quotas/statistics for serials cat Mitch Turitz 14 Sep 1993 17:45 UTC
Crystal: Congradulations on you new position! regarding your controversial question on quotas: I have the following "guidelines" (but not "quotas"): Retrospective conversion of serials: 1 title per hour (fastest is less then 5 minutes) (IF CALL NUMBER AND SUBJECT HEADINGS ALREADY ASSIGNED TO TITLE IN QUESTION) Retrospective/original creation of serial (online) check-in record: 1 title per hour (fastest creation is 1 in 10 minutes) Maintenance of check-in record (title change, frequency change, etc): 2 titles per hour (fastest is 1 in 5 minutes) Original cataloging: (VARIES GREATLY): 1 title per hour (fastest is 15 minutes - INCLUDING CALL NUMBER AND SUBJECT HEADINGS) Union list: creation: 1 title/5 minutes (fastest is approximately 1 minute) maintenance: 1 title/5 minute (fastest is approx. 1 minute) Title changes: If copy-cataloging for new title: 2 changes in 1 hr (INCLUDING maintenance of old linked title) Generally: the total number cataloged should be equal to the number of titles coming into the catalog dept. As long as the backlog does not increase that should be a good guideline for the "goal" of cataloging. I wish to emphasize that the above are my personal guidelines and do not reflect the policy of ANY institution that I am aware of. I am giving you the above numbers in what I consider a "reasonable" number of titles that can be cataloged in my situation. Also remember that as faculty, we do not sit and catalog all day long, but also have other responsibilities. I would also like to emphasize that no one should be required to sit more then 4 hours a day at a terminal. Personally, I think the health hazards are just becoming known now about the long-range effects of such practices. -- Mitch _^_ _^_ ( ___ )-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-( ___ ) | | | | | | Mitch Turitz, Serials Librarian | | | | San Francisco State University Library | | | | Internet: turitz@sfsu.edu | | | | | | ( ___ )-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-==-( ___ ) V V ESCHEW OBFUSCATION