Please reply to Carol Hawks, not to SERIALST.  Thanks.  -ed.

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I am planning a program for a future ALA and am trying to track
down and/or confirm something I heard third hand from this most
recent ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia.  During the discussion
portion of either the Copy Cataloging Discussion Group or the Heads
of Cataloging Discussion Group, someone mentioned that they were
considering outsourcing some portion of their cataloging operation.
However, they installed new technical services workstations which
made such a difference in their productivity that they no longer
felt the need to consider outsourcing.  So, if you were the person
who had this experience, if you know who the person or institution
was that had this experience, or even if it is similar to your own
local situation, could you please contact me directly?  Please send
responses directly to my e-mail address which follows.  Thanks for
your help.

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Carol Pitts Hawks                                                *
Head, Acquisition Department                                     *
Vice Chair/Chair Elect, ALCTS Acquisitions Section               *
Editor, _Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory_                *
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