Black, L.; Hyslop, C.: Cataloguing from home : telecommuting at the Michigan State university libraries (1996)
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- Abstract
- Describes an experiment in which a cataloguer at the Michigan State Univeristy (MSU) libraries worked at home 2 days a week. Access was provided to OCLC, and the MSU libraries' online catalogue. Printed copies of tools such as AACR and format documents were provided and on return to the library the cataloguer finalized the records by consulting the classification schedules and LCSH before the records were loaded onto the OCLC file. The telecommuter found home a good environment for work and telecommunications satisfactory but the work becam fragmented, especially when the fairly extensive reviewing necessary to complete records in the library was delayed by meetings or other tasks. However, the programme at MSU continues in an abbreviated form and seems particularly suited for short term contracts to catalogue special collections or donations
