TY - JOUR
T1 - Strength in numbers
T2 - Building a consortial cooperative cataloging partnership
AU - Cronin, Christopher
AU - Laskowski, Mary S.
AU - Mueller, Ellen K.W.
AU - Synder, Beth E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 ALCTS.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In April 2014, eight institutions from the Big Ten Academic Alliance began a one-year pilot study to track costs, workflows, challenges, and opportunities associated with sharing cataloging expertise for languages and resource formats needed across the participating libraries. Data was collected on the levels of staff performing the work (student, staff assistant, librarian), shipping costs, scanning costs, and cataloging costs. In many cases, the overall cataloging costs incurred by participating institutions were less than costs currently associated with options for vended outsourcing. The cost findings were particularly encouraging for textual materials (monographs and serials), which continue to form the bulk of collections. This paper outlines the pilot's major findings and describes the subsequent implementation of a robust multi-institutional partnership program for sharing cataloging expertise across the consortium.
AB - In April 2014, eight institutions from the Big Ten Academic Alliance began a one-year pilot study to track costs, workflows, challenges, and opportunities associated with sharing cataloging expertise for languages and resource formats needed across the participating libraries. Data was collected on the levels of staff performing the work (student, staff assistant, librarian), shipping costs, scanning costs, and cataloging costs. In many cases, the overall cataloging costs incurred by participating institutions were less than costs currently associated with options for vended outsourcing. The cost findings were particularly encouraging for textual materials (monographs and serials), which continue to form the bulk of collections. This paper outlines the pilot's major findings and describes the subsequent implementation of a robust multi-institutional partnership program for sharing cataloging expertise across the consortium.
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U2 - 10.5860/lrts.61n2.102
DO - 10.5860/lrts.61n2.102
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85019261351
SN - 0024-2527
VL - 61
SP - 102
EP - 116
JO - Library Resources and Technical Services
JF - Library Resources and Technical Services
IS - 2
ER -