The Serial Cohort: A Confederacy of Catalogers

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Speaker: Mandy Hurt In 2018, at a time when our department was shrinking through attrition, the decision was made to further leverage the particular skill sets of a select group of monographic catalogers by training them to also undertake the complex copy cataloging of serials. This presentation concerns the assumptions underlying how this decision was originally made, the initial plan for how this would be accomplished by CONSER Bridge Training, the eventual formation of the Serials Cohort with a view to creating an iterative process I would design and manage, and the problems, obstacles and time constraints faced and addressed along the way.

The Serial Cohort:
A Confederacy of Catalogers
Mandy Hurt
Duke University
Libraries
NASIG 2020 Conference

A little background
• Multiple libraries
• Two serials catalogers

Restructuring of Technical Services
• Examined all workflows
• All services
• Staff availability
• Staff attrition
• Available expertise

Specialists Required… or are they?

Serials Cohort,
a plan comes together

Serials Cohort issues
• Responsible for regular
workload
• Assigned special projects
• Different reporting structures

Hang on! Let’s try this again!

Serials Cohort, First Generation

Must love puzzles

Sample Serial Titles

The Circle of Life?
Instruction
Practice
Feedback
Discussion

Mandy.Hurt@duke.edu
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The Serial Cohort: A Confederacy of Catalogers

1. The Serial Cohort: A Confederacy of Catalogers Mandy Hurt Duke University Libraries NASIG 2020 Conference

2. A little background • Multiple libraries • Two serials catalogers

3. Restructuring of Technical Services • Examined all workflows • All services • Staff availability • Staff attrition • Available expertise

4. Specialists Required… or are they?

5. Serials Cohort, a plan comes together

6. Serials Cohort issues • Responsible for regular workload • Assigned special projects • Different reporting structures

7. Hang on! Let’s try this again!

8. Serials Cohort, First Generation

9. Must love puzzles

10. Sample Serial Titles

11. The Circle of Life? Instruction Practice Feedback Discussion

12.

13. Mandy.Hurt@duke.edu Questions?

Editor's Notes

The problem – Original serials cataloging is a very specialized area. We were hiring based on potential rather than on experience
I had to take Jianying along with me into the mire of project work and take every opportunity to teach at the same time. I’m sure there were times where she would have envied this sidecar rider.
The process has been successful enough that it generated a Serials Cohort. Working with monographic catalogers, language specialists, to broaden our abilities – multitasking.
Established method which is pretty typical when starting in tech services but this circle would continue to spin. My colleague knew that barring unusual circumstances I was available to her at all tmes… well, at work.