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Staff Category Amount of Time Spent Cataloging
Cataloguing support staff, but majority of records are
automatically generated by our ERM.
3 hours
Copy-based catalogers in serials &monograph cataloging
units (8)
NA
Different library units have their own approaches some units
have professionals assigning metadata, others have support
staff and some have both levels of staff.
No way to know. Very minor portion of catalog work—
probably less than 1% of total time spend on cataloging.
Either professional or support staff. Largest type of materials
is theses and dissertations which are primarily handled by
support staff.
2 hours
Electronic Resources Cataloger 1 professional Very little -less than 1% of cataloger’s monthly time
Faculty and paraprofessional catalogers create catalog
records, both within our METS-based Workflow Management
System and through OCLC for direct export to the SIRSI
Unicorn OPAC.
5%
For individually cataloged items, Electronic resource
specialists in the cataloging department provide cataloging.
For batches of harvested items, library systems staff provide
the load services and configuration.
10–20 hours for individually cataloged items. Less for batch
loaded materials.
For OA resources for which cataloguing copy is readily
available (e.g., books from National Academy Press,
Canadian government documents), any one of a group of
clerical staff may handle these. Most of the work on OA
journals is done by a higher level of staff with BAs (similar
to library technicians, but with all library training in-house)
using copy from other libraries. For OA resources that have
no copy elsewhere, such as the 2 journals hosted locally
(because they were brand new), a professional librarian (me!)
creates the records.
Less than 2 hours
Head of Cataloging [faculty librarian]
Serials Cataloging Supervisor [exempt staff supervisor]
Almost none
Librarian catalogers. 4 hrs
Librarians
5 support staff (LAIII-LAV)
We don’t track. Cataloging open access is part and parcel of
the normal workload.
Library Assistants (paraprofessionals) in Acquisitions and
Rapid Cataloging unit (4 total)
Unable to estimate
Library assistants who may have some library techniques
courses, or who are trained on the job they are not
professional catalogers.
NA
Staff Category Amount of Time Spent Cataloging
Cataloguing support staff, but majority of records are
automatically generated by our ERM.
3 hours
Copy-based catalogers in serials &monograph cataloging
units (8)
NA
Different library units have their own approaches some units
have professionals assigning metadata, others have support
staff and some have both levels of staff.
No way to know. Very minor portion of catalog work—
probably less than 1% of total time spend on cataloging.
Either professional or support staff. Largest type of materials
is theses and dissertations which are primarily handled by
support staff.
2 hours
Electronic Resources Cataloger 1 professional Very little -less than 1% of cataloger’s monthly time
Faculty and paraprofessional catalogers create catalog
records, both within our METS-based Workflow Management
System and through OCLC for direct export to the SIRSI
Unicorn OPAC.
5%
For individually cataloged items, Electronic resource
specialists in the cataloging department provide cataloging.
For batches of harvested items, library systems staff provide
the load services and configuration.
10–20 hours for individually cataloged items. Less for batch
loaded materials.
For OA resources for which cataloguing copy is readily
available (e.g., books from National Academy Press,
Canadian government documents), any one of a group of
clerical staff may handle these. Most of the work on OA
journals is done by a higher level of staff with BAs (similar
to library technicians, but with all library training in-house)
using copy from other libraries. For OA resources that have
no copy elsewhere, such as the 2 journals hosted locally
(because they were brand new), a professional librarian (me!)
creates the records.
Less than 2 hours
Head of Cataloging [faculty librarian]
Serials Cataloging Supervisor [exempt staff supervisor]
Almost none
Librarian catalogers. 4 hrs
Librarians
5 support staff (LAIII-LAV)
We don’t track. Cataloging open access is part and parcel of
the normal workload.
Library Assistants (paraprofessionals) in Acquisitions and
Rapid Cataloging unit (4 total)
Unable to estimate
Library assistants who may have some library techniques
courses, or who are trained on the job they are not
professional catalogers.
NA
