Mod 11: Website

http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/libtech.html

Using Google, I searched for the terms "technical services cataloging" and found this Library Technical Services page. It contains links to resources for all aspects of technical services, from general to acquisitions to cataloging to subject indexing. While this specific page is most interesting from a tech services perspective, the site of which this is a component has similar pages for other library roles and departments, as well as librarianship in general, available by clicking the "Books and Libraries" link at the top of the page.

Mod 10: Multimedia

This chart illustrates the relationship between various entities according to FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Information). FRBR is an cataloging model seperate from AACR2 which focuses on the relationships between entities and groups of entitities, and as an alternate cataloging model is of interest to a well-rounded view of technical services and cataloging.

Denton, William. "Entity Relationships." The FRBR Blog. 2009. Retrieved 25 Apr 2009 from .

Mod 9: Image

I found this image on Flickr after a lengthy search. I initially used Google Image with combinations of the terms "library", "librarian", "technical services", and "cataloging" but was unable to retrieve any usable results; the majority of the images I found were pictures of technical services employees at libraries across the country. Finally I turned to Flickr and began browsing through a variety of terms, and was able to find this image. The image's page describes it as a reminder of when to create item records versus bib records as a reserves manager, which is my current position, so I found it interesting and useful.

Mod 6: Building Block Search

For my building block search, I was looking for information about early cataloging systems used in libraries. Using LibLit, I built my search with the terms (history OR origin) AND (cataloging OR classification) AND (library OR libraries OR technical services). While this search returned 457 results, there were multiple relevant items in the first page, including the article I chose as my primary result.

Mod 6: Specific Facet Search

To search for information on recent advances in cataloging in academic libraries, I began with the most specific information facet, cataloging advances. I searched in LexisNexis for the term "cataloging advances" in the Major US & World Publications, Blogs, and Web Publications categories, with a time limit of the most recent two years. I received 59 results, and searched within those results for the next most specific facet, "academic library". This narrowed the results to two items, the first of which was the most relevant.

Mod 6: Browsing Search

I selected BIP as the engine to browse seeking books and information about cataloging. I chose to browse the "Subject (All)" index and selected the "Cataloging" entry. 268 results were retrieved, the first of which fit my criteria.

Mod 6: Successive Fraction Search

For this search, in which I was seeking information about cataloging systems, I used ERIC. I began with the terms "cataloging method" to be found anywhere in the text and received 11 results. I added in the term "book" and narrowed the number of returned results to three, one of which I selected.