O WorldCat completou, no final de agosto de 2011, 40 anos de existência. Ele foi o primeiro catálogo coletivo a nível global. Criado em 1971, o antigo OCLC Union Catalog and Shared Cataloging – atualmente conhecido como WorldCat – recebeu no primeiro dia, 133 registros bibliográficos em linha!
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Atualmente, o WorldCat possui mais de 1.7 bilhão de itens armazenados em mais de 10.000 bibliotecas ligadas à rede do OCLC.
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The Librarian #1 “We are not mere cart pushers. This job requires a Masters degree for a reason.“
People have made an extremely strong link between librarians, libraries and books. This is only natural, but it really sells short the full value of libraries and the full scope of librarian work. Libraries offer so much more than moldy old books. There’s also music, movies, tv shows, video games, and electronic databases that span a whole galaxy of scholarly and practical information unavailable to any level of googling. Additionally, libraries offer free internet access that is utterly vital in many poor and rural communities. As government services migrate online, good citizenship almost requires an internet connection. Libraries also provide a free space for local groups and communities and have been at the forefront of job search training and computer instruction. Coordinating all of this are the humble librarians. We are not mere cart pushers, let me assure you. This job requires a Masters degree for a reason.
The Librarian #2 “I am an aggregator, a citation machine, a curator, a specialist.”
I am a librarian. People do not understand that I do more than check out books. They do not understand that my job requires a master’s degree and optimally, some other post-graduate work. No one understands what I do all day. I do research, I teach classes, I catalog, I develop our collection, I work on our website, I fix computers. I am an aggregator, a citation machine, a curator, a specialist in whatever it is you want to know about.
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The Cataloger “Even within the library profession my job is very under-appreciated.“
I’m a cataloger, and even within the library profession my job is very underappreciated. Many people don’t realize that you need a Master’s degree for many library positions, or don’t quite understand why. Within the library world, many people don’t really seem to get that cataloging is not something you can just dump on someone who hasn’t been trained or taken classes. Cataloging is not a simple job! For one thing, there’s a 3″ binder on my desk full of rules for cataloging different items that a library might own (and there’s many items that aren’t covered by the rules because they didn’t exist!) Right now is a transition time for catalogers as we work on a whole new set of rules that will help us get ready for the future - because the days of patrons coming into the library to look at little index cards to find a book are long gone. In the course of my Master’s degree (which I am nearing completion of), I’ve taken 4 cataloging courses and I still feel like there’s a ton I haven’t learned yet. It makes me sad to see people thinking that cataloging work can be handed off to untrained paraprofessionals with no guidance. Our catalog records are suffering, it makes more work for me, and it makes it harder for patrons and reference librarians alike to find what they’re looking for.
The Librarian #3
“I am not your doormat. Make your own copies.”
I’m a librarian. I am well informed, and I may get to read headlines while I’m working my shift at the reference desk, but I don’t sit around reading novels all day. I like books, but my job is much more about computers and databases. I use Google, and I like Google, but no, not everything is available on the Web for free. I am a professional researcher: I have a master’s in library science as well as a PhD in English; I am not your doormat; Make your own copies.
The Librarian #4
“I am not a babysitter for teachers’ planning periods.”
I am a librarian in a school setting. I am a professional with a Master’s degree and am a certified teacher in two states. I teach basic life skills, like how to find information, evaluate it critically, and use it in an ethical and creative way. I help children explore their passions and find out what about their world interests them the most. I am not a babysitter for teachers’ planning periods, I am a teacher too and the time children spend with me is valuable. My job cannot be done effectively by volunteers, and managing, cataloging and promoting a library collection both physical and electronic is just as demanding as having your own classroom of children.
TDX (Theses and Dissertations Online) is a digital cooperative repository of doctoral theses presented at some Spanish universities. The consultation of theses is opened and allows the user to construct searches on the complete text of the files by author, advisor, title, knowledge area, university and department of publication, year of defense, etc.
O que pode ser considerado um protótipo da biblioteca do futuro abriu foi inaugurada recentemente Bolingbrook, nos arredores de Chicago. Um projeto integrado de tecnologia, onde leitores eletrônicos como iPads, Kindles e Nooks convivem lado a lado com os empoeirados livros de papel.
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Em Fountaindale, os clientes podem pagar multas por atraso com cartão de crédito em uma das 13 máquinas de atendimento. Um sistema de reposição automática de livros deixa os empregados focados no serviço ao cliente ao invés de organizar centenas de livros e DVDs a cada dia. No Vortex – a parte da biblioteca dedicada aos adolescentes – os visitantes são recebidos por quatro TVs grandes e confortáveis pufes.
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Apesar de toda a tecnologia disponível, Fountaindale não se desvia de sua missão primordial de oferecer livros para aqueles que os amam, disse o bibliotecário Tony Lucarelli.
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A biblioteca demorou cerca de 19 meses para ser construída. Aumentou seu acervo em mais de 47 mil títulos (físicos e eletrônicos) e outros materiais e hoje disponibiliza mais de 270.000 itens.
Rosental Alves, considerado um dos maiores especialistas em jornalismo online, esteve recentemente em Portugal a promover um workshop de jornalismo e empreendedorismo. O director do Knight Center para o Jornalismo nas Américas e professor de ciberjornalismo na Universidade de Austin, no Texas, aproveitou a sua estadia no Porto para falar ao JN sobre a importância das redes sociais no jornalismo. Hoje, no dia em que as redes sociais são celebradas em todo o planeta, confira a entrevista >>
Internet es un instrumento de movilización, siempre y cuando exista una sociedad activa. La conexión del espacio virtual con el espacio físico es la que genera y amplifica la movilización ciudadana.
Entrevistado por Carmen Arestegui, Castells subraya también los aspectos simbólicos en los cambios sociales. Afirma que la superación del miedo es la base para el cambio social.
Is there a place for ebooks in libraries? To start things off Wednesday at the Digital Book World panel “The eBook Ecosystem: Where Do Libraries Fit?,” moderator Josh Hadro of Library Journal referenced an ebook feasibility study for public libraries. It included quotes from librarians and library administrators, including “I worry that we don’t have a seat at the table,” and “the boat left without us.”
But this panel, like so many at the conference being held in New York City this week, wanted to stay positive. The panelists were Christopher Platt of the New York Public Library, Ruth Liebmann of Random House, George Coe from the book distributor Baker and Taylor and Steve Potash from Overdrive, a software company that provides ebooks to vendors and libraries, including the Los Angeles Public Library.
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