Harold B. Lee Library. Cataloging Services Dept.

This department was created in July 2007 when the Catalog Dept. was divided into two departments and one supporting unit. The newly formed Cataloging Services was given responsibility for general cataloging. The new Special Collections and Metadata Catalog Department took responsibility for special collections and manuscripts cataloging. John Wright (2007-) was selected as the first Department Chair of Cataloging Services.

Description

Established: 2007

Location: Provo, Utah (2007-
The date "2007-" was not understood.
)

Functions

The purpose of Cataloging Services is to maintain a unified and current catalog which identifies all of the library's holdings and allows this data to be searched by subject and bibliographic terms.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The Department Chair Reports to the Assistant University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Harold B. Lee Library. Collection Development and Technical Services Division (2007-
The date "2007-" was not understood.
)

Earlier unit: Harold B. Lee Library. Catalog Dept. (2002-2007)

Associated Archival Materials

Harold B. Lee Library Annual Reports, UA 1015

Sources

Cataloging Department Main Page, http://net.lib.byu.edu/~catalog/catalogwebsite/index.htm, accessed Sept. 26, 2012 (The purpose of Cataloging Services is to maintain a unified and current catalog which identifies all of the library's holdings and allows this data to be searched by subject and bibliographic terms.)

Harold B. Lee Library Intranet, via WWW, accessed September 26, 2012(Cataloging Services reports to the Assistant University Library for Collection Development and Technical Services)

Harold B. Lee Library Directory, via WWW, accessed September 26, 2012 (John Wright Department Chair of Cataloging Services)

HBLL Annual Reports, 2007, p. 1 (Cataloging Department split into Special Collections and Metadata Catalog Department (Robert Maxwell Chair), Cataloging Services (John Wright Chair), and Cataloging Systems and Database Management Unit (Carla Kupitz, head)on July 1st.

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2012-00053

Creator: UPB