Gains and Losses of Cataloging Outsourcing in Public Libraries

This study intends to make a comprehensive inquiry about practices of cataloging outsourcing implemented in Korea libraries. To the end, this study examined (1) how many libraries is carrying out the cataloging outsourcing, (2) why libraries consider cataloging outsourcing, (3) methods and procedures of cataloging outsourcing and (4) advantages and disadvantages of cataloging outsourcing from catalogers' perspectives. The data needed for discussion were collected by two methods: a survey with 138 public libraries and an in-depth interviews with 10 catalogers drawn from the survey participants.

keywords: Cataloging, Library Catalog, Cataloging Outsourcing, Outsourcing of Cataloging, Contracting Out, Subcontracting, Effectiveness of Cataloging Outsourcing, Cataloging Outsourcing from Catalogers' Perspectives, Cataloging, Library Catalog, Cataloging Outsourcing, Outsourcing of Cataloging, Contracting Out, Subcontracting, Effectiveness of Cataloging Outsourcing, Cataloging Outsourcing from Catalogers' Perspectives, 편목업무, 목록, 아웃소싱, 외주, 외부위탁, 아웃소싱 효과, 아웃소싱 전략, 아웃소싱 평가

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Vol.37 No.4

Gains and Losses of Cataloging Outsourcing in Public Libraries

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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society