NEFLIN Technical Services Interest Group - Orange Park (07/26/16) 

"The MARC of Quality" (TMQ) was started in 1992 by Deborah and Richard Fritz, a pair of librarians who love cataloging and computers, respectively (i.e. one of us loves cataloging and the other loves computers;  both love libraries).

TMQ has a very narrow focus: to provide in-depth training that emphasises both MARC standards and  AACR rules; to provide MARC software that supports this training and consulting emphasis, and puts the batch processing power of the traditional vendor into the hands of the library; and to provide database services and consulting to support libraries that wish to follow these standards.

TMQ grew up in the TampaBay area, supporting the Tampa Bay Library Consortium with MARC Workshops and custom MARC software.  From there, our training expanded to cover the whole state of Florida; we developed a unique database processing software called OSMOSIS which makes it (nearly) painless for non-cataloging OCLC members to maintain updated holdings on WorldCat; and we released our MARC Review and MARC Global software, now used by libraries large and small throughout English-speaking the world.

Interest Group Leader: Lynn Jacobson, Jacksonville Public Library

Lynn Jacobson is the Bibliographic Systems and Access Manager for the Jacksonville Public Library. She is responsible for managing the Integrated Library Systems and Cataloging Departments. She earned her MSLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern Mississippi.  Lynn spends her free time playing clarinet with the First Coast Pops Orchestra and other community music groups.

Cost: NEFLIN Interest Groups are free of charge and are open to NEFLIN members only.  Registration is strongly encouraged.