Comments on: Cataloging and institutional repositories http://lackoftalent.org/michael/blog/2009/02/09/cataloging-and-institutional-repositories/ The occasional rambling of a digital library artisan Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dorothea Salo http://lackoftalent.org/michael/blog/2009/02/09/cataloging-and-institutional-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-92601 Dorothea Salo Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:24:51 +0000 http://lackoftalent.org/michael/blog/?p=288#comment-92601 It's happening a few places, but the word hasn't really got out yet, so no, you are not a moron. The more common model appears to be dedicated IR staff who may or may not be (and probably aren't) cataloguers or metadata specialists. There should be action in this space over the next year or so (she said vaguely), as tools like BibApp and Islandora streamline the content-acquisition process. It's happening a few places, but the word hasn't really got out yet, so no, you are not a moron. The more common model appears to be dedicated IR staff who may or may not be (and probably aren't) cataloguers or metadata specialists.

There should be action in this space over the next year or so (she said vaguely), as tools like BibApp and Islandora streamline the content-acquisition process.

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