Library Tour Assignment
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This document summarizes an interview with Lee Ann Dalzell, the Cataloging and Bibliographic Database Manager Librarian at Georgia Southwestern State University. It provides details about Dalzell's education, experience, daily activities, the library's cataloging software, and her advice for MLIS students. Dalzell has worked in cataloging for over 30 years and enjoys the detail-oriented work of ensuring accurate records in the library's catalog.
Library Tour Assignment
- 1. Interview with Lee Ann Dalzell Cataloging and Bibliographic Database Manager Librarian Georgia Southwestern State University Americus, Georgia Date of Interview & Tour: February 24, 2012 Interviewer: Valarie Anthony
- 2. James Earl Carter Library Named after President Jimmy Carter’s father 190,000 volumes Serves more than 3000 students, faculty, staff & the surrounding community 9 full-time Faculty/Staff 11 Student Assistants Website http://gsw.edu/Library/index
- 3. Education Bachelors in Library Science, Western Kentucky University— with a teaching certificate Discovered passion for cataloging books and enrolled in graduate school at the University of Kentucky, earning her MLIS in May 1977
- 4. Experience Three years with the public school system in Tucker County, West Virginia Part-time cataloger at the College of Graduate Studies in Nitro, West Virginia Joined the Technical Services staff at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, GA in 1978 Granted tenure in 1988, Assistant Professor in 1991 Promoted to Associate Professor in 1995 Plans to retire in the next 2 to 3 years
- 5. Why she chose cataloging? Really enjoys cataloging finding the subjects, call numbers, and making sure the database has the correct information Considers herself to be very detail- oriented, as far as the OPAC and library work is concerned Catalogs her books at home
- 6. Daily Activities 3-4 projects going at a time to keep from tiring of one thing New materials are cataloged first, then gift books and materials Makes time for rush projects, like the deletion of much of the Index Table Reference books Serves on various library and university committees (LibAdmin, Graduation, etc .), attends conferences, webinars, & workshops
- 7. Hardware/Software Used Ex Libris Voyager system Dell computer with Microsoft Office 2003/Internet Explorer Label Printer Shelflist cards become useful when making sure OPAC is accurate
- 8. Relationship With the Rest of the Library Daily interaction with other departments is minimal Works periodically with the Circulation, Collection Development and Government Documents departments on processing books for the collection Discarding books Stamping, stripping, gift plating
- 9. Advise for VSU's MLIS Students Take a cataloging class Learn RDA and AACR2 Even if RDA becomes the standard, most catalogs will still have AACR2 cataloging in them Easy to edit old cataloging into AACR2 as she hits it when cataloging something else or when doing database cleanup