The intersection of bibliographic control and information behavior is explored in 237 issues of C... more The intersection of bibliographic control and information behavior is explored in 237 issues of CCQ literature published from 1980–2023 using a combination of expanded searches within three prominent journal databases and frequency analysis of the terms “user”, “seek”, and “behavior” in the approximately 2,391 published items. The database searches, while inconsistent, produced a set of 43 articles (approx. 2%). Frequency and mention rates analysis using Voyant provided unique insight into both high and low occurrences of the terms. Cross-referencing both data sets produced a set of 37 volumes/issues with two prominent clusters between the years 2009 and 2017.
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2021
Dr. Elfreda Chatman was a professor of library and information science at the University of North... more Dr. Elfreda Chatman was a professor of library and information science at the University of North Carolina and Florida State University in the 1990s and early 2000s until her passing in 2002. Her research incorporated the disciplines of education, sociology, and LIS, covering topics at the nexus of these fields, from which she worked to develop a unified theoretical framework for scientific inquiry. Chatman’s work and teachings are as useful today as they were 20 years ago. Her approach to teaching theory development is explored by examining her course syllabi, her extensive course reading list, and students’ lecture notes. Chatman improved library and information science by encouraging scholars to combine theory with practice in their study of the interaction between people and information.
Cataloging principles and objectives guide the formation of cataloging rules governing the organi... more Cataloging principles and objectives guide the formation of cataloging rules governing the organization of information within the library catalog, as well as the function of the catalog itself. Changes in technologies wrought by the internet and the web have been the driving forces behind shifting cataloging practice and reconfigurations of cataloging rules. Modern cataloging principles and objectives started in 1841 with the creation of Panizzi’s 91 Rules for the British Museum and gained momentum with Charles Cutter’s Rules for Descriptive Cataloging (1904). The first Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (ICP) was adopted in 1961, holding their place through such codifications as AACR and AACR2 in the 1970s and 1980s. Revisions accelerated starting in 2003 with the three original FR models. The Library Reference Model (LRM) in 2017 acted as a catalyst for the evolution of principles and objectives culminating in the creation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) in 2013.
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 2019
A theory of public knowledge is offered for the purposes of defining more clearly its role in inf... more A theory of public knowledge is offered for the purposes of defining more clearly its role in information systems and classification schemas. Public knowledge is knowledge intended to be available for use in a public system. It is knowledge accessible to the public or knowledge in the public arena as opposed to the other seemingly multitudinous ways to describe knowledge. Furthermore, there are many different public arenas or small worlds. Public knowledge, irrespective of these different arenas, has four important overlying characteristics: It is consensual, it does not imply complete truth or certainty, it is autonomous, and it has a constant renewal of old knowledge with new knowledge. Each of these attributes has been culled from a study of the works of
... causes the uninitiated cataloger. Fritz and co-author Richard Fritz have also published MARC2... more ... causes the uninitiated cataloger. Fritz and co-author Richard Fritz have also published MARC21 for Everyone: A Practical Guide, which focuses exclusively on MARC21 and is aimed at the beginning cataloger. 68 Another familiar ...
This paper explores the initial relationship between the Classification Research Group (CRG) and ... more This paper explores the initial relationship between the Classification Research Group (CRG) and the Center for Documentation and Communication Research (CDCR) and how this relationship changed between 1952 and 1970. The theory of normative behavior and its concepts of worldviews, social norms, social types, and information behavior are used to characterize the relationship between the small worlds of the two groups with the intent of understanding the gap between early classification research and information retrieval (IR) research.
ABSTRACT Discussions of quality in library cataloguing are traced from early library science lite... more ABSTRACT Discussions of quality in library cataloguing are traced from early library science literature to current debates. Three studies that examine dimensions of quality cataloguing in academic libraries, public libraries, and school libraries and a review of vendor processes update the issues surrounding a definition of bibliographic record quality and quality assurance processes. The implications of perceptions of bibliographic record quality on next-generation catalogues are presented with emphasis on the shift in the cataloguer's judgment from rigid standards for transcription to meeting the requirement for more metadata that matches the user need of find-ability.
The intersection of bibliographic control and information behavior is explored in 237 issues of C... more The intersection of bibliographic control and information behavior is explored in 237 issues of CCQ literature published from 1980–2023 using a combination of expanded searches within three prominent journal databases and frequency analysis of the terms “user”, “seek”, and “behavior” in the approximately 2,391 published items. The database searches, while inconsistent, produced a set of 43 articles (approx. 2%). Frequency and mention rates analysis using Voyant provided unique insight into both high and low occurrences of the terms. Cross-referencing both data sets produced a set of 37 volumes/issues with two prominent clusters between the years 2009 and 2017.
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2021
Dr. Elfreda Chatman was a professor of library and information science at the University of North... more Dr. Elfreda Chatman was a professor of library and information science at the University of North Carolina and Florida State University in the 1990s and early 2000s until her passing in 2002. Her research incorporated the disciplines of education, sociology, and LIS, covering topics at the nexus of these fields, from which she worked to develop a unified theoretical framework for scientific inquiry. Chatman’s work and teachings are as useful today as they were 20 years ago. Her approach to teaching theory development is explored by examining her course syllabi, her extensive course reading list, and students’ lecture notes. Chatman improved library and information science by encouraging scholars to combine theory with practice in their study of the interaction between people and information.
Cataloging principles and objectives guide the formation of cataloging rules governing the organi... more Cataloging principles and objectives guide the formation of cataloging rules governing the organization of information within the library catalog, as well as the function of the catalog itself. Changes in technologies wrought by the internet and the web have been the driving forces behind shifting cataloging practice and reconfigurations of cataloging rules. Modern cataloging principles and objectives started in 1841 with the creation of Panizzi’s 91 Rules for the British Museum and gained momentum with Charles Cutter’s Rules for Descriptive Cataloging (1904). The first Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (ICP) was adopted in 1961, holding their place through such codifications as AACR and AACR2 in the 1970s and 1980s. Revisions accelerated starting in 2003 with the three original FR models. The Library Reference Model (LRM) in 2017 acted as a catalyst for the evolution of principles and objectives culminating in the creation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) in 2013.
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 2019
A theory of public knowledge is offered for the purposes of defining more clearly its role in inf... more A theory of public knowledge is offered for the purposes of defining more clearly its role in information systems and classification schemas. Public knowledge is knowledge intended to be available for use in a public system. It is knowledge accessible to the public or knowledge in the public arena as opposed to the other seemingly multitudinous ways to describe knowledge. Furthermore, there are many different public arenas or small worlds. Public knowledge, irrespective of these different arenas, has four important overlying characteristics: It is consensual, it does not imply complete truth or certainty, it is autonomous, and it has a constant renewal of old knowledge with new knowledge. Each of these attributes has been culled from a study of the works of
... causes the uninitiated cataloger. Fritz and co-author Richard Fritz have also published MARC2... more ... causes the uninitiated cataloger. Fritz and co-author Richard Fritz have also published MARC21 for Everyone: A Practical Guide, which focuses exclusively on MARC21 and is aimed at the beginning cataloger. 68 Another familiar ...
This paper explores the initial relationship between the Classification Research Group (CRG) and ... more This paper explores the initial relationship between the Classification Research Group (CRG) and the Center for Documentation and Communication Research (CDCR) and how this relationship changed between 1952 and 1970. The theory of normative behavior and its concepts of worldviews, social norms, social types, and information behavior are used to characterize the relationship between the small worlds of the two groups with the intent of understanding the gap between early classification research and information retrieval (IR) research.
ABSTRACT Discussions of quality in library cataloguing are traced from early library science lite... more ABSTRACT Discussions of quality in library cataloguing are traced from early library science literature to current debates. Three studies that examine dimensions of quality cataloguing in academic libraries, public libraries, and school libraries and a review of vendor processes update the issues surrounding a definition of bibliographic record quality and quality assurance processes. The implications of perceptions of bibliographic record quality on next-generation catalogues are presented with emphasis on the shift in the cataloguer's judgment from rigid standards for transcription to meeting the requirement for more metadata that matches the user need of find-ability.
The FIT method was originally reported in Burnett, Bonnici, Miksa and Kim (2007) and Miksa, Burne... more The FIT method was originally reported in Burnett, Bonnici, Miksa and Kim (2007) and Miksa, Burnett, Bonnici and Kim (2007). It was developed through an emergent coding process during a study conducted between 2000 and 2002. FIT analysis was conducted along ...
Powerpoints from S. Miksa presentation for the Competencies and Education for a Career in Catalog... more Powerpoints from S. Miksa presentation for the Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group, CORE Interest Group Week, American Library Association, July 20, 2021
Since the release of Resource Description and Access (RDA) many cataloging educators have incorporated into their teaching of descriptive and subject cataloging the ‘user tasks’ as presented in the four functionality models (FRBR, FRAD, FRSAD, and LRM) as a way to read, navigate, and use RDA. This talk addresses a particular set of behaviors from the cataloger’s point of view—the ‘cataloger’s tasks’ that form much of cataloging work.
There is a many-to-one relationships between cataloger and user tasks. By identifying these tasks catalogers can more easily learn how to navigate and use RDA.
• In RDA the primary cataloger tasks are recording, identifying, describing, and providing data. For example,
• Furthermore, cataloger’s record attributes of things and relationships to or between things—leading to a secondary set of cataloger tasks of clarifying, associating and contextualizing
This approach to cataloging education establishes a framework teaching how to organize information in a logical manner for any number of information retrieval systems and, in the case of library administrators, a way to clearly understand the importance of cataloging work to the library.
In this session, we examine several related aspects of the ongoing quest to map the intellectual ... more In this session, we examine several related aspects of the ongoing quest to map the intellectual structure of our field and to consolidate its theoretical foundations. The conceptual relationships between bibliometrics, informetrics and related fields are explored; the historical connections between classification and information retrieval researchers are examined; and the distinction between information science and information technology is analyzed both bibliometrically and from the perspective of social epistemology.
This Panel examines the lives and work in information science of six pioneering women – Helen Bro... more This Panel examines the lives and work in information science of six pioneering women – Helen Brownson, Elfreda Chatman, Edith Ditmas, Margaret Egan, Barbara Kyle, and Phyllis Richmond. In careers that collectively span more than seventy years, these women have had tremendous impact on our field. Yet the full extent of their influence has often gone unrecognized in the secondary literature. In this session, we will seek to reveal these pioneers' contributions in such areas as documentation, classification, information retrieval, and social epistemology; to identify reasons for the historical neglect of some of these contributions; and to provide links to our past that will enhance our understanding of current theory and practice in the field of library and information science.
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Since the release of Resource Description and Access (RDA) many cataloging educators have incorporated into their teaching of descriptive and subject cataloging the ‘user tasks’ as presented in the four functionality models (FRBR, FRAD, FRSAD, and LRM) as a way to read, navigate, and use RDA. This talk addresses a particular set of behaviors from the cataloger’s point of view—the ‘cataloger’s tasks’ that form much of cataloging work.
There is a many-to-one relationships between cataloger and user tasks. By identifying these tasks catalogers can more easily learn how to navigate and use RDA.
• In RDA the primary cataloger tasks are recording, identifying, describing, and providing data. For example,
• Furthermore, cataloger’s record attributes of things and relationships to or between things—leading to a secondary set of cataloger tasks of clarifying, associating and contextualizing
This approach to cataloging education establishes a framework teaching how to organize information in a logical manner for any number of information retrieval systems and, in the case of library administrators, a way to clearly understand the importance of cataloging work to the library.
ACM IEEE JCDL 2020 Virtual Workshop 4
Organizing Big Data, Information, and Knowledge,
August 5, 2020.