Sprints, marathons, and hurdles
Retrospective cataloguing at The London Library
Warm up
• Thomas Carlyle 1841• Large• Independent• Lending library
Ready, steady, go!
• 3 catalogues• 1991 150th anniversary appeal • 2000 the project begins
sprint: 2000-2006
• Card catalogue• 265,000 vols.• Retro-conversion• A to Z
marathon: 2006-?
• Printed catalogue • 550,000 vols.• 2007 a new start• Retro-cataloguing• Thematic
hurdles: 2007-2008
• New methodology• Name changes
• Perception
hurdles: 2009-2010
• Building works• Gift Aid• Perception -still
hurdles: 2011-2012
• New structure• New workflows• Shelfmarks• Promotion• COPAC• Designation
hurdles: 2013-2015
• Shelfmarks again!• Knowledge management• New standards• New discovery tool
Keep on running, walking or crawling!
• Tracking• Flexibility• Motivation • Perseverance
Thank you