[Sigcr-l] Cataloging/classification : how long does it take?

[Margie Hlava]

ugh - that was between 8 and 12 records per hour  Margie

(Thank you Susanne)

At 02:05 PM 10/12/04, Margie Hlava wrote:
>We created a database of 50,000 internet resources in MARC format with 
>subject indexing using the US Library of Congress precoordinate style of 
>subject headings.  The work averaged 8 1- 12 records per hour depending on 
>the person doing the work.  The task involved finding the resources, 
>capturing them, we then ran the HTML header through a program to parse the 
>data into as many of the proper fields as we could in advance.  Then we 
>finished cataloging them by filling in a catalog module from the Data 
>Harmony XIS (XML Intranet System) and using an assisted indexing system to 
>suggest the appropriate headings.  We worked from the full text and 
>created a short abstract for each bibliographic record.
>
>Margie Hlava
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>  At 09:06 AM 10/11/04, Koraljka Golub wrote:
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>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>Would you maybe have some data on how long it takes librarians to
>>catalog/classify/index different types of Internet resources?
>>
>>Thank you very much.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Kora
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