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III. Core Competencies for Cartographic Cataloging and Metadata Creation

Home | General Cartographic Competencies | Map Librarianship | GIS Librarianship | Cataloging & Metadata

III.A. Organizational Management

III.A.1. Administrative Awareness (Score: 3.12)

  • Determine how the cataloging and metadata department fits into the larger organizational structure and its priorities

III.A.2. Communication and Workflow Issues (Score: 3.12)

  • Communicate with upper management and other units to best support the flow of cartographic materials
  • Develop appropriate workflow(s)
  • Monitor workflow(s), and revise as necessary
  • Communicate with the head map librarian or curator, other units, and upper management to apply priorities

III.A.3. Training and Documentation (Score: 3.12)

  • Support unit procedures by training others where needed and appropriate
  • Create, review and update local documents about cartographic materials cataloging policies and procedures

III.B. Resource Management

III.B.1. Cataloging Standards [Priority: High] (Score: 3.53)

  • Stay abreast of national and international standards
  • Develop local practices based on system requirements

III.B.2. Cataloging Resources [Priority: High] (Score: 3.53)

  • Learn, understand, and appropriately apply cataloging rules, rule interpretations and subject analysis techniques
  • Identify and use appropriate hardcopy and online resources for cartographic materials cataloging in all formats
  • Apply classification schedules or schemas and create call numbers
  • Apply accurate subject headings
  • Apply accurate genre/form terms
  • Document local cataloging practices for cartographic materials

III.B.3. Knowledge of the Creation and Distribution Systems [Priority: High] (Score: 3.56)

  • Understand map production and reproduction processes and types
  • Understand the roles of map publishers, distributors, cartographers and other contributors

III.B.4. Cataloging with Existing Bibliographic Metadata (“copy cataloging”) [Priority: High] (Score: 3.53)

  • Search for and identify matching resource descriptions from external databases, download and import record(s), and edit record(s) for local use
  • Search for and identify matching existing resource descriptions from internal databases and edit and update them

III.B.5. Creation of Resource Descriptions (“original cataloging”) [Priority: High] (Score: 3.53)

  • Understand theory and practice of descriptive cataloging as it applies to cartographic materials
  • Correctly identify the title proper
  • Correctly provide for second, alternative and/or variant titles
  • Understand scale and how it functions
  • Understand map projections and correctly apply projection information when needed
  • Understand the coordinate system and apply correct latitude and longitude values when given on the map
  • Understand the coordinate system and apply correct latitude and longitude values when supplying coordinates
  • Interpret and then provide correct and accurate information about the physical characteristics of cartographic items
  • Know and apply the correct techniques for measuring cartographic resources
  • Determine the correct form of heading for personal and corporate names and/or uniform titles
  • Train for, and actively participate in, cooperative cataloging programs

III.B.6. Metadata Standards and Metadata Creation [Priority: High] (Score: 3.53)

  • Maintain familiarity with emerging evolutions in cataloging and metadata
  • Understand the theory and practice of metadata schemes used in geospatial environments
  • Create geospatial metadata, and other metadata as needed
  • Provide metadata for institutional repositories and digital libraries
  • Create or prepare metadata for use in Linked Data environments

III.C. Information Services

III.C.1. Internal Cataloging and Metadata Information Needs (Score: 3.58)

  • Measure quality and quantity of cataloging output
  • Produce reports and recommendations to support organizational needs

III.D. Technological Applications

III.D.1. Cataloging-specific Technologies (Score: 2.79)

  • Learn and apply supportive technologies including macros, ILS cataloging features, and other special technologies
  • Participate in the selection and testing of new ILS

III.D.2. Metadata-specific Technologies (Score: 2.79)

  • Stay abreast of metadata applications and uses
  • Understand the relationship of interoperability or crosswalks among metadata standards