Cataloging - Mentors
About
This article covers the MSC's mentor program.
Mentor Program
The program is made up of volunteers who have a strong interest in technical services and the MSC ILS. They may specialize in copy cataloging, original cataloging, Smartport, ILL, serials, BCA, acquisitions, or circulation. The MSC trainer appoints volunteers to the program.
Mentors can assist or advise on general questions. They may also help libraries choose the correct MSC or OCLC record, they may review records for accurate tags, indicators, fixed fields, and authorities. To be sustainable, the program must focus on education and providing good guidance. Mentors may help or advise MSC members, but they may not act or create for them.
If you are a member needing mentoring, please reach out to one of the mentors listed below.
Please check back for updates as the skills and mentors listed below will change. For information about the mentor program, or how to become a mentor,
please open a help desk ticket.
For mentor contact information, please click the mentor name below.
| Mentor | Skills |
| Beth Boyson | original cataloging, book club kits, OCLC Connexion, serials, local & equipment records, subject headings |
| Abbi Dooley | copy cataloging, transferring records (WorkFlows), updating records (OCLC Connexion), overlaying records (WorkFlows), SmarPort, searching (WorkFlows, OCLC) |
| Jodie Moore | copy cataloging, SmartPort, brief titles, ILL, searching (WorkFlows, Enterprise, OCLC), Enterprise, circulation tasks |
| Paulette Parpart | original cataloging, OCLC Connexion, authorities, subject headings, assigning call numbers, Montana-specific titles, genealogy |
| Carly Delsigne | copy cataloging, SmartPort, circulation tasks |
| Lyndy Parke | SmartPort, serials & serial control, copy cataloging |
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