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Academic Librarians and Cataloging Networks: Visibility, Quality Control, and Professional Status
Contributor(s): Hafter, Ruth (Author)

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ISBN: 0313248214     ISBN-13: 9780313248214
Publisher: Praeger
OUR PRICE: $96.85  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: April 1986
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - Cataloging & Classification
Dewey: 027.7
LCCN: 85024761
Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Sociology
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.80 lbs) 162 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Hafter examines the increasingly accepted assumption that the development of a huge online catalog, accessible by telecommunications to all member institutions, will only result in a vast saving of catalogers' time without the dilution of quality inherent in most mass production activities. She describes comparative changes in actual library and network practice and shows how the new realities of library performance, standards, and evaluation practice have impacted prevailing theories and beliefs about the work of library and information professional and their management of technological change. Her research is based on sixty-eight in-depth interviews with affected catalogers, administrators, and network personnel at six West Coast academic libraries.

 
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