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Monographs Team
126 Paterno Library
University Park, PA 16802-1808
ul-bookscat@lists.psu.edu

Cataloging and Metadata Services
126 Paterno Library
University Park, PA 16802-1808

Staff Directory

Phone: (814) 865-1755
Fax: (814) 863-7293
ul-cataloging@lists.psu.edu

Roles of Monographs Team Members/Faculty Resource Person

Staff/Faculty Expectations (Rev. August 2001)
Activity Role of ...
Involvement with national level activities Role of faculty resource person
Training Training and revision of original catalogers is a shared responsibility between faculty and team. A cross-team training group is responsible for copy cataloging training.
Mentoring Team and faculty share this role.
Interviewing/hiring Team and faculty share this role.
Discipline/interpersonal conflicts Handled by Department Head and Assistant to the Head
Leave approval For annual leave, team and faculty send e-mail to team address. For extended leave, referred to Assistant to the Head. Sick leave is reported to the staff assistant.
Workflow/workload Team and faculty share this role, although faculty plays more of an consultative role.
Writing documentation Team and faculty share this role.
Team meetings Team and faculty attend. Faculty suggests agenda items on occasion. Team facilitates and takes minutes.
Liaison with outside departments and faculty Team and faculty share this role, but team does most of this work.
Cataloging Team and faculty share this role.
Determining team policy Team and faculty share this role.
Determining department-wide policy Role of the Cataloging Faculty group, in consultation with the team, when necessary.
Monitoring quality and performance Original cataloging is reviewed annually in the Fall. Each original cataloger works on a set number of books (i.e., 6). These are placed on a shelf and reviewed by the team and faculty. Copy cataloging is reviewed annually in the Fall. Copy catalogers will be broken into smaller groups. Team members will revise each other, and include the faculty member in the discussion of findings.
Advocate for the team Team and faculty share this role.
Team annual review Faculty provides input into the team annual review. The Department Head and Assistant to the Head provide the evaluation and rating.
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