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Introduction
The Maritime Museum runs a small research library on the lower level of the
museum called The W.B. M.H. Chung Maritime Museum Library. Mr. Chung
has donated much of the collection accordingly, it is named after him. Ms.
Lea is the librarian and archivist at this library. There is a UBC MLA, library
non-profit library there is only one employee. Ms. Lea Edgar has the
qualifications of an MLS and an MLA from UBC. The museum uses the library
is used for research. By appointment the public, can see and consult the
DBTexworks are used as the ILS employed at The Maritime Museum Library
and Archives.
The Department
Library there is one librarian and archivist, Ms. Lea Edgar, and a library
cataloguers are trained to not leave out fields, use proper information, and
are best suited to this field of library science. Ms. Lea Edgar and her library
affects them at The Maritime Museum. Because RDA is a new formatting for
records and it is not widely used, yet, Ms. Lea Edgar formats the general
Maritime Museum Library may eventually format its subject fields loosely in
RDA when this formatting is more permanently accepted and when a new ILS
is employed. If there is new information Ms. Lea Edgar and the library
material. The Library receives books primarily through donation by Mr. Chung
and mainly one other donor. There are other occasional donors. There is a
backlog of 200-300 books. They are catalogued from oldest to newest. There
were 200-300 books completed this year, but there is always a backlog,
being done instead of extra copy cataloging, but Ms. Lea Edgar is trying to
and The Maritime Library can become updated online and in the physical
library regularly.
The composition of the, W.B. W.H. Maritime Museum Library and Archives,
in the department can go slowly. This is because there are not many books
perform the cataloging but funding interferes. Ms. Lea Edgar taught herself
cataloging, it not being part of her MLS and MLA. The cataloging department
is small but effective for The W.B. M.H. Chung Maritime Museum Library.
The Desktop
The W.B. M.H. Chung Maritime Museum Library does not subscribe to any
products while cataloging except DBTexworks and Libib, both without cost.
The Library of Congress records does not require a subscription. The Library
of Congress catalogue is open on the cataloging desktop along with
The Procedures
The W.B. M.H. Chung Library Museum Library sources are used for cataloging
material, and occasionally records in Europe. There are not much editing of
these derived records but the Librarian Archivist and library assistant from
UBC perform copy and paste functions on many of the fields, adding in other
materials mainly monographs are ordered for the collection. The materials
Librarian and Archivist will perform the original cataloging. DBTexworks, and
Libib are the only vendor services used by The W.B. M.H. Chung Maritime
Museum Library.
Impressions
At The W.B. W.H. Chen entrance, the 1950s wood and glass doors were
originally held by Pier BC. When one walks into The Maritime Museum
Library, in the center of the room, there is a beautiful old wooden table,
ladder, and bookshelves. It is a large stained, oak, table and was employed
by The Vancouver city council. There are windows and doors in the back of
the library, behind the stacks in a mid-twentieth century style. The windows
have been covered so the books do not deteriorate. The library used to be an
was turned into a Library in 1996. Before this The Maritime Museum did not
have an official collection. The library and archives have many wonderful
antiquarian books in the librarian and archivists office. LED lights are needed
to help protect, and preserve these materials from the light. The archives
behind the library contain many files of fonds, as well as records of the
library and maritime information. Many objects and artifacts that are used for
display that the Museum is currently storing. These archives are located
behind the library. The Museum Library and Archives are compelling and well
Museum Library and Archives duplicates are not needed but keeping copies
learn much about the Maritime subject material working in this type of
library.
Conclusion
Ms. Lea Edgar is the Librarian and Archivist of W.B. MH. Chung Maritime
Museum Library. She has an MLS and a MLA and runs the library. She has the
help of a UBC MLA student assistant, and many volunteers. The Library is
open to the public two days a week by appointment only. Many of the books,
and materials of the collection are by donation. The library uses Inmagic and
DBTexworks for their ILS and their record database. Ms. Lea Edgar is
updating the records onto Libib, making it possible for The Maritime Museum
archivist, and the assistant. Ms. Lea Edgar completes all original cataloging.
The librarian archivist and assistant are self-taught cataloguers. The librarian
is optimistic that new funding for The Maritime Museum will be granted in
the next two years, making it able for there to be a new Maritime Museum
and a new research library. It is possible that there may be more funding for
collections. It is possible then that Ms. Lea Edgar could hire a part time
Maritime history. The librarian and archivist, Ms. Lea Edgar, the UBC Library
assistant, and its many dedicated volunteers, make this library possible.