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that nonprint materials deserved to treated the same as print materials—was very successful in persuading academic departments to transfer various small departmental collections of materials (including non-print materials such as films) to the library. Initially, Olson had to rely on discerning rules of cataloging practice from printed
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for five years. Olson also taught workshops by invitation in many other settings including OLAC conferences. Her teaching also extended to more general cataloging training including her founding of, and work with, the
Minnesota AACR2 Trainers, a group of librarians who conducted a series of workshops
100:, following a break from her career, rather than return to school for several years to retrain in chemistry, Olson enrolled as a member of the inaugural class of the one-year library science master’s program at Mankato State College in 1969/1970. As a chemist she had become accustomed to using onsite
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Mankato State College by Dale Carrison, the director of the institution's library, Olson's responsibility was to catalog all of the non-print resources the library held that had never been cataloged. Carrison - who believed strongly
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of numerous practical guides for catalogers, especially non-print catalogers . Many of the works published by the press were also authored or co-authored by Olson. Beyond the works published by
Soldier Creek Press, her writings on cataloging-related topics appeared in library professional journals
534:"Nancy B. Olson, with the assistance of Robert L. Bothmann and Jessica J. Schomberg. Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials and Other Special Materials, A Manual Based on AACR2 and MARC 21. Fifth edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2008. 311 p. ISBN: 978-1-59158-635-7. $ 45.00"
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Citation, one of the highest awards in librarianship, from the ALCTS Cataloging and
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Non-book materials: the organization of integrated collections. Preliminary edition. By Jean Riddle, Shirley Lewis, Janet MacDonald, in consultation with the
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