Karen Ann Griggs cataloging papers, 1985-2010

Series — Box: 1, Folder: 6-10

Identifier: MSS 7965 Series 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains the professional papers of Griggs. These include records on department views of cataloging, the Video Cataloging Guide from a faculty development seminar, an OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers) newsletter from 2010, a possible workflow for media catalogs, and scanned images related to cataloging, 1985-2010.

Dates

1985-2010

Creator

Griggs, Karen Ann (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Karen Griggs professional papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Karen Ann Griggs (born 1945) was a faculty cataloger at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.

Born in Utah and raised in Hawaii, has a Bachelor of Arts in music performance and a Masters of Library and Information Science from Brigham Young University (BYU). She is the mother of seven and grandmother of thirteen. Her interests include family, church, friends, reading, music, geneology, and travel. As a faculty cataloger at BYU, her subject area responsibilities include U.S. history, local history, genealogy, and also cataloging the non-print media that is housed in the Learning Resource Center. She serves as the team leader for the Special Formats team and is active in Utah Library Association activities. She has created a Union List of Local Histories and Genealogies for Five North-Central Counties of West Virginia and has also presented a paper on the History of Utah Valley during the "Move South" -- 1858, at the Mormon History Association Conference in Tucson, 2002.