Daphne Kouretas, OCLC Member Services Consultant, and Bruce Crocco, Vice President, Library Services for the Americas, OCLC, welcomed more than 70 participants to OCLC’s headquarters in Dublin, OH, for Good Practices for Great Outcomes: Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference on October 21, 2011. The event featured Ted Fons, Director, WorldCat Global Metadata Network, OCLC, who presented, “Our WorldCat: Working Harder, Working Better.” He was followed by David Whitehair, Senior Product Manager, OCLC, who discussed, “Tech Services Workflows: Trends and Good Practices.” This event also featured speakers from our member community, including Susan Banoun, Head, Electronic Resources Department, University of Cincinnati, Morag Boyd, Head of Special Collections Cataloging, The Ohio State University Libraries, and Pam Matthews, Acquisitions Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library. Beverly Cain, Agency Director and State Librarian at the State Library of Ohio also provided an insightful presentation on current trends and the future direction of libraries to close this event.

Resources from this event:

• Welcome
  
  Daphne Kouretas, OCLC Member Services Consultant, and Bruce Crocco, Vice President, Library Services for the Americas, OCLC  
• Our WorldCat: Working Harder, Working Better [ PDF, 59 slides] [ Streaming video, 35 minutes]
  
  Ted Fons, Director, WorldCat Global Metadata Network, OCLC
• Tech Services Workflows: Trends and Good Practices [ PDF, 25 slides] [ Streaming video, 43 minutes]
  
  David Whitehair, Senior Product Manager, OCLC
• With a Handful of Tricks: Strategies for Acquiring, Cataloging, and Providing Access to E-Resources [ PDF, 16 slides] [ Streaming video, 19 minutes]
  
  Susan Banoun, Head, Electronic Resources Department, University of Cincinnati
• Cataloging Efficiencies in Special Collections [ PDF, 19 slides] [ Streaming video, 19 minutes]
  
  Morag Boyd, Head, Special Collections Cataloging, The Ohio State University Libraries
• Doing more stuff with less staff [ PDF, 13 slides ] [ Streaming video, 18 minutes]
  
  Pam Matthews, Acquisitions Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library
• Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket? [ PDF, 21 slides ] [ Streaming video, 30 minutes]
  
  Beverly Cain, Agency Director and State Librarian at the State Library of Ohio
• Panel Q&A [ Streaming video, 12 minutes]
  
  Susan Banoun, Morag Boyd and Pam Matthews
• Roundtable Discussion Results [ PDF, 4 pages]

Learn more about the Good Practices for Great Outcomes event series