Special Collections Cataloging Department
Quarterly Report: July - September 2008
CGA
Mary cataloged materials accumulated in her absence, and worked on problems. Manga and comic book cataloging continue. Anca cataloged a box of foreign language comics from the backlog.
CHA
Mary, Nataliya, and Joan all cataloged for the project collection. Mary worked closely with Nataliya on creating name authority records. Joan and Mary also created records for names and added many BIBCO records for books.
HIL
Nataliya completed cataloging material from the Sofronov collection that will be added to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
RARE
Anca and Pat continued to catalog Tarver collection material, which is being used by a class fall quarter.
TRI
Anca processed and cataloged a few collections selected by Nena, and began working systematically on cataloging and barcoding collections in preparation for the move. Nataliya cataloged materials from the Norris Houghton Collection in Slavic languages, including playbills and other ephemera. Joan worked on “odds and ends” found as part of the pre-move cleanup, as well as the usual flow of materials.
Knowledge Bank and other Metadata Projects
Nataliya completed the metadata for the first collection in the Ukrainian Emigration project for Knowledge Bank ( https://dspace04.it.ohio-state.edu/dspace/handle/1811/56119). Several collections of university documents selected by Archives were prepared for the Knowledge Bank, thanks to the work of our summer volunteer Libby Herstenstein. https://dspace04.it.ohio-state.edu/dspace/handle/1811/55390. These collections are being moved over to production.
Collection Management System (CMS)
CGA began using PastPerfect for the International Museum of Cartoon Art collection. The CGA data map to convert existing data to PastPerfect was approved and data extracted. Conversion will take place in October. Morag began working on the Historic Costume and Textile mapping, and continued work on TRI mapping.
Other initiatives
Summer volunteer Libby Hertenstein also prepared training sessions and documentation on how to use Web Management Reports for generating collection use statistics. Training was attending by staff from Rare Books and Manuscripts and CGA and is available in the shared drive for anyone to consult as needed.
Professional Development, Grants, etc.
Morag and Beth both served on task forces as part of the OSUL 2013 strategic planning initiative.
Morag is now chairing the WorldCat Local Working Group, including regular conference calls with OCLC on the ongoing changes to the platform and follow-up on new and ongoing problems. She presented an update on WorldCat Local to the Collections Advisory Council. The Working Group anticipates working on the expected re-implementation of WorldCat Local this fall. Beth is serving on a task force to examine special collections records in WorldCat Local.
While Beth was on SRA, Morag collaborated on an LSTA grant proposal with Malabar Farm State Park to contribute their holdings to the OSUL catalog. This project was funded and work has begun to make this happen.
The NEH awarded funding to “Reliable Witnesses”, a project led by Lewis Ullman and Melanie Schlosser, to explore the sustainablity and integration of digital humanities into libraries. Morag will be contributing to this project as well.
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