Elissah Becknell joins Minitex after 13 years at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Elissah, a lifelong Minnesotan, will be devoting most of her time and energy to cataloging and metadata education.
Contract Cataloging News
Lizzy Baus has accepted a position as Metadata Librarian at Macalester College. We wish her all the best in her new endeavor and look forward to collaborating with her in the future.
Contract Cataloging services are operational, with some small changes due to remote work situations.
The Minitex Contract Cataloging Program has a new client: the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency! We recently performed original cataloging for items detailing specifications and uses for various kinds of containment tanks. Leslie Hunter-Larson, MPCA's Librarian, says that her experience has been "easy and seamless," and she plans to continue sending materials to us for original cataloging.
The Minitex Contract Cataloging Program is undergoing some assessment, and we would appreciate your feedback! Please respond to the brief survey we have prepared to let us know if/how you use the program. The survey asks about your knowledge, use, and opinion of the Minitex Contract Cataloging Program and should take no more than 15 minutes of your time. You may keep your responses anonymous.
The Minitex Contract Cataloging program has been busy this winter! We have processed and completed projects for many libraries around the region, including Concordia College, Southwest Minnesota State University, Washington County Library, South Central Technical College - Mankato, and PACCAR Technical Library. Our catalogers process materials of all types and formats, including CDs, DVDs, technical reports, and of course monographs.
Are you an experienced cataloger? Do you have a few hours here and there to fill? Then Minitex is looking for you! The DIME unit is in need of one or two Contract Catalogers, who will help to complete projects for our member organizations.You can read the full job description and apply at the University of Minnesota's employment center here.
One of the great things about the Contract Cataloging program is the service we are able to provide to users. We recently completed a somewhat unusual project with the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University.
The Minitex Contract Catalog Program provides supplementary cataloging services and expertise to libraries within the Minitex region in order to support and develop quality cataloging and resource sharing.
Comprehensive cataloging service, including reclassification, records conversion, copy, rare, and original cataloging