[DCRM-L] cataloging targets for rare books

[Manon Theroux]

It depends on:

- your local policies (full authority work? trace printers, etc.? tracings
for provenance or just notes? provide signature statements? provide genre
headings? are any 510 notes required? options for minimal-level or
collection-level cataloging?)
- what level of skills the catalogers have (experienced or beginners?
knowledge of the relevant languages and subject areas represented by the
collections?)
- what the collections awaiting cataloging are like (time period,
languages, condition)
- how extensive and accessible your reference collection is (for when the
catalogers need to do research)
- what other duties the catalogers have (committee work, reference shifts,
etc.)

I'm sure others can chime in.

Manon

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On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Riley, Martha <rileym at wusm.wustl.edu>
wrote:

> I'm interested to learn what targets you set in Special Collections for
> cataloging rare books printed before and after 1800 (containing provenance
> information).  What is a reasonable average rate of cataloging production
> per title for DCRB (M) cataloging (pre-1800) and RDA cataloging for rare
> books after 1800.
>
>
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> If you approach cataloging targets in a different way, I would like to
> know that too.
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>
> Martha Riley, Librarian
>
> Archives and Rare Books
>
> Bernard Becker Medical Library
>
> 660 South Euclid Avenue
>
> Campus Box 8132
>
> St. Louis, MO 63110-1093
>
> Phone: 314 362-2788; 314 362-4236
>
> Email: rileym at wusm.wustl.edu
>
>
>
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