Increasing Access at Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library Through the Cataloging and Preservation of Leftist Thought in Monograph Collections
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The document summarizes efforts to increase access to the collections at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library through cataloging leftist monograph collections. It discusses the library's mission and history. Tools used include an open-source integrated library system (Koha), WordPress, and CiviCRM. Fundraising efforts like letter mailings and email campaigns are mentioned. Projects include cataloging training, assigning subject headings, and recruiting volunteers and interns. The overall goal is to make the library's leftist materials more accessible to researchers.
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Increasing Access at Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library Through the Cataloging and Preservation of Leftist Thought in Monograph Collections
- 1. Increasing Access at Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library Through the Cataloging and Preservation of Leftist Thought in Monograph Collections Ari Kleinman, MSLIS Brian McNeilly
- 2. • Mission statement • Library and project history • Tools • Fundraising • Projects • Cataloging training • Cataloging and processing • Recruitment Agenda
- 3. Mission Statement "The Niebyl-Roscoe Proctor Marxist Library for Social Research aims to help working people understand and create our role in history by maintaining and building an accessible library and archive, by organizing classes and discussions, and by providing community space and resources to promote culture and critical thinking."
- 4. Library History • Karl Niebyl & Roscoe Proctor • Jane Hodes & Aaron Cohen • 1986 - Finn Hall in Berkeley • 1995 - Current location in Oakland
- 5. Project History • Catalog committee – Formation of the committee – Committee roles – Role of the committee in the library • The project – First steps – Milestones in the project – Future timelines and goals
- 6. Tools
- 7. May First • Collaborative "Internet Service Provider" • Members throughout North America – Primarily the USA & Mexico • Provides the backbone of NPML Technology – Roundcube for email – Nextcloud for documents – Shared hosting for website – VPS for Koha
- 8. Koha • Open Source ILS – Chosen for robust community support – Convenient expertise among NPML volunteers – Open Source Software is free • Required a VPS due to koha-specific dependencies – Need sudo access for some installation / management
- 9. WordPress & CiviCRM • CMS chosen by project members before our project began • CiviCRM –Free Software customer relationship management • Specifically designed for non-profits –Helps us track donations –Send mass mailers • Digital as well as physical
- 10. Better World Books • Helps us remove our excess, unwanted, and duplicate books • Free shipping • Recent terms of service change • Alternative weeding recipients
- 11. Fundraising
- 12. Letter Mailing • Pre-CiviCRM • How to fund printing & mailing fees • Results – Significant response from our network
- 13. Email Campaign • Conducted through CiviCRM • Significantly lower barrier to conduct • Technical difficulties – Paypal – Unsubscribe links • Juneteenth mailing
- 14. Projects
- 15. Books • Collection Development – Policy Creation – Cataloging Organization • Priority • Availability of space – Weeding • Volumes – 13,000 initial volumes – Categories • Current classification • Past classification
- 16. Koha Fields • Koha Fields – Bib Record Fields • What parts of the record should be enhanced? – 505 & 520 • Why? – Item Level Fields • Collections • Eventual Locations
- 17. Cataloging
- 18. Cataloging Training • Cataloging Training – Documentation • Library School Documentation – Cheat Sheets and Examples • Premade Documentation – MARC 21 – LC Documentation – New Documentation • Self Created Documentation – Training Days • Smaller groups and expansion
- 19. Cataloging and Processing • Cataloging – Practice, practice, practice! – Regular weekly work • Policy • Procedure • Processing – Minimal processing • Organization • Inventory – Spine labels and protectors – Barcodes and protectors
- 20. Recruitment
- 21. Outreach • San Jose State University Internship Site • San Francisco City College Internship Site • University of Washington iSchool Listservs • Facebook – Library Think Tank -- #ALATT – Troublesome Catalogers and Magical Metadata Fairies – Deeper Library Think Tank • BayNet • Twitter • Personal Network
- 22. Interns and Other Volunteers • Interns • Volunteers • Future Volunteers
- 23. Any questions? • srose@marxistlibr.org – Finance, administration, scheduling, and logistics • bweiss@marxistlibr.org – history of the library and its collections • akleinman@marxistlibr.org – Cataloging, volunteering, and monograph donations • bmcneilly@marxistlibr.org – Systems, IT / ILS support