Library Professionals

Name	John Schalow
Phone	(301) 405-9320
E-mail	schalow@umd.edu
Office	Original Cataloging Production Group, McKeldin Library
Position	Special Collections Cataloger/Coordinator
Job Description	Monitor activities and workflow involving special collections cataloging; develop, plan and coordinate cataloging policies, procedures and workflow as they relate to cataloging material in rare, archival and special collections; help ensure effective use of the libraries integrated library system; catalog material falling in the domain of special collections.
Education	Master of Business Administration (1988)-- Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Master of Library Science (1975)-- Drexel University, Philadephia, PA.
Publications	History of Library Network Systems: a Personal Perspective, in: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Multi-Organizational Database Systems, Ritsumeikan University, Biwako-Kusatsu Campus, Japan, Mar. 30, 2008 Two Aspects of Quality in Technical Services, in: Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services, v.23, no.1 (2000) Interview, in: OCLC Newsletter, no. 242 (Nov./Dec. 1999) Adopting Distributive Cataloging Strategies, presented as part of Libraries as Leaders: Integrating Systems for Service, OCLC Symposium at ALA Midwinter, Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 1997
Professional Memberships	American Library Association Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Association of College and Research Libraries Library and Information Technology Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Potomac Technical Processing Librarians Society of American Archivists
Current activities	Special Collections Cataloging statistics & pending work Maryland Room Desk Schedule Special Collections Cataloging Team, member Cataloging Policy Coordinating Team, team leader TSD Planning and Leadership Coordinating Team (PLCT) , member Library Administrative Group, member Library Salvage Team, member. The team responds to disasters affecting the collections The Well-Dressed Book: Cloth Book Binding in the United States 1830-1920, member of exhibit team.

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