catalogers
They organize collections
Catalogers are people who organize items into systematic lists or databases.
The term most often refers to library professionals who classify books and materials according to standardized systems, creating records that allow others to find them: The catalogers worked through the new acquisitions.
The word also applies to anyone who methodically documents collections—museum catalogers, data catalogers, or those compiling any comprehensive inventory.
Maintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- documentsFormal written records
- recordsStored data or albums
repositories · heritage · collections · stewardship · safeguarding · digitization · memorabilia · chronicling
Science of categorical arrangement
- categorizationArranging into groups
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
- call numbersLibrary book locators
Dewey Decimal · Library of Congress · hierarchical · schema · tagging · descriptors · thesaurus · cross-references
Descriptive information about content
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- retrievalAct of getting back
- queryRequest for information
- searchAct of seeking
encoding · data entry · batch processing · deduplication · interoperability · harvesting
Movement through a system
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
- shelvingHorizontal storage surfaces
- periodicalsRecurring printed publications
- serialsContinuing episodic stories
acquisitions · interlibrary loan · patrons · reference · holdings · barcodes · inventory · weeding
Information management profession
- bibliographerCompiler of book records
- archivistKeeper of historical documents
- curatorCollection overseer
- paraprofessionalTrained aide to professionals
professional standards · RDA · continuing education · specialization · workflows · quality control
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- documentsFormal written records
records · repositories · heritage · collections · stewardship · safeguarding · digitization · memorabilia · chronicling · provenance
taxonomy
Science of categorical arrangement
- categorizationArranging into groups
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
call numbers · Dewey Decimal · Library of Congress · hierarchical · schema · tagging · descriptors · thesaurus · cross-references · notation
metadata
Descriptive information about content
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- retrievalAct of getting back
- queryRequest for information
search · encoding · data entry · batch processing · deduplication · interoperability · harvesting
circulation
Movement through a system
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
- shelvingHorizontal storage surfaces
- periodicalsRecurring printed publications
serials · acquisitions · interlibrary loan · patrons · reference · holdings · barcodes · inventory · weeding · processing
librarianship
Information management profession
- bibliographerCompiler of book records
- archivistKeeper of historical documents
- curatorCollection overseer
paraprofessional · professional standards · RDA · continuing education · specialization · workflows · quality control
- library workerslibrarians, library staff, library assistants, branch managers, reference librarians
- literary librariesforbidden books, rare books, secret archives, hidden knowledge, ancient texts
- catalogingRDA
- librarieslibrarians, public libraries, librarian, public library, library card
- contributorscontributors, collaborators, helpers, supporters, volunteers
- examinersinspectors, examiner, reviewers, inspector, auditors
catalogersdisorganizers
Those who create chaos
hoarders · clutterers · randomizers · scramblers · shufflers
catalogershoarders
Excessive keepers of things
pack rats · accumulators · collectors · gatherers · stockpilers