I just wanted to add a comment to the thread. I’m new to Maps-L.
Yes, it often depends on the particular needs and circumstances of an institution in any particular situation. As an archivist, I learned map cataloging in a three-year-long part-time grant-funded position in which I was tasked with checking old catalog records, updating existing ones, and creating many new ones as needed for a project encompassing 5,000 to-be-digitized maps. There was definitely a time constraint that required goal setting and pacing oneself to achieve the goal.
Leslie Wagner
Metadata Archivist
Access & Discovery
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
817-272-6209
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paige G. Andrew
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 4:05 PM
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Subject: Re: Average time to do print map original cataloguing
Kathleen,
My colleague Linda Musser relayed this message directly to me and I'll make time to respond in the next day or two. The true answer, REALLY, is "it depends" and it literally depends on an array of factors, some of which may not be in the map cataloger's hands. This question keeps going around and around and around, I know I have dealt with it on this list and with various individuals looking for advice for many years.
Enough for now...
Paige
From: "Kathleen Weessies" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 4:30:28 PM
Subject: FW: Average time to do print map original cataloguing
I’m forwarding this message from the Geonet listserv. I’m curious to see what the replies are. I anticipate a lot of “IT DEPENDS!” But somehow over the course of a week of a typical random array of maps, is there a way to divide out the total time to a per-title average..? I’m not a cataloger so I don’t know.
AND: I’m additionally interested in hearing average time to do map copy cataloging.
Kathleen Weessies
Geosciences Librarian; Head, Map Library
Michigan State University
Main Library
366 W. Circle Drive, W308
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-884-0849
From: Geonet listserv [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leach, Michael R.
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 3:03 PM
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Subject: [GEONET] Average time to do print map original cataloguing
Folks,
We are planning a retrospective cataloguing project for the print map collection in my library. Most data has been collected, but we need one more:
- Average time (# maps per hour) to do original cataloguing for print, English-language maps, mostly geological in subject matter, from the 1900s.
We don't have too many of these, but there are enough to hire a part-time cataloguer.
Assuming the person we hire has some experience cataloguing cartographic materials, what you folks estimate for the #/hr above? Estimates welcomed.
Please respond directly to me. If anyone wants a summary, I'd be happy to post.
Thanks,
Michael
Michael Leach
Head, Collection Development
Cabot Science Library, Harvard University
1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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