Aiming for visibility: promoting a university cataloguing department internally (and externally)

Aiming for visibility: promoting a University cataloguing department

Karen F. PierceCardiff University

CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group Conference 2012

Defining high visibility cataloguing

Trying NOT to be…

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Stereotypes

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Background

• Invisible Cataloguers• Located in an admin

building rather than a library

• No day to day contact with other library staff

Being seen (a physical presence)

• ULS Briefings

• Working groups

• Staff development activities

Staff development opportunities

From Pink Slip to Black BoxAlison Palmer & Karen Pierce

Being seen (externally)

Conferences• 1. Attend a cataloguing

conference• 2. Present at a

cataloguing conference• 3. Attend &/or present at

a NON-cataloguing conference

• 4. Organise a conference

Being seen (virtually)

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Blogs & Blogging• CILIP CIG:

http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/catalogueandindex/default.aspx

• http://planetcataloging.org/

• http://highvisibilitycataloguing.wordpress.com/

• Work & Expression (BSS City of London): http://citybibs.wordpress.com/

• http://scolarcardiff.wordpress.com/

• http://darksideofthecatalogue.wordpress.com/

Publishing

• Catalogue & Index

• Book reviews

• Peer reviewed journals

• Impact factors

• Collaboration

Unexpected opportunities

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Conclusion

• Be seen in person at meetings & briefings

• Join working groups• Run internal sessions

about your dept• Attend conferences• Organise conferences• Write up events

attended• Publish articles

• Have a blog (dept or personal)

• Have a twitter account (dept or personal)

• Grab unexpected opportunities

• Forge links with academics

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Aiming for visibility: promoting a university cataloguing department internally (and externally)