WHAT THE WWU CATALOGING SERVICES DEPARTMENT VALUES MOST
Values
Our role in providing and maintaining access to the library's collections.
- The conviction that bibliographic control of all our holdings is of utmost importance.
- Use of national and international standards for bibliographic records and authority control, for consistent access both locally and from outside our library system.
- Responsiveness to local needs.
Contribution to the global cataloging community.
- Adding bibliographic records to OCLC
- Upgrading and enriching bibliographic records on OCLC
- Adding name authority records to NACO
- Suggesting subject headings to SACO
- Contributing master records to the SUMMIT union catalog
- Providing specialized assistance to the Library of Congress and other
libraries; for example, the creation and revision of ALA/LC romanization
tables
- Giving various forms of presentations to the national and international
library community
Effectiveness
- Accuracy.
- Timeliness.
- Efficient use of resources by maximizing use of staff and technology.
- Maintaining channels of communication within the department and with the library as a whole.
Continuity
- The need and the authority to make decisions based on departmental experience and expertise.
- Consistent and uniform documented procedures, reviewed and revised as needed.
A qualified and talented staff
- Promoting staff independence and empowerment.
- Optimizing the work environment.
- Providing thorough and timely training.
- Encouragement of imagination and flexibility.
Esprit de corps
KBR/SLS/PKZ
DW
3/22/2000 (DW)
10/17/2002 (KAR)