This course reviews benefits for libraries of accurate WorldCat holdings, and provides information on the available methods for maintaining holdings. After completing this web-based training, managers of cataloging and technical services functions will be prepared to select and implement the holdings maintenance methods that are most appropriate for their library.http://is.gd/fe8qjS

So, the question of the day was about how to catalog a church's library.This article has some great suggestions especially in regards to collection management decision making.In addition to determining which audience level, type of media, and subject headings schema to use (Sears, LCSH, etc.), I would add to also figure out how you want to provide access to the catalog and what you want to use it for. Do you want a system where you can also circulate items?

Sounds interesting...--------------Indiana University is pleased to announce the public (very Beta) release of Scherzo, a music discovery system designed as a testbed of the FRBR conceptual model. The system may be accessed at http://vfrbr.info/search . A product of the IMLS-funded Variations/FRBR project, Scherzo is an early proof of concept for what a library catalog built according to FRBR principles might look like.

Library staff including me and Classics Department staff, faculty, and students cataloged the Classics Department Reading Collection. The end result of this highly collaborative and volunteer project was completion of cataloging/adding records for over 2000 titles using the online cataloging/collection management tool, LibraryThing.

All~Would you please share with appropriate lists and colleagues?Many thanks.--------------------This message has been cross-posted to several lists.

In the past few years, I've been noticing a trend amongst many of the smart, talented cataloging colleagues that I know -- they are are leaving the Cataloging profession.I think there are many factors at work, but I see a few trends:

• The shifted job: Their jobs have shifted even if their job descriptions or titles have not.
• The evolved job: Their jobs and official job descriptions have shifted from "Cataloger" to something involving bibliographic services, metadata, electronic resources, digital initiatives, etc.

Although a good portion of what I read in terms of change in libraries is cataloging/metadata/systems related (metadata for electronic & digital objects, nex-gen catalogs, rda, opensource ILS, products to enhance user experience that work with the existing catalog (e.g., vufind, etc.), changes in LC policy, etc.), occasionally an article which is more reference oriented wanders across my desk.

Hopefully, some of my fellow metadata "moonlighters" will see this survey also.------------To *all catalogers* (with or without MLS) in academic libraries:SURVEY: Integrating Non-MARC Metadata Production into the Duties of TraditionalCatalogers. You are invited to participate in a brief national, online survey.

Collaborating In The Cloudhttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=collaborating-in-the-cloud-1211649031746821-8&stripped_title=collaborating-in-the-cloudview presentation (tags: collaboration

Well, since I have so many little library related tidbits floating around in my reader, I'm just going to do a roundup:

• Over at the shifted librarian, she has a nice blog post about the new startup project, bibliocommons @ the Oakville, Ontario library, to build a library catalog interface from scratch. The interface includes things like reviews, tagging, faceted searching, etc.