I
work as Assistant Librarian in the Dundalk Institute of Technology, with
specific responsibility for ensuring the quality of bibliographic records. In addition, I specialise in sourcing
business information and instructing members of the library in their use. Prior to joining Dundalk IT I worked as
Librarian in Froebel College of Education in Dublin and before that I was
employed by the Bar Council of Ireland, in the Law library at the Four Courts.
I
intend to introduce the features of the Millennium library system, with special
reference to the aspects of the system, which facilitate open and distance
learning. I propose to talk about the
following:
·
OPAC (Online
Public Access Catalogue on the Web) – remote access, research and inter-library-loan
request forms.
·
Progress
reports – for
books on order.
·
Access to
other IT college catalogues – facilitating inter-college research and
borrowing.
·
Bibliographic
records for online resources.
·
Hotlinks to websites
for hardcopy resources.
·
Serials hotlinks
– serials
online – searchable archives.
·
View patron
record – facilitates
loan renewals, check status of requests, etc.
·
Suggestions
for the library – new book requests and other recommendations.
·
Web Access
Management – remote access to commercial databases.
·
IT consortium
– co-operative cataloguing facilitating faster bibliographic
record additions.