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From: "mgodbout" <mgodbout@henry.wells.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:16:44 +0000
Subject: Re: Information Needed

Yolanda:

You may want to look at the CONSER Editing Guide put out by
the Library of Congress, Serial Record Division.  Also, you may
want to get in touch with Jean Hirons.

I've included below an email from her.  Hope this helps and best
wishes in your career.
Muriel

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From:             Jean L Hirons <jhir@LOC.GOV>
Subject:               Upcoming training in Toronto
To:               SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU

This message is being cross-posted; please excuse the duplication.

Save the date!

In honor of CONSER's 30th anniversary and ALA being held in Canada,
the ALCTS Serials Section and CONSER will hold four consecutive
day-long SCCTP workshops as a pre-conference to the annual meeting of
ALA in Toronto.  The date is Friday, June 20, 2003.  Plans are to hold
two sessions each of the SCCTP Electronic Serials Workshop and the
SCCTP Integrating Resources Workshop, but we will reevaluate based on
demand. (Note: these are the actual workshops, not train-the-trainer
sessions.) Trainers will include two Canadians-Trina Grover (Ryerson
University) and Elena Romaniuk (University of British Columbia) and
two Americans-Steve Shadle (University of Washington) and Steve Miller
(University of Wisconsin).  Shadle is co-author of the Electronic
Serials course and Miller is author of the Integrating Resources
course. For a description of the courses, consult the SCCTP web site
at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/acq/conser/scctp.html.

Details on pricing and registration will be circulated early in 2003
by ALA.  This information is being sent out now as an early reminder
of the opportunity for those making plans for the coming year.

Jean Hirons and Julie Gammon, coordinators

Jean Hirons
CONSER Coordinator
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20540-4160
voice: 202-707-5947
fax: 202-707-1778
email: jhir@loc.gov

> Date:          Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:19:37 -0500
> Reply-to:      "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum"
>                <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU>
> From:          Yolanda Phillips <philliy@NCC.EDU>
> Subject:       Information Needed
> To:            SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU

> Hi all!
>
> I am currently attending library school and will finish my degree in
May 2003. I am interested in being a Serials Librarian and was wondering if you had
any advice on how to get cataloging experience> > Yolanda > Muriel K. Godbout
Systems Librarian Long Library Wells College Aurora, New York 13026 Tel: (315)
364-3355 Fax: (315) 364-3412 Fax: 775-244-9826 Email: mgodbout@henry.wells.edu

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From: Dena Luce <dluce@faulkner.edu>
Subject: RE: Information Needed
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:07:27 -0600

Yolanda, outside of your coursework or an internship, I would recommend
attending workshops or conference sessions dealing with those topics.  Once
you are a fulltime employee at a library, you might want to consider signing
up for an OCLC training session for the cataloging, if you don't find it
before then.  I'm sure someone would be glad to be your mentor and show you
the 'hands on' part of the job.  It would also be helpful to stay current
with the literature in the profession.  Read articles from the Serials
Librarian and other professional journals.  I hope this helps.

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Subject: RE:      Information Needed
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:10:54 -0600
From: "Garry Church" <gchurch@laredo.edu>

You didn't say where you are studying. One way is just take a job in serials or
cataloging. Of course many serials jobs want serials experience. Sounds like you are
doing enough exp. that you should easily find a job in a smaller academic library.

An academic internship in a library where they have you do a variety of jobs within
the library on a rotation basis would give you a great experience. That would be the
best thing.

Here at Laredo Community College, they are looking for a cataloger and they are
willing to consider new graduates. The pay is pretty good and they workload is not
bad. The job is listed at the TX State Library jobline.

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From: "Pat Meyer" <pmeyer@nu.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:47:18 -0800
Subject: Re: Becoming a Serialist

Yolanda,

You are off to a good start by monitoring SERIALST-L.  You've picked a specialty
that many librarians (even catalogers) avoid like the plague.  The issues are
constantly evolving, which is fun and challenging for those of us who hate to
rest on our laurels.  It helps if you get excited over things like when the
title change you processed last month reappears on your desk because it has now
split into two new titles, one of which is only available online with a
single-user password.  Serials cataloging & management  is a communal effort and
I've found that most of us love working together and take great pride in sharing
our expertise.

Here's a couple of ideas that come immediately to mind:

Definitely join and attend the annual conference of the North American Serials
Interest Group (NASIG).  Check out their website at http://www.nasig.org/  Much
of the website is members only ... it's the best invested $25 you can spend on
your career.  Conference proceedings are published in Serials Librarian, but
there is nothing to compare with actually hanging out at a 5-day gathering of
600-700 serials professionals.

The Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program (SCCTP) offers some fabuous
classes - Basic Serials Cataloging, Advanced Serials Cataloging, Electronic
Serials Cataloging, and Serials Holdings.  Their website is at
http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/scctp/home.html.  Bringing classes to your area
might be easier than you think, feel free to contact me directly for tips &
support.

In my not so humble opinion, the best training is with experienced people ...
there's probably someone nearby who'd be thrilled to take you under their wing.

Good luck!

Pat Meyer
Serials Specialist
National University Library
9393 Lightwave Avenue
San Diego,  CA  92123-1447
pmeyer@nu.edu
voice (858) 541-7917
toll free (866) NU-ACCESS ext.7917
fax (858) 541-7997

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Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:46:30 -0500
From: "Sandhya D. Srivastava" <LIBRSDS@Mail1.Hofstra.edu>
Subject: Re: Information Needed

For serials cataloging -

SCCTP is great for any serials cataloging courses.  If you go to their internet site
you may be able to find when and where the next training session will be.

Their website is http://lcweb.loc.gov/acq/conser/scctp/home.html

Serials management -- contact North AMerican Serials Interest Group for more
information on books and their wonderful annual conference where several serials
related issues are discussed in workshop format.

Sandy Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Serials Librarian
Hofstra University