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Contact
AFSCME, Local 2910
Library of Congress, LM-G41
Mailstop 9994
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-9994
Phone: 202-707-6493/1304
Fax: 202-707-1873
Email: guild@loc.gov
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We are the Library of Congress Professional Guild, AFSCME Local 2910,
representing over 1500 employees at the Library of Congress. Welcome
to our homepage.
Click
here for Credit Hours Q & A
Testimony of Saul Schniderman Before the Committee
on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislation Branch Appropriations,
U.S. House of Representatives, May 11, 2011 click
here
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The Future of Cataloging
"What
is Distinctive about the Library of Congress in Both its Collections
and its Means of Access to Them. . . ," by Thomas Mann,
November 6, 2009.
Thomas Mann has submitted a new paper which covers three
major topics: "What is Distinctive about the Library of Congress
in Both its Collections and its Means of Access to Them," "The
Reasons LC Needs to Maintain Classified Shelving of Books Onsite," and "A
Way to Deal Effectively with the Problem of 'Books on the Floor'."
In
addressing these concerns the essay provides an important clarification
of the mission, functions, and responsibilities of the Library
of Congress in relationship to Google, Amazon, OCLC, the Association
of Research Libraries, and the Internet.
Also see: Library
of Congress: Study of the North American MARC Records Marketplace, by Ruth Fischer and Rick Lugg for R2Consulting,
Oct. 2009
"Library of Congress cataloging continues to be widely valued
... There is heavy reliance on LC's output throughout all segments
of the profession and industry." Quoted from the Study of the
North American MARC Records Marketplace, October 2009, by R2 Consulting,
LLC.
The R2 Consulting report, contracted by LC, studies the economics
of production and distribution of cataloging records. They gathered
information with survey responses from 972 libraries and 70 vendors.
The report addresses many issues, including the value of and challenges
facing cooperative cataloging, the costs of original cataloging, and
responsibility for those costs. The entire report is 47 pages long,
and conclusions are condensed on pages four and five.
Click here to read
essays posted since 2005 from an important debate underway at the Library
of Congress on the future of cataloging.
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