I remember seeing an early catalog of the library. It was a tall book of lined paper with columns…a bookkeeping ledger. Entries were recorded in ink with a semi-legible script. I thought it was time, at long last, to examine the metadata of my very distant predecessors.The first illustration is actually from the Philanthropic Society collection’s catalog—or catalogue. That collection was far greater than the library’s. Dated 1869, it’s a typical catalog for the time period, being an inventory … [Read more...]
19th century metadata…
March 16, 2016 By Kim Sanderson
Filed Under: Cataloging, Library Catalog, Metadata
What’s in a name?
February 9, 2016 By Kim Sanderson
![Metadata about the book, A History of Davidson College by Mary D. Beaty.](https://davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org/littlereflections/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/02/Metadata_pic2-300x169.png)
The Library's department Discovery Systems is changing names to Library Technologies and Metadata. It seems the idea of a library is well ingrained in our social fabric. With that as part of the name, people know we are talking about information, research, description, access, and sharing. Without library in our name, people wonder what Discovery and Systems might be about. Well, certainly discovery of desired information is one of the goals of the library’s services. So is discovery of the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cataloging, Classification, Library Technologies and Metadata, Metadata, Technology