Hopson, Kathryn INN533: Final Learning Journal
Weekly Journal overviews:
Reflecting on the user experience in week one and two, covering the aspects of clients searching for information using a database such as a Library catalogue. The key elements here to note were, did we, as information managers give our clients a good user experience? In evaluating the database or catalogue the client used, we gained a better understanding of databases in Libraries in general.
Discussing my own experiences working in different libraries for weeks three and four enabled me to reflect and discuss the comments made by the Teacher Librarian Ann Gillespie in the video interview Howard, Z. (2013). I believe the direction of archives in libraries in the future will be digital for the saving of space. Moving on to resource description in the following weeks. The new cataloguing upgrades such as AACR2 to RDA and the impact this will have on resource description in cataloguing was discussed. While there will be an improvement using a more natural language in cataloguing Subject descriptions, the extra time it will take to add the initial data was also discussed as a possible negative. Key elements here is identifying the various standards, and applying them to catalogue entries. Classification terms that users are familiar with eg: DDC or Dewy Decimal System and LCSH Library of Congress Subject Headings and how these standards will change to accommodate digital metadata.
Interactive and user-friendly social networking in Libraries is becoming the new standards in library catalogues. The idea that uses will have input into the databases, an example of this is Trove where editing is now done by the people searching and using the database. The pros of this type of system allow for a more user-friendly system, the cons are who then monitors the information added for quality assurance? The key element here is the changing face of Library catalogues as not being the sole domain of Librarians.
My strengths in completing this unit is my ability to draw on my past and current library experience and network effectively with other information managers, drawing on their experiences and knowledge. The challenge for me is not to be overwhelmed with the amount of new information I am learning, and to keep drawing on my lecturer’s experience and participate in class discussion, and keep asking questions.
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