CATALOGING COMMITTEE MEETING

At our last Cataloging Committee meeting in Waterford, on October 15, 2012, we discussed many things as usual,  having to do with the cataloging of library materials. Patron ideas never cease to amaze.  With the holiday seasons approaching, there was a request from a patron that our libraries start to catalog and "checkout" baking pans and cookie cutters!  This was a 20 minute laugh fest with all the possible scenarios as to how and in what condition these pans and cookie cutters would arrive to each library.  Can you imagine the endless number of shapes these baking pans could end up with at the end of the day with all the books being thrown on top of them in a van bin?  Or would a cookie cutter even be recognizable?  How about the cleanliness factor! Well-the vote was a resounding "NO" for being placed in the cataloging manual of "how to do's".  Thank God!  As the meetings are pretty boring and sometimes, "over my head", there are light moments when one feels a little more comfortable being there.  Sandi