1. Catalog Department Teams Arts and Science History and Social Science Rare Book Team Hebraica Team Latin American Team Slavic and East European Catalog Management Team Metadata Services Training and Documentation Librarian Authority Control Librarian

2. Catalog Department Catalog new materials in all formats (ca.150,000 print pieces annually) Coordinate loads of metadata for digital resources Retrospective conversion Catalog management—including MetaLib Authority Control LSF cataloging support Cataloging support for all cataloging units Metadata creation and support Policy and procedure development Training (one to one and group training) Coordination with Technology Services for cataloging and database related issues Consultation with other units regarding cataloging and metadata issues, policies, projects, etc.

3. We Catalog For Sterling Memorial Library including: Africana Judaica Latin America Slavic Other curatorial areas Map Collection Manuscripts and Archives (dissertations) Babylonian Collection Arts of the Book Preservation Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (print materials) Social Science Library Arts Libraries Art Drama Classics Science Libraries Kline Chemistry Engineering Math Geology Forestry Astronomy (Astronomy Dept.) Ornithology (Peabody Museum)

4. Our New Name Catalog and Metadata Services CMS

5. Observation 1 It is essential fully to engage the skills, talents, and interests of all staff members.

6. Observation 2 Metadata needs to be optimized for resource discovery and interoperability

7. Observation 3 MARC has great strengths and significant limitations as a structural metadata standard

8. Observation 4 Orbis one of several entry points to Yale's information universe