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Factors Affecting Cataloging Time: An In-House Survey

ABSTRACT Using a survey sheet devised in-house in the spring of 2001, cataloging staff at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries monitored the amount of time required to catalog materials from receipt in the Acquisitions Department to shelf-ready status and the factors affecting cataloging time. Monographs, music scores, videos, and theses were among the materials cataloged by a combined total of 7 1/2 catalogers and library associates who completed the survey. Among the factors tracked by participants were how materials were acquired (e.g., order or gift), existence/completeness of cataloging copy, and issues related to the use of OCLC and the local library management system. This article reports some of the results of the survey and what they revealed about the amount of time required to catalog broad categories of materials as well as detailed information about the effects of specific factors on cataloging time.