[DCRM-L] Cataloging Rates for Graphics

[Allison Rich]

Dear Erika:

Thank you for posting this to the list.
This answer and "concrete" time statistics is very helpful for 
institutions like the JCB and cataloguers like me who want to catalogue 
the print items we have here.
I have passed this on to our head of cataloguing.

Many, many thanks,
Best regards,
~Allison Rich

> Hi Deborah:
>
> The Library Company has completed a few graphics cataloging projects in the last few years and I reviewed our statistics as I thought they may be of use. For our last project, an ephemera cataloging project, our dedicated full-time visual materials cataloger on average cataloged about 7-8 item-level records per 7 hour day. The full-level cataloging often involved some copy cataloging as she would be working with just one genre of material with similar content, such as stereographs or trade cards, for discrete periods of time. If more original cataloging was needed, than the average could go down to 2-5 item-level records a day. Our visual materials cataloging usually involves research about the artists, publishers, content, etc., so our cataloging rates may be slower than those producing minimum-level records with little or no research.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Best,
> Erika
>
>
>
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> "Outside of a dog,
> a book is probably man's best friend,
> and inside of a dog,
> it's too dark to read.
> - Groucho Marx"
>
> Allison Rich
> Rare Materials Cataloguer
> NACO Coordinator
>
> John Carter Brown Library
> Providence, Rhode Island
> Allison_Rich at brown.edu
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