Falling In and Out of Love: The Impact of Moving to a Remote Location on Cataloging Workflow

Authors

Jean Dickinson, Hoover Institution Library, Stanford UniversityFollow
Charity K. Martin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Margaret Mering, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

Margaret Mering

Date of this Version

10-19-2003

Comments

Published in Library Resources and Technical Services, vol. 47, no. 3 (July 2003), pp. 125-131. Published by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. Copyright © American Library Association 2003. Used by permission.

Abstract

As academic libraries undergo renovation and building projects, various technical service operations are frequently moved out of the main building and housed in an off-site location. The aim of this research was to discover, by means of a questionnaire, what the impact of such a move is on the workflow of professional catalogers. The researchers concluded that a positive experience on the part of the catalogers depends upon detailed planning, thoughtful administrative support, and an element of luck. However, some problems are unavoidable in moving catalogers away from the main collection.