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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 14:26:53 -0400
From: JoAnne Deeken <djoanne@CLEMSON.EDU>
Subject: Re: Separate serials cataloging units? (Steve Murden)

Clemson has approximately the same no. of vols. as VCU, but appr. 1/2 of
the materials budget (and that's a subject I don't want  to raise right
now!)  We have 5 professional catalogers.  Granted that this is a gross
simplification, the duties are divided as:

1 unit head
1 monographic cataloger
1 serials cataloger
1 "special formats" cataloger
1 authority control/database maintenance cataloger

At 02:11 PM 8/1/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 00:56:04 -0400
>From: Steven H. Murden <stevemurden@MINDSPRING.COM>
>Subject: Separate serials cataloging units?
>
>The recent position posting from Kevin Randall, at Northwestern, prompts me
>to ask this.  Kevin is head of the Serials Cataloging Section at
>Northwestern, and they are looking for a serials cataloger.  Kevin and I
>have had this conversation before, so I'm not singling out his institution.
> He just posted when I had time to speculate.  ;-)
>
>I worked at an institution that has a current materials budget of about
>$4.5 million, and a collection of approximately 1.1 million vols.  There
>are 3 professional catalogers, including the dept. head, none of whom are
>devoted exclusively to serials.  I am curious to know which model is more
>prevelant these days, especially as more and more libraries seem to be
>reducing the number of traditionally technical service positions.  Any
>reports from the trenches?  If you do respond, please give some indication
>of the relative size of your library (materials budget, collection size,
>no. of catalogers, etc.)  If everyone posts directly to the list, there
>will no need for me to summarize.  If I receive any private responses, I
>will summarize those later.
>
>Just so I'm clear, too, I was always jealous of Kevin's situation at
>Northwestern.  A large library _ought_ to have a separate serials
>cataloging unit, IMHO.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Steve Murden
>stevemurden@mindspring.com
>
>
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