1. Assignment of Cataloging Staff Levels at Penn State: a Case Study
Presenter:
Rebecca L. Mugridge

2. Cataloging Services 6 self-directed format-based work teams
38 employees including:
Department Head
Assistant Department Head
8 librarians
1 professional staff
27 support staff

3. Cataloging Services’ portfolio
Centralized processing for 21 of 24 campuses (law and medical libraries still have own technical services departments, as does the Pennsylvania College of Technology)
Recently became responsible for government documents processing
Manages ad hoc batch loading

4. Cooperative cataloging timeline
1995 OCLC enhance (maps)
2001 NACO independence personal names
2002 NACO independence corporate names
2005 NACO independence series
2006 OCLC enhance (monographs)
2007 OCLC enhance (visual materials)
2007 CONSER

5. Penn State’s Cataloging Services Organizational Chart

6. Teams Monographs (9 staff) Special Collections (4 staff (2.2 FTE))
Maps (3 staff, (2 FTE))
Music/AV (3 staff)
CatMarking Team (4 staff)
Serials (5 staff (4.63 FTE))

7. Virtual teams
Authority Control
Government Documents
Metadata

8. Professional positions
Monographs Cat’g/Auth Cntl Librarian
Music/AV Cataloging Librarian
Special Collections Cat’g Librarian
Manuscripts Cataloging Librarian
Metadata Librarian
Maps Cataloging Librarian
Serials Cataloging Librarian
Asian Studies Librarian (60%)

9. Staff Position Grade Levels
Grade 16 (4 staff)
Grade 17 (5 staff)
Grade 18 (6 staff)
Grade 19 (2 staff)
Grade 20 (6 staff)
Grade 22 (1 staff)

10. Grade 16 High volume Copy cataloging Theses or template cataloging
Cataloging maintenance activities

11. Grade 17 Complex copy cataloging Non-book formats
Potential for OCLC enhance participation

12. Grade 18 Primarily complex copy cataloging Some original cataloging
NACO participation
CONSER participation
OCLC enhance participation

13. Grade 19 Primarily complex copy cataloging Some original cataloging
NACO participation
CONSER participation
OCLC enhance participation
Training and revising

14. Grade 20 Primarily original cataloging Some complex copy cataloging
NACO participation
CONSER participation
OCLC Enhance participation
Training and revising

15. Grade 22 Original cataloging Metadata support
Manages ad hoc batch loading projects

16. Conclusion
Level of cataloging and format of material does influence the level of personnel assigned to perform the work at PSU
Perhaps this is due more to the size of the staff rather than type of library. Size gives us:
Flexibility
Ability to differentiate types of work

17. For more information, feel free to contact:
Rebecca L. Mugridge
Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services
The Pennsylvania State University Libraries
126 Paterno Library
University Park PA 16802
Phone:
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