This presentation will provide an introduction of the dLOC repository, current initiatives, and the evolution of metadata for dLOC-hosted items. Moderator: Alejandro A[...]

Cataloging staff are assisting a number of digitization projects in various areas of the library. Our colleagues perform tasks such as scanning paper materials and edi[...]

A panel of reference and cataloging librarians is discussing the criteria for selection in acquisition and weeding from the FIU library's collection. Moderator: Alejan[...]

This presentation discusses how the FIU Libraries' Special Collections Department and the Diaz Ayala Collection protect and organize our institutional and cultural her[...]

Audiovisual materials include format-specific features enabling access to the materials’ contents and influencing the description of the contents. Specific MARC fields[...]

This presentation will give a brief tour through the world of music cataloging. It will cover the most pressing topics on everyone’s mind: What are pertinent propertie[...]

This presentation is an introduction to name authority records (NARs). It explains what a NAR is, how to search for NARs in OCLC’s authority file, the most commonly us[...]

Tying into the university’s fiftieth anniversary celebration in 2022 this presentation surveys the history of FIU Library’s Cataloging Department as seen and experienc[...]

This presentation delves into how collaboration between the Circulation and Cataloging departments led to the discovery of inconsistent replacement costs for lost libr[...]