Mary Beth Weber

BOOKS

Weber, Mary Beth. Rethinking Library Technical Services: Redefining our Profession for the Future, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2015, 220 pp.

Weber, Mary Beth and Fay Angela Austin. Describing Electronic, Digital, and Other Media Using AACR2 and RDA: A How-To-Do It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians, New York, N.Y.: Neal-Schuman Publishers; London: Facet Publishing, 2011, 301 pp.

Weber, Mary Beth. Cataloging Nonprint and Internet Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual, New York, N.Y.: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2002, 379 pp.

Fecko, Mary Beth. Electronic Resources: Access and Issues, London: Bowker-Saur, 1997, 148 pp.

Fecko, Mary Beth. Cataloging Nonbook Materials: A How-To-Do-It Manual, New York, N.Y.: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1993, 204 pp.

PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

Agnew, Grace, Dan Kniesner and Mary Beth Weber. “Integrating MPEG-7 into the Moving Image Collections Portal,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 58, No. 9, 2007, pp. 1357-1363.

Weber, Mary Beth. “Factors to Be Considered in the Selection and Cataloging of Internet Resources,” Library Hi Tech, Vol. 17, No. 3, 1999, pp. 298-303.

PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

Kerby, Mona and Mary Beth Weber, “Collection Development Tips for All Librarians,” Edi and Neal’s Book Club: August 2025, ALA Editions, August 4, 2025. 

Zalusky, Alicia, Mary Beth Weber, and Sungmin Park, “Beta-tesing the Alma AI Metadata Assistant: Early Access Insights from Libraries and Ex Libris,” Ex Libris Users of North America (ELUNA) Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 20, 2025. 

Invited interview, “Lost in the Stacks,” podcast, Mary Beth Weber with Presley Dyer and Wilhelmina Randtke, March 7, 2025. 

Presley Dyer, Wilhelmina Randtke, and Mary Beth Weber, “AI Insights: Revolutionizing Metadata Management,” Core e-Forum, October 10-11, 2023. 

Weber, Mary Beth and Julie Renee Moore, “Going the Distance: Thriving as a Long-Career Professional,” Core e-Forum, May 14-15, 2024. 

Weber, Mary Beth and Christopher Sterback, “How I Learned to Love Gift Books and Stop Worrying (Not Really),” Ex Libris Northeast User Group Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, October 12, 2023. 

Invited speaker, ACRL/Choice webinar, “Elevate the Library – Improving Library Value and Increasing Institutional Impact,” co-panelist with Laura Costello, Joseph Deodato, and Melissa De Fino, January 26, 2022. 

Invited interview, “Interview with the Authors: Weber & De Fino on Virtual Tech Services,” Lucidea “Think Clearly Blog,” October 11, 2022. 

Weber, Mary Beth and Melissa L. De Fino, “Alma/Primo and the Pivot to Remote Technical Services,” Ex Libris Northeast User Group Conference (virtual), October 27, 2021. 

Weber, Mary Beth, Kristi Howe, and Valentine Muyumba, “Emergency Planning: Lessons from COVID-19,” ALCTS e-Forum, August 11-12, 2020. 

Weber, Mary Beth and Sandra Roe, “Writing and Publishing Research Results,” ALCTS Webinar, March 20, 2019. 

Technical and Automated Services, Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, NJ, June 1989-present 

Head, Central Technical Services Department, May 2008-present

• Provide strategic direction for the acquisition and resource description of library resources in all formats through the management of seven departmental sections.

• Collaborate with faculty colleagues regarding library-wide planning, budgeting and policy development.

• Develop, implement, and maintain departmental policies and procedures.

Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services Department, October 2004-May 2008. [Also served as Acting Head, Cataloging Department, July 1998-January 1999, when former Head was on sabbatical]

• Oversight of MARC and non-MARC resource description and database maintenance activities through management of six departmental sections.

• Developed and implemented departmental policies and procedures • Promoted the Libraries’ Digital Initiative through coordination of digital projects and by providing guidance and instruction in the use of established and evolving metadata schemas.

Special Formats Catalog Librarian, June 1989-October 2004

• Supervised the cataloging of two full-time library associates who provided resource description for sound recordings, scores, visual materials, microforms, cartographic materials, electronic resources, and print monographs

• Collaborated with Public Services and Collection Development librarians to provide innovative and timely access to special formats materials with an emphasis on electronic resources by contributing original cataloging records for these materials to the Libraries’ ILS and the RLIN and OCLC union catalogs

Head, Contact and Copy Cataloging Section and Special Formats Cataloger, September 1992-July 2000 [Served as Acting Head, June, 1992-September 1992]

• Supervised the resource description work of seven full-time library assistants

• Coordinated pre-catalog searching and copy cataloging activities for the Libraries’ ILS, and the RLIN and OCLC union catalogs

• Revised the copy cataloging workflow to transition staff from using paper work forms to cataloging directly online

• Provided original cataloging for visual materials, sound recordings, maps, microforms, and electronic resources

Jackson Library, Lander University, Greenwood, SC, August 1986-May 1989 Assistant Cataloger and Reference Librarian

• Provided original and copy cataloging for resources in a variety of formats

• Provided reference assistance

• Taught bibliographic instruction courses and special courses by request

• Served as an academic advisor to students with undeclared majors