September 2021 - CatSIG - lists.ecs.vuw.ac.nz

Job Vacancy: Scholarly Content Adviser, Cataloguing and Acquisitions
by Joanne Rowan 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Tēnā koutou Please bring this opportunity to the attention of anyone in your professional networks who may be interesting in applying. Scholarly Content Adviser Te Tumu Herenga | Libraries & Learning Services Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland As one of two Scholarly Content Advisers in the Scholarly Content team, you will play a critical role in providing print and electronic information resources including e-books and e-journals, packages, databases, and streaming video to support learning, teaching and research at the University of Auckland. We are seeking someone comfortable taking an agile approach within a rapidly changing publishing environment. You will participate in identifying improvements to documentation and workflows. You will thrive in adapting and applying new methods to provide access to content and respond to demands for information in different formats. This role includes: Enabling content provided through the Library’s library management system, including original cataloguing and acquisition of resources Investigating and resolving problems relating to access Liaising with publishers and suppliers about providing content Providing advice on licensing Assisting with task allocation and monitoring workflows with the team The closing date for all this position is Sunday 3rd October 2021. To apply or to view the position description please go to the University Career site https://www.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversityOfAuckland/743999774976220-sch… Ngā mihi nui, na | with kind regards, Helen Helen Whiteman Team Leader, Scholarly Content Libraries and Learning Services | Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/ T +64 9 373 7999 x 83564 or DDI + 64 9 923 3564 E librarycollections(a)auckland.ac.nz<mailto:librarycollections@auckland.ac.nz>

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LIANZA CatSIG RDA Survey - please help us plan training and support
by Anoushka McGuire 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Tēnā koutou, Big changes have been happening in our core cataloguing standard Resource Description and Access (RDA) over the last few years and now that the ‘Beta’ RDA Toolkit is now the official Toolkit at https://access.rdatoolkit.org/ it’s time to start thinking about transitioning from the original Toolkit. LIANZA CatSIG is thinking about what support we can give the New Zealand cataloguing community to help with this transition. We’d love it if you would help by filling in this short survey about your experience with the Original RDA Toolkit, and what you’d like in terms of training and support to move to the new RDA Toolkit. The survey<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JCKLQT8> is just 19 questions, and should take no more than 15 minutes. Please share your thoughts to help LIANZA CatSIG plan events and resources over the next year or so! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JCKLQT8 The survey will close at 5PM, Friday October 8, 2021. Nāku noa nā, LIANZA CatSIG Community Anoushka McGuire | LIANZA CatSIG Committee member Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 2 (Acting) National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Direct Dial: +64 4 470 4524 | www.natlib.govt.nz<http://www.natlib.govt.nz/> The National Library of New Zealand is part of the Department of Internal Affairs

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Upcoming RDA Steering Committee (RSC) meeting
by Anoushka McGuire 19 Sep '21

19 Sep '21

Tēnā koutou/greetings to you all, The next RDA Steering Committee (RSC)<http://www.rda-rsc.org/> meeting is coming up and will be held as virtual meeting over two weeks: 12-15 October and 18-22 October. The draft agenda<http://www.rda-rsc.org/node/676> has now been posted on the RSC website. The Oceania region will be represented again at the meeting by the Oceania RDA Committee (ORDAC)<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rda-rs…> representative to the RSC, Melissa Parent, and we welcome you to send comments and feedback about any of the public agenda items directly to ORDAC to incorporate into our regional response. All comments will be welcome – please send directly to me (anoushka.mcguire(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:anoushka.mcguire@dia.govt.nz>) by Wednesday October 6, 2021. Ngā mihi nui/thank you very much, nā Anoushka Anoushka McGuire | Chair, Oceania RDA Committee (ORDAC) Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 2 (Acting) National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Direct Dial: +64 4 470 4524 | www.natlib.govt.nz<https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.natlib…> The National Library of New Zealand is part of the Department of Internal Affairs

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Survey on use of Library of Congress subject headings in NZ libraries
by Hazel Loughrey 10 Sep '21

10 Sep '21

Tēnā koutou, You are invited to participate in a survey on what New Zealand libraries do with Library of Congress subject headings they consider outdated, biased, or offensive. The goal of this research is to capture what librarians and libraries do at a local level. The research will be written as an assignment for the course 74342 Research Paper, which I am taking as part of my degree with the Open Polytechnic. Participants will not be identified and no personal data will be collected. It may also be written up for presentation at a conference or in a short article. Participants who are working or have recently (last 5 years) worked in cataloguing in a New Zealand library are invited to participate. To participate, please fill in this form<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…>. Thank you, Hazel Loughrey HazelLoughrey(a)myop.ac.nz<mailto:HazelLoughrey@myop.ac.nz> Research supervisor: Dr Amanda Cossham, amanda.cossham(a)openpolytechnic.ac.nz<mailto:amanda.cossham@openpolytechnic.ac.nz>

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CatSIG convenors report
by Joanne Rowan 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Kia ora all, Thank you to all of those of you who attended the first CatSIG Talks for this year today. Please find below the convenors report. Convenor’s Report for the year 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 The Committee The committee members for the past year were Tamsyn Bayliss, Anoushka McGuire, Sue McMillan, and Chris Todd. Chris and Anoushka are the CatSIG representatives on the ORDAC committee. Everyone has agreed to remain on the committee for another year. Membership Based on the current membership list received from LIANZA, CatSIG has 146 members (compared to 136 in May 2020). I am pleased to see the number of CatSIG members increasing again after declining over the last couple of years. Activities CatSIG Talks (October/November 2020) – 107 people registered for the Zoom session. It was well-received by the people who attended. Thank you to all the presenters who took the time to share their knowledge Catapult : newsletter of the LIANZA Cataloguing Special Interest Group<http://describenz.squarespace.com/new-page-1/> has continued to be published regularly and made available on the DescribeNZ section of the LIANZA website. Sara Sladwick from the University of Auckland has compiled this year’s issues. We appreciate her contributions to keeping this newsletter going. We welcome any articles or cataloguer profiles as this helps to make Catapult a success. If we continue to have problems receiving content from the cataloguing community, we will need to reassess how many issues we publish a year. The other option is to look into different ways to keep the cataloguing community up to date. DescribeNZ All the content on the DescribeNZ wiki has been moved to a section on the LIANZA website. This has brought us into closer alignment with LIANZA. Budget LIANZA budget requirements have changed, and they require a neutral budget for events or a profit. SIGs can choose to be budgeted or unbudgeted SIG depending on the events they plan for the year. CatSIG has had a neutral budget with no incomings or outgoing in this financial year, and we are operating as an unbudgeted SIG. We need to make sure our costs cover our outgoing when we run events. The zoom sessions we have run over the last couple of years has assisted with this. Closing remarks Activities such as organising training and producing Catapult take a great deal of time and effort, and we would not be able to continue these without the hard work of the committee and the support of CatSIG members. Thank you! We would welcome any new members. Ngā mihi, Joanne Rowan CatSIG Convenor

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