Start of my Fieldwork

I started my directed fieldwork today. My supervisor introduced me to others working in the technical services department and gave me a grand tour of the department. The primary focus of my internship will be in cataloging materials from the Wilkinson bicycle donation. This should involve a mixture of copy cataloging and eventually some original cataloging. I'll be getting some experience with both descriptive cataloging and subject cataloging.

As the summer goes on, I will likely get some exposure to other work in the department. Serials cataloging, video cataloging, physical preparation of the materials for the shelf, and a look at the conservation lab in action.

But for now we've started with copy cataloging. Today was a familiarization with the OCLC Connexion client, as opposed to the web interface used in LIS 531, and the catalog management software used in the library. We also reviewed the process I'll be using in copy catalog - the department policies I'll be following to make sure that my work meshes with the current catalog and is professional quality.