Dear Cataloguer Dear Cataloguers New Standards for New Zealand National Union Catalogue and a new wiki resource Since 2008 a TPSAC commissioned Expert Working Group for Cataloguing has worked on revised minimum standards for the National Union Catalogue (NUC). This work is now complete and the new standards for cataloguing to the National Union Catalogue are completely up-to-date. They reflect the latest developments in international cataloguing standards and best practice. In addition they also include the requirements for OCLC Cataloguing Standards and the OSMOSIS Service. Whether you use the National Union Catalogue services, OCLC services for WorldCat or your own library catalogue, they will help your library create good catalogue records. TPSAC is keen that New Zealand libraries and cataloguers start using the new standards. To help you with this the revised standards are available on a wiki developed by the Expert Working Group especially for New Zealand cataloguers. The wiki provides: · information about NUC and partners · the new NUC catalogue standards · latest news and events · quality in cataloguing · an interactive space to receive updates, comments or ask a question. The standards are available at http//nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com. If you would like to view the standards as a single document they are also available on the National Library website at http://www.natlib.govt.nz/catalogues/library-documents/cataloguing-standards OCLC will profile the new standards via webinar training for New Zealand libraries in October and November this year. Use of a single set of high quality catalogue standards will benefit all New Zealand libraries by making resources easier to find and catalogue records easier to use and reuse. We look forward to seeing you on the wiki and welcome your questions. If you need some help to get going or have a question that requires discussion please feel free to contact our National Library’s Customer Support Consultants: Ruth Miller, ruth.miller@natlib.govt.nz, or Ann Barrie, ann.barrie@natlib.govt.nz or phone toll free:0508 837 862. You will also find Ruth and Ann on the National Library’s LIANZA conference stand. Kind regards Karen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karen Rollitt National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa PO Box 1467 Wellington 6011 New Zealand Telephone DD (+64) 4 4743099 fax: (+64) 4 4743042 email: Karen.Rollitt@natlib.govt.nz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.natlib.govt.nz/ http://www.digitalnz.org/