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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I was investigating special collections cataloguing statistics in the last couple of weeks, via lis-rarebooks. I wrote my findings up in a blog post, which might be helpful?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://librariankatie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/special-collections-cataloguing-targets.html">http://librariankatie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/special-collections-cataloguing-targets.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Have you come across <a href="http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/programmes/spectrum">SPECTRUM</a> for recording museum objects? It is apparently used worldwide. I’ve only done a tiny amount of object cataloguing (as oppose to books) but it always seemed quicker.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Katie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I usually work Mon – Wed each week. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Katie Flanagan BA(Hons) MA MCLIP<br>Special Collections Librarian <br>Library</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brunel University <br>Uxbridge <br>Middlesex <br>UB8 3PH</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>01895 266139 (direct line) or X66139 (internal)<br><a href="mailto:Katie.Flanagan@brunel.ac.uk">Katie.Flanagan@brunel.ac.uk</a> <br><a href="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/library">http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/library</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah J. Leslie<br><b>Sent:</b> 19 January 2013 20:49<br><b>To:</b> 'DCRM Group List <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu>'<br><b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Cataloging rates for graphics<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>I’m hoping experienced graphic materials catalogers can help me. We’re trying to calculate cataloging rates for item-level MARC records of prints. We have good numbers from our recent Picturing Shakespeare project, but most of that cataloging was done from digital images, which I suspect may be faster than working from the physical objects. Is it? And if so, how much faster? One and a quarter times as fast? Twice as fast? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>And completely outside my expertise and possibly of anyone reading this: how long does the item-level cataloging of realia take? I realize that the disparity of objects is much wider than with bibliographical objects. I suppose rates from museum cataloging might be analogous, but we’re talking MARC records; think CCO. “Item-level” encompasses finding aids described to the item (such as we’ll do with our costumes), as well as separate records (tapestries). We’ve got period furniture, props, ceramic figurines, souvenirs, &c. Might it be comparable to the average time it takes to catalog a rare book? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Thanks for any help anyone can give. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#31849B'>Deborah J. Leslie, M.S., M.L.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#31849B'>Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library<br><a href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a> | 202.675-0369 | <a href="http://www.folger.edu">www.folger.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>