Program Title: Messy, Messy Records: The Who, How, and When of Polaris Bibliographic Record Clean-up and Maintenance
ILS: Polaris
Program Description: Messy metadata. We’ve all got it. (In fact, if you don’t, please come to this session and tell us how you reached that pinnacle of perfection!) In this panel, cataloging and metadata enthusiasts will discuss how we clean-up and maintain our Polaris database through monthly tasks, SQL searches, and even soliciting help outside of tech services. We’ll discuss how to plan, prepare and tackle bigger projects like changing the classification of an entire collection or subject heading changes. And, of course, how to do it all while the librarians keep ordering and the materials keep arriving. Panelists will include members from hosted and unhosted sites, as well as consortia and stand-alone libraries.
Speaker/ Information: Eleanor Crumblehulme - Library Systems Administrator @ SILS Consortium @EleanorC
C Mulder - Head of Collection Management/Co-System Admin @ Clinton-Macomb Public Library
Elaine Sloan @ElaineSloan
Charlie Rosenthal @crosenthal