Log 17: Final day of Internship presentation(s) on the future of Cataloging, Hypothetical class, and Feedback on Libguide,
Updated: Jul 20, 2024
July 16
UTEP University Library: 9a-5pm
Discovery Services; Research and Instruction; Access Services; Special Collections
TiJeat Berry
Supervisor: Joy
Me standing in front of Access Services and the elevators. Behind me is a glass case with some of the Leona Washington pictures. I believe I have just finished going over my LibGuide with Tessy and Kristen.
Libguide
Below is an image of the Libguide I created #1408648 Introduction to Metadata
The LibGuide was to incorporate databases, images, videos, tags, a User Friendly URL which you can see is highlighted in blue in the image.
These are the pages I created for the LibGuide. I forgot to delete the UTEP VPN page, which was no longer needed because the information was in a column on the Home page. This resulted in the LibGuide being published with a blank UTEP VPN page. The Proxy Server and VPN are two ways that a nonstudent can obtain access to the library's resources off campus.
Feedback
Welcome Page
Put more on the welcome page.
The reason we put the navigation panel vertically on the page is for for mobile devices.
There must be Alt Text on all images.
For the What is Metadata? I was told that it would be better to break up the information into different boxes on the single page, or to use different pages so that the patrons do not have to scroll so much.
Some of my images were blurry and the font clashed with the background. Recommended to use ADA accessibility checkers online which will check the readability for ADA compliance.
Below is good use of image with source
Citations used on Each Page (see below)
On my example for business metadata and astronomy metadata, found under the Metadata by Discipline page, Tessy recommended that I provide explanations on the tables as to what the metadata was and what it was representing.
I also included Databases, resources, journals, textbooks for metadata in different disciplines, and YouTube videos. The textbooks I found were in the University Library's Minerquest and UNT's catalog; I made sure the ones from UNT were also available in the UTEP library's system. For the databases, I put different books into separate boxes based on discipline.
I had a question for Tessy about whether they use information from LibGuides from outside UTEP. Her answer was that LibGuides are under Copyright. If an individual takes a section of someone's LibGuide, SpringShare, the company that runs the LibGuides, will alert the owner, and they can contact you to discuss using their work without permission.
Hypothetical Class
As I stated in a previous Log, I misunderstood the instructions for this assignment. While I created a lesson plan, activities, etc. for a class, I was only supposed to gather and present resources that the library could provide to help with the class and their assignments based on the syllabus, which included 8 written assignments, a Midterm Paper, and a Final Paper. The lesson I came up with was designed to help them begin understanding the topics, in this case, Euclid and his book Element.
I used Quizizz:
Quizizz Links
Single image of my Quizizz
Google Classroom
In this Google Drive you will find all the assignments, assessments, and Rubric's I created for the Hypothetical Class
With assignments, group work, assessment, resources, databases, and videos.
I found slides from another math class that helped me to learn about Euclid and the Elements. The information came from one of Ralph M. Kaufmann's MATH 242W History of Mathematics courses. Click to go to the website.
Slides created in Canva for a 2-hour lesson on Euclid.
I received positive feedback from Marissa, and she stated I went far and beyond for this assignment.
This process incorporated part of what a librarian is: instruction and education, and utilizing chunking, scaffolding, participation, and research to obtain information. I believe that the presentation of this topic to a class is structured in a way that it would not cause information overload
Presentation: The Future of Cataloging
Below are 3 Infographics I used for my presentation. I am thankful to this internship and Joy for introducing me to Canva.com. What I was trying to argue were the 3 ways that cataloging needs to evolve to utilize AI to gather, classify, and catalog data from around the world towards the realization of the Semantic Web.
The best thing I learned from this assignment was how AI can be used to create MARC records for items. Richard Brzustowicz provided examples of ChatGPT creating records for books. During feedback, Angela stated that she would have been interested in seeing if ChatGPT could create MARC for different types of materials and that this should have been included in my presentation. I used Chat Smith, ChatGPT, and Gemini to create MARC Records. The following are two MARC records I asked ChatGPT and Chat & Ask AI to generate for Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice.
Though I do think AI can help with some cataloging tasks, the records they create are incomplete; the AI-created records had 18 fields, while the OCLC records had 33 fields, including seven extra 650 fields.
The presentation's feedback came from librarians from cataloging, Research and instruction, and Special Collections; Ale and Virginia (Vicky) are in the image on the left, and Joy and Cynthia are in the image on the right.
Everyone in this feedback forum stated that the interviews for librarians run a half day at the least and a full day at the most. This was shocking to me, and they began to share the stories of their interviews in other institutions and states, as well as how to handle the lunch interview and questions to ask. I brought up that my career goal was not in an academic library but was told that every librarian goes through this half-day process. A public librarian director stated that for her organization the interviews were less than 2 hours.
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