I would be interested in knowing what job titles are used for the following
positions in other libraries.  We are in the season of job evaluations and
some of the staff has once again expressed dissatisfaction with the job
titles that appear on their position descriptions (also being reviewed this
year).

-the people who check in your periodical and/or serial/standing order titles.
 Are they Serial Clerk, Serial Accessioner, Serial Receipts Assistant?

-the people who input or edit records in a national utility or your local
 database

-the people who create item records, generate spine labels and/or shelflist
 and/or book cards (and what's the name of the department this person belongs
 to/)

Our OCLC inputter/editor and the staff member who creates item records, etc.
are both still called "clerk-typists".  Our Serial Clerk wanted a better title
because when the secretary of the Acquisitions Department left and her
replacement was hired, the job title became Office Assistant.  (She's decided
she likes Serial Accessioner better.)

This query is being sent to AUTOCAT and SERIALST.  Please respond to the
lists.

Does anyone know of any publications that might also help us with the
assignment of job titles?

Thanks!

Karen Nadeski
Serials Cataloger
Tufts University
Medford, MA