Cataloging Outsourcing

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Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking
Amy Tsiang Richard C. Rudolph East Asian
Library The University of California, Los
Angeles San Francisco, April 5, 2006
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Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking

• Initiation
• Why did we need cataloging outsourcing?
• 2. Practice
• How did we handle the cataloging outsourcing?
• 3. Thinking
• What will be the future of cataloging
  outsourcing?

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Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking

• Initiation
• Why did we need cataloging outsourcing?

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Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking
2. Practice How did we handle the cataloging
outsourcing ?
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Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking
3. Thinking What will be the future of
cataloging outsourcing?
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Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking
3. Thinking What will be the future of
cataloging outsourcing? The Pro-Outsourcing
Reasons (1) Outsourcing saves library budget
and speeds up the cataloging process. (2)
Outsourcing helps library get much needed
specialized service. (3) Outsourcing centralizes
the library functions to specialists in the
fields. (4) Outsourcing goes along with the trend
of privatization and globalization.
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Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking
3. Thinking What will be the future of
cataloging outsourcing? The Con-Outsourcing
Reasons (1) Outsourcing diminishes library
profession. (2) Outsourcing lowers librarys
service quality by using less skilled part-time
or foreign workers. (3) Outsourcing reduces
the need for librarians and library staff. (4)
Outsourcing moves American jobs abroad.
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Cataloging Outsourcing -- Practice and Thinking
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