[Genealib] Cataloging Genealogy Materials

[Drew Smith]

Jason,

The subject of cataloguing genealogical materials has come up a number of
different times on the GENEALIB list, so you may find it especially helpful
to search the archives.  

Regards,
Drew Smith
GENEALIB List Administrator
Member, Association of Professional Genealogists 

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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I was recently hired to manage the Everton Genealogy 
> Collection which is now at the Logan City Public Library in 
> Logan, Utah. As many of you probably know the collection of 
> over 80,000 local history and genealogy materials was donated 
> to the Logan library about two years ago, and it finally 
> opened to the public two days ago! We're so excited to make 
> this really great collection available to the public! In some 
> respects it's one-of-a-kind.
> 
> The collection came in a total disarray, and it's been a 
> major project even just to get to this point. The items are 
> in a rough Dewey Decimal order, and we have a title-author 
> database to search the collection. It is available, 
> incidentally, at http://library.loganutah.org/genealogy/
> 
> I am currently half way finished with my MLS degree and some 
> aspects of the job I've found very daunting (I'm the only 
> employee working on the collection). I've decided to make 
> some of my assignments directly related to the collection and 
> to genealogy librarianship. Currently I'm collecting 
> information on cataloging genealogy materials not only with 
> the idea of properly cataloging the collection sometime in 
> the future but also to fill an assignment. 
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas that they'd like to share? I'm 
> particularly interested in some of the challenges that 
> genealogy poses in cataloging and how they're overcome. I'd 
> also love to know about any genealogy specific resources for 
> cataloging.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Jason E. Cornelius-Associate Librarian
> Everton Genealogy Collection
> Logan Public Library
> Logan, Utah 84321