Libraries such as Robarts developed policies which were shared with all libraries to ensure continuity and efficiency of cataloguing. This has been very beneficial to the entire Group. Over the past several months, there have been discussions regarding the addition of new collections. Policies have been developed to ensure that the records follow acceptable standards and are accessible to the user. Currently the members involved in this project are cataloguing web pages for the Royal Ontario Museum.
Concerns continue to be raised at the number of errors and duplicate records in the database.
Duplication is especially problematic considering the amount of time and money that is being spent on the concatenation project to eliminate duplication. All staff who are working in DRA are reminded to be careful when searching for records to ensure that they are not duplicating records. The page should be available soon. The transition to TAOS for cataloguing continues to be on hold. We are still planning to be part of the Early Experience Program but we are uncertain as to when this will occur.