Library Catalaoging Department Budget
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Quality cataloging is, in any library, manuscript repository, or archive, necessary for effective collection development. This is especially true in the area of integrated online systems, but it is equally significant with respect to monographs, serials, and non-print format materials such as are held in many library or archive settings (Morris & Wool, 1999). This report will examine budgetary matters relevant to running a cataloging department. After examining various costs associated with such activities as revealed in the literature, a projected budget for a cataloging department acquiring 5,000 titles per year divided among monographs, serials, and non-print formats will be presented. Morris, Osmus, and Wool (2000) have stated that staff costs for cataloging have begun to decline at some universities, including Iowa State University where technical service and technological advances are reducing the overriding staffing costs for cataloging activities. Nevertheless, cataloging costs remain an important budgetary item in most libraries (Kotlas, 1997). Small libraries in particular rely heavily upon copy cataloging and many use the Library of Congress online catalog which offers free copy cataloging records, including MARC-format records. Even when free copy cataloging is used, however, Kotlas (1997) maintains that a small library can nevertheless expect to spend valuable resources in terms of financial and human capital on the cataloging function.
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High
2001c
AV materials - level A (easy)
$5.00
$6.21
$7.41
2002c
AV materials - level B (moderate)
$7.75
$10.25
$12.75
2003c
AV materials - level C (difficult)
$9.75
$16.63
$23.50
2001d
Sound recordings - level A (easy)
$5.00
$8.63
$12.25
2002d
Sound recordings - level B (moderate)
$7.75
$12.50
$17.25
2003d
Sound recordings - level C (difficult)
$9.75
$17.56
$25.37
2001e
Computer files û level A (easy)
$5.00
$8.63
$12.25
2002e
Computer files û level B (moderate)
$7.75
$12.50
$17.25
2003e
Computer files û level C (difficult)
$9.75
$16.63
$23.50
2001f
Other - archives/mixed - level A (easy)
-
-
-
2002f
Other - archives/mixed - level B (moderate)
-
-
-
2003f
Other - archives/mixed - level C (difficult)
$35.00
$35.00
$35.00
2001g
Other - maps - level A (easy)
$4.35
$5.80
$7.25
2002g
Other - maps - level B (moderate)
$7.75
$8.25
$8.75
2003g
Other - maps - level C (difficult)
$9.75
$13.63
$17.50
2001h
Other - scores û level A (easy)
$5.00
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