The first Union Catalogue Meeting was held successfully on 14th October 2004.
Ten libraries, from as far as Bintulu and Mukah, sent representatives to the
full-day meeting.A total of 30 librarians and IT personnel participated actively
in the discussions. It was a good day to meet the catalogers, whom most of us only
know by name; to discuss issues faced; and to come out with solutions that benefit
all. ( View images )
The early morning started with opening remarks by Pn. Rashidah Hj. Bolhassan,
the chairperson of the meeting. It was followed by a briefing on Union Catalogue
background and terms of reference. Summary of the briefing is shown in the box below.
| Vision |
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To have a comprehensive, accurate and accessible database of bibliographic records
on information resources available in Sarawak
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Mission |
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Managing and maintaining the database through established
standards, best practices, ICT and trained human resource
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UC Committee Structure |
- The Working committee will come up with policies, plans and standards.
Representatives from all Libraries will become members of this committee. This
committee will meet every quarter.
- The Steering committee will set the direction for UC Committee. It will meet twice
a year for progress reporting as well as decision-making.
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Additionally, programmes have been planned for 2004 and 2005. They include :
| 2004 Programmes : |
Proposed 2005 Programmes : |
- Standard for usage of call numbers
- Verify the quality of authority records and bibliographic records
- On-site discussion and consultancy for the following libraries :
- Standards and procedures Training
- ANGKASA Library Management System refresher’s course
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- Publish cataloging standards and procedures
- Cataloging Workshops
- Committee Meetings
- Publish statistics on bibliographic records
- Cataloging Awards
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The afternoon session was spent discussing issues faced by the catalogers.
The sharing session was an eye-opener and very informative. As a result, the
working committee now has a list of items to complete before the next meeting in
January 2005.
The details of the meeting are available for downloading at the cataloging corner.
This site is for authorized catalogers only.
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