[DCRM-L] cataloging targets for rare books

[Laurence S. Creider]

FWIW, I would add to Manon's excellent list:

Are you talking original cataloging only? Complex shared cataloging? Copy
cataloging?  A mix?

Is the cataloger using unfamiliar rules or cataloging what is for the
cataloger an unusual format, e.g. a manuscript, artist's book, or map for
someone who does almost entirely books?

Does the cataloging involve unusual scripts or unusual inputting?  A
Hebrew cataloger doing Hebrew books should be working almost as quickly as
a Romance language cataloger cataloging French.  A Hebrew cataloger doing
Judeo-French would probably need to proceed more slowly.

In a related question, how familiar is the cataloger with early modern
forms and orthographies of the language used in 16th century and 17th
century works?

I would assume that RDA cataloging by someone who has been working with
RDA for more than 6 months would be more rapid than cataloging using one
of the DCRM modules, at least partly because there will be more templates
and macros that the person doing modern materials can use and because
earlier books _may_ be bibliographically complicated.

In addition, are you expecting NACO and/or BIBCO records?  These can take
a bit more time on occasion.

All of which is to say, your mileage may vary with work being cataloged,
size of the collection into which it is being cataloged, and the
experience and knowledge of the cataloger in relation to the work being
cataloged.

Best of luck,
Larry
-- 
Laurence S. Creider
Head, Archives and Special Collections Dept.
University Library
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM  88003
Work: 575-646-4756
Fax: 575-646-7477
lcreider at lib.nmsu.edu

On Wed, October 7, 2015 9:36 am, Manon Theroux wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you approach cataloging targets in a different way, I would like to
>> know that too.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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