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Music/AV Team
126 Paterno Library
University Park, PA 16802-1808
ul-musicavcat@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

Role of Team Members and Faculty Resource


Staff/Faculty Expectations
Activity Role of ...
Involvement with national level activities Role of faculty resource person
Training Team members and faculty train new staff; faculty trains in new concepts
Mentoring Role of faculty resource person
Interviewing/hiring Team and faculty share this role
Discipline/interpersonal conflicts Handled by Department Head and Assistant to the Head if team with faculty cannot successfully address at first level
Leave approval Team and faculty share this information
Workflow/workload Team and faculty share this role
Writing documentation Faculty resource feeds into the documentation written by the team
Team meetings Team and faculty share in the contribution of agenda items and discussion. Team members serve as facilitators and minute takers
Liaison with outside departments and faculty Team and faculty share this role. Team will ask faculty to lead when necessary
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 On an annual basis, in late fall, copy cataloging is reviewed. Each team member will catalog the same title, using a sampling of five titles, including all formats. They will meet and review each other's work. Original cataloging is reviewed on an ongoing basis by the faculty resource. The faculty member will do original cataloging on a title with copy. His work will be reviewed by the team.
Advocate for the team Role of faculty resource person
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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