A good point about the ongoing reduction in staffing levels - but isn't

this going to reduce our scope for reclassification as well as our

ability to maintain local classification practices? 



I also wonder for how much longer we will have the skills in-house to

undertake reclassification. The more we rely upon shelf-ready and/or

linked data to provide subject access, the fewer staff will know how to

apply and exploit classification.



So are we moving from a situation where we had staff who knew a lot

about their subject and a lot about classification (but preferred local

in-house schemes of their own devising) to a situation where we accept

standardised classification but have noone who knows how it works?

 



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Carty

Sent: 27 September 2011 13:34

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Subject: [CIG-E-FORUM] Future of reclassification



I think that there will be plenty of reclassification in the future but

perhaps less to do with keeping up with ongoing changes (such as

discussed this morning with DDC) and more with libraries abandoning

their in-house classification schemes or local variants of DDC/LCC etc

in order to use a more standard form. This will enable shelf-ready,

vendor records, will reduce local processing time (for the

classification part but also maintaining local lists etc) and staff

time. I can't see an increase in staffing levels or a reduction in the

need to do more with less in the future so local classification seems

like a luxury few will be able to afford (possibly a more

academic/research library perspective though).



Celine (speaking in a purely personal capacity)

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