working Party for 2009 is made up of the following members:
Charlotte Stretton, Project Leader (National Library of New Zealand)
Robyn East (National Library of New Zealand)
Judy Keats (National Library of New Zealand)
Jacinta Paranihi (National Library of New Zealand)
Ann Reweti (Wellington City Libraries)
Rangiiria Hedley (Auckland War Memorial Museum)
Raewyn Paewai (Manukau Libraries)
We are grateful for the many suggestions for new terms submitted by libraries from around New Zealand via our contact address (reo(a)natlib.govt.nz) and have plenty to work on. The team will be working with these suggestions and we are planning the next release for early 2010.
The first meeting of the Working Party will be held in May.
We have some technical difficulties with displaying macrons in email, so please excuse their absence.
Noho ora mai, na Kim matou ko Charlotte me to ropu o Nga Upoko Tukutuku.
Kim Gutchlag
Manager, Collection Description
National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa
Wellington, New Zealand
DDI: +644 474 3085
Kim.gutchlag(a)natlib.govt.nz
http://www.natlib.govt.nz
A REMINDER - ONE WEEK TO GO BEFORE APPLICATIONS CLOSE. PLEASE REPLY TO THIS
EMAIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION.
Are you an experienced, qualified cataloguer who is looking to make a shift
into an exciting business environment?
Have you worked as a cataloguer doing original and copy cataloguing of both
books and non-book materials, in a public library context, for at least five
years?
Are you able to take a leadership role within a cataloguing team?
Do you have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and a can-do
attitude to problem solving?
Are you enthusiastic, flexible and enjoy a challenge?
TLS (Total Library Solutions - http://www.tlsnz.co.nz) is one of New
Zealand's leading library suppliers. They are well established in the New
Zealand market providing outsourced cataloguing services to a wide range of
public libraries. Their senior cataloguer is moving on, and they are seeking
the right person to help provide and develop this service.
This is a full-time (5 days a week, no evening or weekend work required)
position, starting at the beginning of July. The office is located in Albany
on Auckland's North Shore, close to the Northern and Upper Harbour
Motorways. The pay rate is competitive, and will be commensurate with skills
and experience.
Applications, including a letter of application, a full CV, and the names
and contact details (phone/email) of two professional referees, should be
emailed to Lynley Stone at lynley(a)informationworkshop.com by 5pm Monday 4
May 2009.
For a position description, more information or to arrange a telephone
conversation, please email Lynley.
Lynley Stone
The Information Workshop
Services for the information professions
Email: lynley(a)informationworkshop.com
The CatSIG committee has created a short online survey in order to gauge interest in The Marc of Quality cataloguing workshops for 2009.
If you are thinking about attending a workshop this year, please follow this link to complete the survey:
http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=f23c449d-b436-4664-ae19-5f3557966…
The survey is anonymous as we are just looking for interest at this stage.
For more information about the workshops see http://www.marcofquality.com/trn/trnindex.html
We greatly appreciate your feedback - thank you.
Kind Regards
Sarah Allnutt - CatSIG Secretary
on behalf of CatSIG.
**Please note - closing date for applications is 31st March 2009**
Are you thinking about studying in 2009? You may be currently completing a library qualification or looking for professional development opportunities.
CatSIG is pleased to announce two sponsorship opportunities in the following courses:
INFO 546 - Bibliographic Organisation
Creation of bibliographic records for library resources, including: original cataloguing using AACR2, MARC, DDC, LCSH; cataloguing digital resources using metadata
schemes such as the Dublin Core; evaluation of bibliographic utilities as sources for copy cataloguing; and managing cataloguing operations. Course runs in Trimester 2 (July to October) 2009 at Victoria University, Wellington. Students can study on campus or by distance.
This paper can be completed as part of a Victoria University qualification, or as a single Certificate of Proficiency (COP). The COP is suitable for
* graduate librarians and information professionals wishing to update their professional knowledge, or extend it into fresh areas of information management.
* graduates who are considering entry to the profession and want to experience postgraduate learning.
Acceptance is dependent on applicants holding a university degree/appropriate library qualification or extensive experience.
For more information about the course see
http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/546-details.aspx
For more information about the (MLIS) programme, including enrolment information:
http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/
CatSIG sponsorship will cover the tuition fee (domestic: $945.00)
72272 - Cataloguing and Classification
This course builds on and enhances library skills by introducing you to the principles and practice of cataloguing and classification. It is designed to enable you
to apply international standards in the creation of catalogue records. You will also be able to analyse the international standards and to develop a critical understanding of the contemporary issues affecting cataloguing and catalogue management. This course is run by the Open Polytechnic from 20 July 2009 and is a distance learning course.
For more information see
http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/programmesandcourses/courses/72272
Pre-requisites: 72171 Library Systems and Processes or equivalent knowledge and experience.
CatSIG sponsorship will cover the tuition fee (New Zealand: $560.00)
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* You do not have to be a CatSIG or LIANZA member to apply.
* CatSIG cannot guarantee entry into these courses. Our selection of a student is conditional on their acceptance into either course. Applicants should ensure they have the correct pre-requisites before applying.
* CatSIG will confirm sponsorship to the successful applicant when they have been selected for the course. The applicant will have responsibility for their own enrolment and acceptance into the course and the initial fees payment. CatSIG will reimburse the full tuition fee when it can be shown that the applicant has completed and passed the
course.
In your application to CatSIG (1-2 paragraphs) please state which course you are applying for, give a brief outline of your background and work experience, and how completing the desired cataloguing paper would benefit you professionally.
Please email applications and enquiries to Janess.Stewart(a)natlib.govt.nz
Please excuse cross-posting
Assist the National Library of Cambodia (NLC) with the use of its collections through offering and promoting a greater range of services.
The NLC originally established in 1924 by the French colonial administration, and re-opened in 1980 after the Khmer Rouge genocide, is currently struggling to improve its services with a small number of professionally qualified staff and scarce resources.
The Library is looking for an experienced Library Adviser to mentor and support its staff to use a newly installed electronic library system, to publish a National Bibliography of Cambodia and to improve the content of its website.
This is a two-year assignment.
The VSA website has recently undergone a revamp and assignment descriptions can now be downloaded straight from their website. http://www.vsa.org.nz/volunteer/vacancies/index.html
I was a volunteer at the National Library of Cambodia in 2006 and am in regular contact with the current volunteer. If anyone is interested in more information about living in Phnom Penh or about the Library itself, please feel free to contact me.
Chris Todd
Chris (Christine) Todd
Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Content Services,
National Library of New Zealand.
Telephone: (04) 474 3093
Fax: (04) 474 3161
Email: chris.todd(a)natlib.govt.nz
forwarded on behalf of:"Ecie Hursthouse" <eciely(a)gmail.com>
A friend sent me your contact details found via the LIANZA website. I was wondering if you would kindly post the message below to CATSIG members or to other list-servs that may be helpful.
Hi Auckland cataloguers
The Amitabha hospice is a volunteer service to all areas within Auckland. Please see link to our service http://www.amitabhahospice.org/
"Following the World Health Organization's guidelines for palliative care, the NZ Palliative Care Strategy and the NZ Cancer Strategy for Palliative Care, we provide free practical help and companionship for those with progressive degenerative conditions / terminal illness with specially trained volunteers".
We rely on grants and donations to provide our service hence our request to members of your organisation..
We have a small library of about 600 books and would very much appreciate it - if there is any cataloguer or retired cataloguer out there who would be interested in a volunteer project of cataloguing our small library. Or advising us the best way to catalogue our library. The library is situated at 44 Powell Street Avondale Auckland. Ideally we would like the catalogue accessible from the Internet so that once set up new books can be added from a volunteer's home.
Looking forward to a reply from you.
Thanking you for your kindness.
Ecie Hursthouse
Managing Director
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Hi Auckland cataloguers
The Amitabha hospice is a volunteer service to all areas within Auckland.
Please see link to our service http://www.amitabhahospice.org/
"Following the World Health Organization's guidelines for palliative care,
the NZ Palliative Care Strategy and the NZ Cancer Strategy for Palliative
Care, we provide free practical help and companionship for those with
progressive degenerative conditions / terminal illness with specially
trained volunteers".
We rely on grants and donations to provide our service hence our request to
members of your organisation..
*We have a small library of about 600 books and would very much appreciate
it - if there is any cataloguer or retired cataloguer out there who would be
interested in a volunteer project of cataloguing our small library. Or
advising us the best way to catalogue our library. The library is situated
at 44 Powell Street Avondale Auckland. Ideally we would like the catalogue
accessible from the Internet so that once set up new books can be added from
a volunteer's home.*
Looking forward to a reply from you.
Thanking you for your kindness
Ecie Hursthouse
Managing Director
Ecie Hursthouse <eciely(a)gmail.com>
FYI - latest OCLC news
Ksenija Obradovic
Cataloguing Manager
Te Tumu Herenga
The University of Auckland Library
Private Bag 92019
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142
New Zealand
Telephone (649) 373-7599 ext 85797
Fax (649) 373-7401
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz
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OCLC announces Expert Community Experiment
In response to requests from the cataloging community, OCLC is
introducing the Expert Community Experiment, which enables OCLC members
to make more changes to WorldCat records. During the Experiment, OCLC
libraries with full-level cataloging authorizations will have the
ability to improve and upgrade WorldCat master bibliographic records.
The additional capabilities provided by the Experiment are an expansion
of those that have been available through various database enrichment
programs since 1991.
The Experiment begins in February 2009 and will last six months.
Introductory Web information sessions will be held throughout February
for those interested in participating in the Experiment.
OCLC hopes that these changes will result in more corrections and
additions to master bibliographic records and more timely actions to
correct record problems. The Experiment is inspired by long-standing
requests from members to be able to do more-and more immediate-upgrading
of WorldCat records. The Experiment also allows OCLC to test a "social
cataloging" model involving the existing community of cataloging experts
who have built WorldCat record-by-record over the past four decades.
Interest in such an experiment has grown with the launch of WorldCat
Local and with the popularity of other socially cooperative ventures,
such as Wikipedia.
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/quality/expert/default.htm
RDA (Resource Description and Access) workshop
LIANZA is offering these workshops in partnership with the National
Library of New Zealand, CatSig, The Open Polytechnic and Victoria
University of Wellington.
Workshop description
Resource Description and Access (RDA) the new cataloguing standard and
successor to AACR, is due for release in late 2009, signalling a new
direction for cataloguing rules and catalogue records. This workshop
aims to prepare cataloguers for RDA by presenting the following content:
● background and development of RDA
● introduction to FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic
Records) and (briefly) FRAD (Functional Requirements for Authority
Data), the conceptual models that underpin RDA
● examination of the RDA draft highlighting key changes from AACR
● MARC and RDA
● RDA implementation - including timelines for publication and
implementation as well as library systems
Presenters
Chris Todd, Janess Stewart and Charlotte Stretton are cataloguing team
leaders at the National Library of New Zealand. All three have been
monitoring the development of RDA and are reviewing the final draft.
Two National Library staff will be present at each workshop.
Additionally, Amanda Cossham from the Open Polytechnic will be
presenting at the Christchurch and Dunedin workshops.
A senior lecturer from the Library and Information Management programme
at VUW will present at the Palmerston North and Auckland workshops.
All five presenters are likely to attend the Wellington workshop.
Locations
Workshops will be presented in
Christchurch on Thursday 5th March
http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=463
Dunedin on Friday 6th March
http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=464
Wellington on Friday 13th March
http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=465
Palmerston North on Wednesday 25th March
http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=466
Auckland on Wednesday 1st April
http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=467
Workshop duration
9.30am - 4.00pm (includes lunch)
Cost
$65.00 (LIANZA member), $85.00 (non-member)
Body of Knowledge area:
If you are professionally registered don’t forget to record the
workshop in your revalidation journal under BoK area 5
For general inquiries contact Maree Kibblewhite maree(a)lianza.org.nz
For booking inquiries contact Anna O’Keefe anna(a)lianza.org.nz
Maree Kibblewhite
Professional Development Manager
Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
Level 7, 69 Boulcott Street
PO Box 12-212, Wellington 6144
Tel: 04 473 5834
Fax: 04 499 1480
Email: maree(a)lianza.org.nz
www.lianza.org.nz
Chris (Christine) Todd
Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Content Services,
National Library of New Zealand.
Telephone: (04) 474 3093
Fax: (04) 474 3161
Email: chris.todd(a)natlib.govt.nz
Are you thinking about studying in 2009? You may be currently completing a library qualification or looking for professional development opportunities.
CatSIG is pleased to announce two sponsorship opportunities in the following cataloguing courses:
***INFO 546 - Bibliographic Organisation
Creation of bibliographic records for library resources, including: original cataloguing using AACR2, MARC, DDC, LCSH; cataloguing digital resources using metadata
schemes such as the Dublin Core; evaluation of bibliographic utilities as sources for copy cataloguing; and managing cataloguing operations. Course runs in Trimester 2 (July to October) 2009 at Victoria University, Wellington. Students can study on campus or by distance.
This paper can be completed as part of the Masters of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) qualification, or as a single Certificate of Proficiency (COP). The COP is suitable for
* graduate librarians and information professionals wishing to update their professional knowledge, or extend it into fresh areas of information management.
* graduates who are considering entry to the profession and want to experience postgraduate learning.
Acceptance is dependent on applicants holding a university degree/appropriate library qualification or extensive experience.
For more information about the course see
http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/546-details.aspx
For more information about the MLIS programme, including enrolment information:
http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/
CatSIG sponsorship will cover the tuition fee (domestic: $945.00)
..................................................
***72272 Cataloguing and Classification
This course builds on and enhances library skills by introducing you to the principles and practice of cataloguing and classification. It is designed to enable you
to apply international standards in the creation of catalogue records. You will also be able to analyse the international standards and to develop a critical understanding of the contemporary issues affecting cataloguing and catalogue management. This course is run by the Open Polytechnic from 20 July 2009 and is a distance learning course.
For more information see
http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/programmesandcourses/courses/72272
Pre-requisites: 72171 Library Systems and Processes or equivalent knowledge and experience.
CatSIG sponsorship will cover the tuition fee (New Zealand: $560.00)
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* You do not have to be a CatSIG member to apply.
* CatSIG cannot guarantee entry to these courses. Our selection of a student is conditional on their acceptance into either course. Applicants must ensure they have the correct pre-requisites before applying.
* CatSIG will confirm sponsorship to the successful applicant when they have been selected for the course. The applicant will have responsibility for their own enrolment and acceptance into the course and the initial fees payment. CatSIG will reimburse the full tuition fee when it can be shown that the applicant has completed and passed the
course.
In your application to CatSIG (1-2 paragraphs) please state which course you are applying for, give a brief outline of your background and work experience, and how completing the desired cataloguing paper would benefit you professionally.
Please email applications and enquiries to Janess.Stewart(a)natlib.govt.nz
Applications close 31 March 2009.
