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Staff Category Amount of Time Spent Cataloging
The UCLA Library Cataloging and Metadata Center consists
of 15 FTE librarians and 29 FTE staff. Copy cataloging for
e-resources is done by staff ranked at Library Assistant III and
above original cataloging for e-resources is done by staff
ranked at a Library Assistant V or above (Librarian).
Unable to quantify at the present time.
This work is done by two Cataloging and Metadata Services
Librarians (professionals) and one Cataloging and Metadata
Services Specialist II (senior support staff).
2 hours
Three categories of staff: high level support staff (10)
Professional assistants (2)
Library faculty (5)
25–30 hours per month
Three full-time professionals and two full-time
paraprofessionals in the AUL Cataloging Department create
catalog records for OA resources.
No more than 2 hours per month
We do not treat these resources any differently from non-OA
resources cataloguing staff would integrate this into their
workload.
Unable to determine
11. If catalog records are created, are they contributed to OCLC? N=63
Yes 56 89%
No 7 11%
12. If the library includes links to OA resources in catalog records, are the resources identified by
some kind of field or tag (e.g., a local series entry)? N=65
Yes 26 40%
No 39 60%
If yes, please briefly describe how they are labeled.
Selected Comments from Respondents
“039 Marc tag.”
“856 field -URL source”
Staff Category Amount of Time Spent Cataloging
The UCLA Library Cataloging and Metadata Center consists
of 15 FTE librarians and 29 FTE staff. Copy cataloging for
e-resources is done by staff ranked at Library Assistant III and
above original cataloging for e-resources is done by staff
ranked at a Library Assistant V or above (Librarian).
Unable to quantify at the present time.
This work is done by two Cataloging and Metadata Services
Librarians (professionals) and one Cataloging and Metadata
Services Specialist II (senior support staff).
2 hours
Three categories of staff: high level support staff (10)
Professional assistants (2)
Library faculty (5)
25–30 hours per month
Three full-time professionals and two full-time
paraprofessionals in the AUL Cataloging Department create
catalog records for OA resources.
No more than 2 hours per month
We do not treat these resources any differently from non-OA
resources cataloguing staff would integrate this into their
workload.
Unable to determine
11. If catalog records are created, are they contributed to OCLC? N=63
Yes 56 89%
No 7 11%
12. If the library includes links to OA resources in catalog records, are the resources identified by
some kind of field or tag (e.g., a local series entry)? N=65
Yes 26 40%
No 39 60%
If yes, please briefly describe how they are labeled.
Selected Comments from Respondents
“039 Marc tag.”
“856 field -URL source”
